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	Cisco, hot startups eyeing $3.7 billion SDN market The worldwide market for software-defined networking products and services in the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow from $360 million in 2013 to $3.7 billion by 2016, according to IDC. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 117.42% and includes network infrastructure, SDN applications and control plane solutions, and related professional services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now In this Issue The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2012 How long will big-name customers like Netflix put up with Amazon cloud outages? Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Just two critical fixes but they affect a lot of Windows systems Gartner: Cloud storage viable option, but proceed carefully INSIDER Fave-reads: 5 must-read books for IT career growth Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 Helium-filled hard drives may lift WD to the top Internet Explorer had a very good 2012 App downloads set one-week record of 1.7B Virginia court vacates injunction on negative Yelp reviews Video: Six Security Predictions for 2013 WEBCAST: Meru Networks Impact of 802.11ac on WLAN In this webinar, industry expert Craig Mathias and Robert Crisp from Meru Networks will discuss the impact 802.11ac will have on enterprise WLAN networks and how to best prepare for it. Learn more. The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2012 From Google Android development to crazy iPhone stunts, it's been a busy year Read More How long will big-name customers like Netflix put up with Amazon cloud outages? On Christmas Eve as Netflix customers cuddled up to watch their favorite holiday movies and TV shows with friends and family, many experienced a problem. Netflix was down. Read More Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Just two critical fixes but they affect a lot of Windows systems Internet Explorer zero-day exploit is not addressed, but businesses should implement the workaround Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now Gartner: Cloud storage viable option, but proceed carefully Storing information in the public cloud from a growing market of vendors is a viable alternative to on-premise, traditional storage options for some use cases, research firm Gartner says. 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 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 WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now Helium-filled hard drives may lift WD to the top Western Digital is expected to release versions of an enterprise-class 3.5-in. helium-filled drive this year, which could propel the company into first place for enterprise drive sales. Read More Internet Explorer had a very good 2012 It was a good year for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to the latest data from Net Apps, IE gained only slightly in December, but overall it reversed its fortunes from 2011 and recaptured a fair amount of lost market share in 2012. Read More App downloads set one-week record of 1.7B Smartphone and tablet owners downloaded a record 1.76 billion iOS and Android apps during the week of Dec. 25 to Dec. 31, a mobile analytics company said Read More Virginia court vacates injunction on negative Yelp reviews The Supreme Court of Virginia has vacated a preliminary injunction against reviews posted by a woman on Yelp and Angie's List, in an outcome that is being described by civil rights groups as a victory for freedom of online speech. Read More Video: Six Security Predictions for 2013 In this Google Plus Hangout On Air, I spoke with Derek Manky, North American Threat Researcher for Fortinet, about six predictions his company has made regarding security threats and trends for 2013. Topics discussed include the continued rise of Advanced Persistant Threats, the cross-platform nature and huge growth of mobile malware, the end of single-password sign on (in favor of two-factor authentication),... Read More
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