A perspective on IP traffic growth

	Knocking down MPLS myths, concluded | Rackspace beefs up cloud networking features with Brocade's Vyatta technology
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	A perspective on IP traffic growth IT professionals, perhaps more than anyone, have a sense of just how fast things are changing in this information-driven world. But Cisco's latest Visual Networking Index, an ongoing study of global IP traffic, adds perspective that may influence some of your thinking when it comes to long-range capacity planning. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks 802.11ac Network-Readiness Checklist Products based on the upcoming 802.11ac standard are going to dominate the enterprise WLAN landscape so, what should organizations do today to prepare? This technical checklist offers a framework for evaluating the features and benefits of 802.11ac for establishing a roll out plan. Read Now In this Issue Knocking down MPLS myths, concluded Rackspace beefs up cloud networking features with Brocade's Vyatta technology Cisco acquires IT energy management technology Look out, Google Fiber – scientists build 400G connection Twitter's 10 most antisocial celebrities WHITE PAPER: CDW Software Asset Management: Getting Started Find out what steps to take that can lead your organization down the smooth path to SAM deployment. This SAM primer can help you and your organization mitigate software non-compliance issues and optimize software license management while containing costs. Read Now Knocking down MPLS myths, concluded We've now spent a number of columns covering the issues surrounding the myths of why enterprises "need" MPLS. We'll conclude this topic by addressing the issue of having a single place to point the finger when something goes wrong with the WAN. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Microsoft Dynamics AX solutions from IBM IBM provides consulting, implementation and application management services for Microsoft Dynamics AX, a comprehensive ERP solution for midsize and larger organizations that empowers people to work effectively, manage change, and compete globally. Learn More. Rackspace beefs up cloud networking features with Brocade's Vyatta technology Public cloud and managed hosting provider Rackspace has rolled technology from Vyatta into its services, allowing customers to set granulated network segmentation policies that dictate which users and what type of traffic have access to which hosted resources. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 4 Ways WAN Optimization Can Benefit Your Organization WAN optimization has evolved into a complete system that optimizes traffic across a broad range of most popular applications while providing deep visibility into performance. Read Now Cisco acquires IT energy management technology Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held JouleX, a developer of enterprise IT energy management tools, for $107 million in cash. Read More Look out, Google Fiber – scientists build 400G connection A research team led by Bell Labs' Xiang Liu has published an article in Nature describing a way to send and receive information at 400 gigabits per second across 12,800km of optical fiber – an enormous potential gain of both speed and effective distance compared to current technology. Read More Twitter's 10 most antisocial celebrities Followed by millions, they follow no one (or only one) in return Read More
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