10 network virtualization, SDN and data center companies to watch

The best office apps for your iPad, round 5 Juniper Networks tried to sell enterprise assets: report Network World Daily News AM February 27, 2013 Share this email 10 network virtualization, SDN and data center companies to watch Ex-Cisco, Sun, Oracle and Symantec execs try their hands at data center start-ups READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The best office apps for your iPad, round 5 2. Juniper Networks tried to sell enterprise assets: report 3. INSIDER 3 Ways to Give Your IT Organization a Skills Tune-Up 4. How a cute animal video deceived everybody 5. Yahoo Says No to Mobility 6. MWC: Carrier Wi-Fi playing more prominent role 7. McAfee acquires ValidEdge sandboxing technology 8. Security firm Trustwave targeted by phishing campaign 9. MWC2013: NEC seeing double with new smartphone 10. 8 New Websites to Help You Find Your Next IT Employee RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BlackBerry BlackBerry for business. Built to keep your business moving. Help employees make the most of business opportunities with BlackBerry smartphones powered by BlackBerry® 10. BlackBerry 10 features & apps work together seamlessly to deliver the ultimate end user experience. With BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10, easily deploy, manage, secure & control BYOD & corporate devices to truly mobilize your business. Learn more about BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 > The best office apps for your iPad, round 5 In the heated competition for native and cloud-based iOS productivity apps, InfoWorld chooses the winners you should own READ MORE Juniper Networks tried to sell enterprise assets: report Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) reportedly shopped around its enterprise assets to rivals last year but found no takers for properties such as the NetScreen security business it acquired in 2004. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: ITinvolve 5 Reasons Why Social IT is Essential Forward-thinking IT managers recognize that social collaboration can harness the power of the collective knowledge in IT to substantially improve efficiencies while reducing risks in managing IT environments. This whitepaper describes five reasons why IT departments must embrace social IT as it will increasingly become essential to their success. Read Now. INSIDER 3 Ways to Give Your IT Organization a Skills Tune-Up Three CIOs describe how they define and develop IT staff capabilities that keep pace with business needs READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Phoenix NAP Advantages of a Hosted Private Cloud A hosted private cloud can offer many advantages for organizations looking to benefit from a secure cloud model. This white paper details how the hosted private cloud can address security and compliance concerns, deliver scale-up and scale-down capabilities, reduce costs and improve IT utilization all while minimizing loss of control by IT. Learn more. How a cute animal video deceived everybody In September, an astounding video of an amazingly altruistic pig saving a goat that appeared to be trapped in a small pond went viral quickly, spreading from an otherwise unused YouTube account to Time magazine, NBC's "Today" show, and ABC's "Good Morning America." It was good while it lasted, but with the daily inundation of cute animal photos, videos, and gifs, it's not surprising that it was largely... READ MORE WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Beyond Virtualization: Stepping up to the Cloud In this Webcast you will learn how VMWare, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have teamed to create the "software-defined data center," the foundation for highly functional cloud solutions based on VMware vCloud Suite and HP CloudCenter technologies. View Now! Yahoo Says No to Mobility I have spent essentially all of the past 21+ years telling people how important mobility is. How it enables, complements, and enhances our very nature as human beings. How information systems can take advantage of advances in wireless and mobile technologies to make anytime/anywhere productivity possible. In other words, how to be location-independent when it comes to work or play. READ MORE MWC: Carrier Wi-Fi playing more prominent role Underneath the mobile technology buzz at Mobile World Congress 2013 about expanding LTE deployments, and phasing in even faster LTE-Advanced networks later this year, is the strengthening market in operator-based Wi-Fi services. READ MORE McAfee acquires ValidEdge sandboxing technology McAfee yesterday said it has acquired the ValidEdge anti-malware sandboxing technology from LynuxWorks in order to add a new type of malware detection to its network and endpoint products. The first integration of sandboxing into its product line is expected in the second half of this year. READ MORE Security firm Trustwave targeted by phishing campaign Customers of security firm Trustwave are being targeted by a phishing campaign that masquerades as a PCI DSS compliance scan, the company has warned. READ MORE MWC2013: NEC seeing double with new smartphone MWC2013: NEC seeing double with new smartphone It might look like any other smartphone, but NEC's Medias W has a surprise: a second screen that folds into use when required. From: networkworld Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:24 More in Science & Technology READ MORE 8 New Websites to Help You Find Your Next IT Employee Searching for the right person to add to your team is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so check out these sites that cater specifically to job-seeking IT professionals. READ MORE SLIDESHOWS 10 tech company social media bloopers Social media blunders are nothing new, and the technology industry is not immune to them. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. 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