Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller, cloud gear for data center

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	Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller, cloud gear for data center 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: Network World Technical Seminar SDN, Openflow and Network Virtualization event comes to NYC Attend and learn how SDN works, its potential in the enterprise, and why leading, bellwether organizations are leveraging it for data center and large-scale networking efficiency- Learn more and register for this free event. February 12, 2013 – Grand Hyatt, NYC Click to continue In this Issue We need a critical infrastructure cybersecurity policy Lotus position: IBM kills the name, but software and founders live on Juniper routers open to attack Check out '2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries' Safeguard your code: 17 security tips for developers Top 10 Tech Upgrades to Make Your Small Business Run Faster Microsoft and Google push for FCC's public Wi-Fi for free networks INSIDER Security-as-a-service gaining popularity Core Networking and Security 100th Blog Post 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. We need a critical infrastructure cybersecurity policy Reports are that the latest round of cyber-attacks have been aimed at large media outlets like the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Before media, large banks and other financial institutions were being targeted. Before the financial industry it was something else. All the while the US Government is under constant bombardment from potential cyber threats probing for weakness. Read... Read More Lotus position: IBM kills the name, but software and founders live on Thirty-one years ago, Massachusetts-based software developers Mitch Kapor and Jonathan Sachs created a program — an electronic spreadsheet — that would change the world. A year later, on Jan. 26, 1983, Lotus Development Corp. released Lotus 1-2-3 for the IBM PC and grossed $53 million in sales. The following year, sales tripled to more than $150 million. 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 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. Check out '2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries' We've been eating our own dog food for 25 years now. That may be the most remarkable fact I have learned from compiling "2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries," our seventh annual such collection of (sometimes loosely) tech-related milestones and memories. This marks the seventh consecutive year that I've gone archive diving in this manner. Should you be interested, here are the others. Read More Safeguard your code: 17 security tips for developers The scary stories from the Web are getting worse. First there were a few stolen credit card numbers. Then there were a few thousand. Now we hear about millions of financial records being exposed by security breaches, and we grow numb to the potential threat. Credit card numbers barely scratch the surface of what the bad guys are after, and there are more dangerous stories that come out of the labs studying cyber war. Read More Top 10 Tech Upgrades to Make Your Small Business Run Faster If you want your employees to get things done faster in 2013, they need technology that will keep up with them. Here are 10 technology upgrades that promise to give your small business an impressive return on your IT investment. 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 Microsoft and Google push for FCC's public Wi-Fi for free networks How sweet would it be to dump that monthly cell phone bill in favor of making calls over free Wi-Fi networks, so powerful it would be like "Wi-Fi on steroids"? Microsoft and Google are working together to support the FCC's powerful Wi-Fi for free proposal. Read More INSIDER Security-as-a-service gaining popularity Security delivered as a cloud service has several benefits, including costs and flexibility, but there are some cautions, too, adopters say. Read More Core Networking and Security 100th Blog Post This is my 100th blog post for the Network World Cisco Subnet community. As I reflect on the last four years of writing this blog, I think about the fun I've had sharing ideas with you and hearing your feedback. In this blog I list the most popular articles and I review how IPv6 adoption has changed over these years. I share with you my writing process and ask for your input on future blogs. Most... 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