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	Juniper swoops in, buys stealthy SDN startup for $176M Juniper Networks this week acquired Contrail Systems, a startup that makes controllers for software-defined networks, for $176 million in cash and stock. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds, Inc. Network traffic slowing you down? Bandwidth bottlenecks have your network crawling? No one likes network traffic jams, especially when they pose a risk to your website, business apps and critical systems. SolarWinds® Bandwidth Analyzer Pack delivers enterprise-class monitoring at an affordable price. And our easy DIY deployment can get you up and running fast. Understand why slow-downs are happening and relieve your network congestion today. Download your FREE 30-day trial of the Bandwidth Analyzer Pack and start fighting network traffic! In this Issue 25 top network and IT industry stories of 2012 The 12 days of IT INSIDER Fave-reads: 5 must-read books for IT career growth U.S. sees tech's 'center of gravity' shifting to Asia FCC moves to open radar spectrum to commercial uses Enterprise security testing: What are you missing? Terrorism Fear button and funding: Ridiculous DHS spending Young people bedding their smartphones: Cisco study All I want for Christmas is BYOD One in 10 say health-related websites saved their lives 13 events that defined Cisco's 2012 Google Zeitgeist 2012: The top searches on the world's top search engine 10 Twitter-Inspired Gift Ideas for the Holidays RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! 25 top network and IT industry stories of 2012 The cloud, tablets, software-defined networking, IPv6 and 4G wireless reshape the enterprise IT landscape in 2012 Read More The 12 days of IT Gibbs puts an IT spin on the 12 days of Christmas Read More INSIDER Fave-reads: 5 must-read books for IT career growth Let's face it -- when it comes to IT professional development, books might be the last place people turn. With webinars, online forums, blogs, Web sites, bootcamps and social media, books would seem like a last resort. Read More U.S. sees tech's 'center of gravity' shifting to Asia After each presidential election, the government's top intelligence experts release a report about the future. It's always a best-seller. Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. FCC moves to open radar spectrum to commercial uses The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward on plans to have the U.S. military share wireless spectrum in the 3.5GHz band with commercial users. Read More Enterprise security testing: What are you missing? For all the advances in enterprise networking over the years there's been one big step backward: security testing. Relatively few enterprises today conduct regular security tests in-house, relying instead on occasional tests by outside consultants or, more dangerously, just taking vendor claims at face value. Read More Terrorism Fear button and funding: Ridiculous DHS spending Did you hear the joke about how terrorists infiltrated a pumpkin parade? How about the one where security sno-cone machines stopped a terrorist plot from being launched? Me either, but the "joke" is on us since we helped foot the $34,700 bill for both. Read More Young people bedding their smartphones: Cisco study In case you needed any confirmation that those young people you see tethered to their mobile devices everyday use them a lot, well... they really do! Cisco's latest research has unearthed some startling findings regarding Gen Y - students and workers aged 18 to 30 - and their smartphones: they sleep together! Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! All I want for Christmas is BYOD Last week was my birthday, and it caused me to realize no matter how much money I wanted to spend, I couldn't get what I really wanted. And this year in particular, this has been a tough pill to swallow. Finally some new tablets are out that, unlike the iPad, I could actually be productive with. Windows RT looks sexy, and with new devices like the Dell XPS 10 and the Surface tablet, I am itching to... Read More One in 10 say health-related websites saved their lives A survey by health technology provider Philips shows that 11% of U.S. respondents think they might already be dead or severely incapacitated if not for Web-based health information. Read More 13 events that defined Cisco's 2012 From software defined networking challenges to killing Cius and corporate restricting moves, it was a busy year for Cisco. Read More Google Zeitgeist 2012: The top searches on the world's top search engine You've seen the top queries from Yahoo, Ask and Bing, now it's time to see what the world was like in 2012 as reflected through searches on Google, the world's most popular search engine. Google's end-of-the-year lists focus on trending topics that had the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2012 such as PSY's Gangnam Style, Hurricane Sandy, the third-generation iPad, and HBO's "Game of Thrones." Read More 10 Twitter-Inspired Gift Ideas for the Holidays Looking for the perfect present for the Twitter addict in your life? Here's a look at 10 ideas, from jeans that tweet your mood (seriously) to Twitter collars for your pet. Read More
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