Juniper's SDN vision is broadest in the industry, but it's just a start

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	Juniper's SDN vision is broadest in the industry, but it's just a start As most people who follow the networking industry know, Juniper outlined its vision for software-defined networks (SDN) at last week's Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas. I've had a bit of time to digest the information, answered a number of questions about it, and I thought it was time to share my thoughts on what they announced and the impact to the industry. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed The Riverbed Cascade Solution Download this white paper from Enterprise Management Associates to learn how Riverbed Cascade stacks up as a solution for discovering, monitoring, troubleshooting and reporting on your critical IT performance challenges. Learn More In this Issue Cisco to buy SON software vendor Intucell for $475 million Q&A: What the FCC's Wi-Fi expansion means for you The IEEE Gadget Graveyard: What technology will bite the dust in 2013? Air Force software turns warplanes into wireless routers in the sky Android malware cases to hit 1 million in 2013 Further thoughts on Microsoft's future Startup takes aim at multi-hypervisor management NEC rolls out OpenFlow for Microsoft Hyper-V What's lurking in your network? Find out by decrypting SSL How to configure static NAT on a Cisco ASA security appliance The return of the network operating system (NOS) WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Cisco to buy SON software vendor Intucell for $475 million Cisco Systems is planning to acquire Intucell in a bid to make its products more attractive to mobile operators as traffic volume on networks continues to grow. Read More Q&A: What the FCC's Wi-Fi expansion means for you Mobile devices like the iPhone 5 are embracing the 5 GHz band, and that trend will expand as 802.11ac radios become prevalent even on smartphones starting in 2013. Read More The IEEE Gadget Graveyard: What technology will bite the dust in 2013? In this high-tech world paper still rules, but gadgets that run movies, television or music exclusively could die off in 2013. Read More WEBCAST: Exinda Expert Insights on Building a User Experience Network Join guest speaker, Forrester Research, Inc. 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. Air Force software turns warplanes into wireless routers in the sky A software upgrade called Net-T effectively turns U.S. military aircraft into giant airborne wireless routers, allowing ground forces to share information with each other and with their allies overhead. Read More Android malware cases to hit 1 million in 2013 The number of distinct Android malware specimens detected will reach 1 million this year, predicts Trend Micro in its annual security roundup report, noting that the surge in Android malware has grown at a faster clip in three years than was seen in PC-based malware in its first 14 years. Read More Further thoughts on Microsoft's future In between getting two teeth pulled yesterday (joy!), I couldn't stop thinking about this Microsoft is dead thing. Maybe it is because they have been such a constant in the 20+ years I have been in the tech world that I find it hard to believe they would just crawl up and disappear. I think part of my disagreement may be that for me Microsoft is a surrogate for the US. After an American Century,... 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 Startup takes aim at multi-hypervisor management An updated version of software from startup HotLink aims to ease the management of multi-hypervisor environments, as well as provision off-premises resources, like VMs from Amazon's cloud, all from VMware's vCenter management console. Read More NEC rolls out OpenFlow for Microsoft Hyper-V NEC this week unveiled a virtual switch for Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hypervisor which is designed to bring OpenFlow-based software-defined networking and network virtualization to those Microsoft environments. Read More What's lurking in your network? Find out by decrypting SSL Organizations have spent vast sums of money on security systems and, when deployed and operated correctly, they play a key role in safeguarding the organization. However, most systems have one critical dependency: The traffic flowing through must be readable. If the traffic is encrypted, many systems are almost completely useless, giving the system owner a false sense of security. Read More How to configure static NAT on a Cisco ASA security appliance Two of the most common forms of network address translation (NAT) are dynamic port address translation (PAT) and static NAT. Read More The return of the network operating system (NOS) Will there be a market for SDN network operating systems? The answer will be critical to the evolution of SDN standards and the development of applications that leverage SDN capabilities. Read More
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