Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller

	2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries | Oracle to buy network equipment maker Acme Packet for $1.7 billion
	Network World Data Center				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller Cisco this week will fill out its programmable networking family with a new line of data center switches, cloud connectivity extensions and a software-based SDN controller. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Dimension Data Hidden costs of IT support uncovered Dimension Data, the global ICT solutions and services provider, has unveiled an enhanced, proactive version of its Uptime Maintenance and Support Services that will help its over 6,000 global clients uncover hidden costs of IT support and optimise their total IT support spend while maximising the availability of their IT estate. The Group is the first system integrator to market that can offer this range of proactive IT support services across multiple vendor technologies on a global scale. Learn more about Uptime Maintenance and Support services today! In this Issue 2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Oracle to buy network equipment maker Acme Packet for $1.7 billion Intel shrinks its Solid-State Drives, aims for tablets Semiconductor industry to recover this year What's up with VMware? Cisco: There's no place safe for Web surfers How BYOD Saved VMware $2 Million Oracle loses appeal of ruling in Hewlett-Packard suit IBM bulks up analysis muscle with Star Analytics buy Juniper routers open to attack RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: QLogic Corporation Are You Planning a 10Gb Ethernet Upgrade? QLogic's 10GbEIntelligent Ethernet Adapters work in conjunction with the latest virtualization operating systems with new virtualization and management features. We provide flexible networking solutions that can evolve with your technology while protecting investments in virtualization and server consolidation. But don't take our word for it. Check it out for yourself! Download a free white paper with pertinent information you need to know about upgrading your current Ethernet infrastructure. 2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries A look back at the most memorable tech-related happenings of 1988 Read More Oracle to buy network equipment maker Acme Packet for $1.7 billion Oracle has agreed to pay US$1.7 billion for Acme Packet, a network equipment vendor specializing in session delivery. Read More Intel shrinks its Solid-State Drives, aims for tablets Intel's new Solid-State Drive 525 packs performance identical to a standard 2.5-inch SSD into a device one eighth of the size, the company said in an announcement last week. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG Research New Survey: Purchase Process of Enterprise Technologies Tell us about the buying process for enterprise technologies in Network World's Technology Influence Survey! This survey should take about 10 minutes of your time. To thank you, you will have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win a $250 cash prize*! Please be assured your responses are confidential. To participate, click on the link below. *Due to regulations, prize sweepstakes is only open to legal U.S. and Canadian (except Puerto Rico and Quebec) residents, age 18 or older. Semiconductor industry to recover this year Increased sales of electronics and new forms of computing devices will drive the worldwide semiconductor market to growth this year after a slowdown in 2012, the nonprofit organization World Semiconductor Trade Statistics said on Monday. Read More What's up with VMware? In some people's eyes, VMware has had a tough past couple of weeks. Read More Cisco: There's no place safe for Web surfers Web surfers don't have to indulge in risky online behavior to expose themselves to malware, according to Cisco's annual security report. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc A Quick Start to Measuring Power Use Rule-of-thumb estimates for power consumption are no longer sufficient. Discover a quick way to establish baseline power measurements with intelligent rack power distribution units (iPDUs) to meter the power and wireless sensors communicating that information, and eliminate the need for Ethernet connections to iPDUs. Learn More How BYOD Saved VMware $2 Million As more companies adopt a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach to mobile, many are getting caught by hidden costs. But virtualization titan VMware has bucked that trend. VMware CIO Mark Egan explains how his company accomplished its feat. Read More Oracle loses appeal of ruling in Hewlett-Packard suit A court has rejected Oracle's appeal of a judge's ruling in the lawsuit Hewlett-Packard brought over Oracle's decision to stop porting its software to HP's Itanium server platform. Read More IBM bulks up analysis muscle with Star Analytics buy Adding more performance management muscle to its line of analysis software and services, IBM is acquiring the software assets of Star Analytics. Read More Juniper routers open to attack A flaw has cropped up in Juniper's router operating system that can cause the systems to crash and reboot. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries A look back at the most memorable tech-related happenings of 1988. 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. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. 2013's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries 2. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 1 3. Microsoft has no reason to save Dell 4. BlackBerry's Super Bowl ad: It's already a loser 5. Fedora, openSUSE ditch MySQL, in a major database shake-up 6. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 shows up in New Zealand 7. The 12 techiest Super Bowl ads of all time 8. Amazon.com suffers outage: Nearly $5 million down the drain? 9. How BYOD saved VMware $2 million 10. Samsung Galaxy S 4 buzz still white-hot
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_data_center_alert as networking.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2013 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **