Networking World: The Curse of Compliance

FCC moves to boost wireless speeds, avoid congestion | Linaro extends Linux ARM to networking gear

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The Curse of Compliance
I used to work with a guy who was significantly overweight. I ran into him in the cafeteria one day and he mentioned that his doctor recommended that he eschew large lunches in favor of lighter foods like salads. He proceeded to the salad bar where he buried a few greens, onions, and tomatoes under a mountain of cheese, deli meats, and blue cheese dressing. So my fellow employee was complying with... Read More

WHITE PAPER: Meraki

Integrating the iPad into Enterprise Wireless
Network administrators need to be prepared to support the ever-growing number of tablets and other mobile devices on enterprise wireless networks. This whitepaper shows how to survive the iPad crush with a detailed look at the challenges of supporting mobile devices and BYOD initiatives. Learn More!

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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

FCC moves to boost wireless speeds, avoid congestion
The Federal Communications Commission said it wants to make up to 195 megahertz of additional spectrum in the 5 GHz band available to unlicensed wireless devices with the idea that such a move would enable Wi-Fi equipment that can offer faster speeds of one gigabit per second or more, increase overall capacity, and reduce congestion. Read More

Linaro extends Linux ARM to networking gear
Hoping to extend Linux's reach to ARM-based networking equipment, the not-for-profit engineering group Linaro has launched an initiative to develop code to run routers, switches and other networking equipment. Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5

Scale Your DNS Infrastructure to Protect Your Business
DNS continues to be a tempting target for attackers, and when they succeed in disrupting DNS, all external data center services are affected. This paper helps organizations confronting these growth and security challenges understand how a new, full-proxy architecture for DNS provides a complete solution for global, local, and cloud load balancing. Learn More.

Intel thinks integration as it moves toward exascale
Intel's aim is to lead the way in creating the first exaflop supercomputer, so it is making architectural improvements to its processors with the hope to reach that goal between 2018 and 2020. Read More

F5's SDN investment puts it in play with Cisco, Juniper
Network acceleration vendor F5's recent purchase of LineRate Systems, a startup specializing in software-defined networking technology, is both a near-term attempt to associate itself with a hot industry technology and a canny look ahead to the future, according to experts. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc.

Claimed Proof-Positive of Network Virtualization's Agility
See what 451 Research thinks of these claims, this new technology and the competition in this analyst report. Learn more.

Alcatel-Lucent hopes to make data plans more flexible
Through its new Smart Plan platform, Alcatel-Lucent wants to make mobile subscription plans more flexible and allow data packages to be shared among users and handed out by companies to their customers using an application on smartphones and tablets. Read More

What can L2TP do for your network?
The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a standard protocol for tunneling L2 traffic over an IP network. Its ability to carry almost any L2 data format over IP or other L3 networks makes it particularly useful. But L2TP remains little-known outside of certain niches, perhaps because early versions of the specification were limited to carrying PPP -- a limitation that is now removed. Read More

6 Innovations That Will Change Healthcare
When economists, data scientists and medical professionals team up, the result is often remarkable innovation. These six examples from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Future of Health and Wellness Conference could change the way patients interact with hospitals, physicians and each other. Read More

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