VMware's problems are deeper than just Microsoft

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	VMware's problems are deeper than just Microsoft Remember this blog post? It's my now infamous "Bell tolls for thee" blog that I authored just after VMworld last year. This was the blog for which I was so soundly flogged by the VMware community in the comments section, and even received a few nasty emails. (By the way, I do want to thank all of the people who comment on my blogs. Whether you agree or disagree with me, it's always good to have... Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Forrester: Defining the Next-Generation Workspace How will you meet the needs of a mobile workforce? In this Forrester study, discover approaches to BYOD and desktop virtualization. Learn why Cisco Unified Workspace may be the solution for your mobility, virtualization, and security challenges. Read Now In this Issue PaaS Primer: What is platform as a service and why does it matter? Cisco, competitors see healthy data center switching market Feds offer $20M for critical energy network cybersecurity tools You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too much Internet bandwidth 12 hybrid cloud security products to watch INSIDER ROI calculations done right can help IT projects ShoreTel enhances enterprise contact center solution Do you really need the Nexus 7000? Big Data Security Analytics or Big Data IT Analytics? 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. PaaS Primer: What is platform as a service and why does it matter? Even most non-techies probably have an idea of what cloud computing is by now, but when you start getting into IaaS vs. SaaS vs. PaaS even those of us in the industry can struggle. Read More Cisco, competitors see healthy data center switching market Cisco and its data center switching rivals should see some healthy growth over the next four or fives years. The data center switch market will approach $16 billion by 2017, a compounded annual growth rate of almost 10% over the $10 billion it achieved in 2012, according to Crehan Research. Read More Feds offer $20M for critical energy network cybersecurity tools The US Department of Energy today said it would spend $20 million on the development of advanced cybersecurity tools to help protect the nation's vulnerable energy supply. The DOE technologies developed under this program should be interoperable, scalable, cost-effective advanced tools that do not impede critical energy delivery functions, that are innovative and can easily be commercialized or made... 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 You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too much Internet bandwidth As we move into the era of the cloud, and further into the era of BYOD and the explosion of personal/consumer use of the Internet as a fundamental expectation of individual workers and their devices, having much more bandwidth at each enterprise location will be critical to the efficiency of enterprise IT. Yet I also believe that this topic is rarely given the consideration it is due. Read More 12 hybrid cloud security products to watch Read More INSIDER ROI calculations done right can help IT projects Building a solid business case for your IT projects means nailing the financial calculations and language. CIOs say making accurate ROI predictions can pay off. Insider (registration required) Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel 5 Important Use Cases for UC Many organizations begin by focusing on using UC to enhance user productivity, but they soon find that both productivity and business processes can be improved by UC. Read now! ShoreTel enhances enterprise contact center solution ShoreTel has enhanced its enterprise contact center solution with the release of ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center 8. The changes are designed to help enterprises improve customers' communications by offering customers a greater freedom of choice in how and when they communicate. Agents can now more effectively handle emails, chats and calls, both inbound and outbound. Customers can also schedule callbacks so they can be contacted at a time that is convenient. Read More Do you really need the Nexus 7000? Since Cisco introduced the cutting-edge Nexus 7000 line in 2008, network engineers have constantly debated over the Nexus versus the Catalyst. Those who oversee Catalyst 6500-powered networks are happy with (and accustomed to) the widely used, lower-cost Catalyst switches. Nexus advocates favor the newer line's speed and virtualization capabilities. While each side has good reason to advocate for... Read More Big Data Security Analytics or Big Data IT Analytics? According to ESG research, 44% of enterprise organizations believe that their security data collection, processing and analysis qualifies as "big data" today while another 44% believe that their security data collection, processing and analysis will qualify as "big data" within the next two years. Given this requirement and market opportunity, it is not surprise that IBM and RSA announced... 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