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	Cisco Catalyst marries wired, wireless and SDN in one switch Cisco this week unveiled a new Catalyst switch and WLAN controller designed to converge wired and wireless networks and centralize management of both environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee New Gateway Anti-Malware Technology Sets The McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware engine is a powerful, next-generation technology designed to protect against contemporary threats delivered via HTTP and HTTPS channels. 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This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Software-defined networking is more than just programmability With the hype around software-defined networks (SDNs) having grown as high as it has, almost every vendor is looking for an angle to capitalize on the opportunity. I've noticed recently that many of the vendors, particularly the big-box vendors, are focused on the concept of "network programmability." While I agree that programmability is a component of SDN, it shouldn't be the sole focus of the... Read More Why you need (a lot) more Internet bandwidth on your Enterprise WAN Last time we covered the reasons I believe the time is now ripe for a Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture. 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Principal Analyst Andre Kindness and First State Bank IT leader Tristan Smith as they discuss the importance of putting end-users at the forefront of your network design. Learn More. Cisco Catalyst marries wired, wireless and SDN in one switch Cisco this week unveiled a new Catalyst switch and WLAN controller designed to converge wired and wireless networks and centralize management of both environments. Read More Fluke rolls application performance and network monitoring into 1 box Fluke Networks is announcing an appliance called Visual TruView at Cisco Live today that combines network and application performance management into a single rack-mounted unit. Read More Fluke rolls application performance and network monitoring into 1 box Fluke Networks is announcing an appliance called Visual TruView at Cisco Live today that combines network and application performance management into a single rack-mounted unit. Read More Printers join fray in network vulnerability landscape Printers are not the typical paths cybercriminals take into corporate networks. Nevertheless, the devices have become a concern among experts who see them as an ignored weakness in network defenses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More Printers join fray in network vulnerability landscape Printers are not the typical paths cybercriminals take into corporate networks. Nevertheless, the devices have become a concern among experts who see them as an ignored weakness in network defenses. Read More DARPA wants electronics that can dissolve or burst apart after use The Mission: Impossible TV show famously started most episodes with a tape recorded mission message that ended with: "This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds, good luck Jim." Then it melted down in a burst of smoke and flame. Read More Big goals for Big Data A year ago--perhaps a bit more--big data was just starting to take its place among the industry's most-used buzz terms. Today everyone talks about it as a potentially powerful piece of enterprise security. But there are still plenty of practitioners struggling to get the concept, much as they struggled to figure out cloud security a few years ago. Read More INSIDER What IT needs to know about near-field communications The rise of near-field communications (NFC) has been part of the discussion in the mobile industry for years. Unfortunately, the technology hasn't generated much more than discussion to this point. 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