Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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March Madness streaming-content bans don't apply to CEOs: study
To ban or not to ban? The question comes up every year as March Madness approaches and companies fret about the potential for sluggish networks and lost productivity if employees tune in to games played during work hours. Read More


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Magic Quadrant Identifies Leaders in WAN Optimization
Gartner has published its latest Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers to help you make an informed purchasing decision. Silver Peak has been positioned as a "Leader" in the Magic Quadrant report. Click here to read the full report now.

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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.

Linksys brand to survive as Cisco completes sale to Belkin
Belkin completed its acquisition of Linksys on Friday and will keep the longtime home networking company's brand, products and support channels. Read More

5 questions about VMware's new virtual networking platform
VMware made news this week, announcing that technology it acquired from virtual networking company Nicira last year will be integrated into the company's existing networking technology. Read More


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Realizing ROI with Application-Aware Network Performance
Major IT developments such as virtualization, cloud initiatives, and the explosion of content and big data pose significant challenges for WAN and LAN performance, reliability, and flexibility. Learn more.

Software-defined networking is a 'limiting vision' says Cisco CTO
Software-defined networking (SDN) may be the buzzword of the moment within the enterprise networking industry, but it is a "limiting vision" according to Padmasree Warrior, chief strategy and technology office at Cisco. Read More

VMware blends in Nicira SDN technology, reveals public cloud plans
VMware today announced it will integrate software-defined networking (SDN) technology it acquired from Nicira into its vCloud suite, while also unveiling plans for a new hybrid cloud service that in reality will provide customers with a VMware-powered public cloud. Read More


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Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Solution Brief
Learn how enterprises must tackle these challenges for SaaS applications to remain a viable option. Read now.

Four tools for checking bandwidth
The question of whether you're getting the bandwidth you pay for is one that just doesn't go away. Twice in the last few months I've suspected my ADSL connection of running slow and, sure enough, despite the modem telling me I had 3Mbps down and 500Kbps up, for whatever reason, restarting the modem fixed the problem. Read More

Top 8 Cloud-Related Skills Employers Are Demanding
In today's tech job market, some scoff at the concept of job security. While there may be some truth to that, there are things you can do to stay ahead of the curve and keep your IT skills relevant. And perhaps the best way to stay in demand is to master the tech skills most directly related to the cloud. Read More

 
 
 

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