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	12 tips for SDN IT buyers Software defined networking (SDN) offers significant opportunities and challenges for enterprise IT professionals. SDN has the potential to make networks more flexible, reduce the time to provision the network, improve quality of service, reduce operational costs and make networks more secure. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Building the Best Network for the Cloud In this Verizon Knowledge Vault, you'll learn from videos and other downloadable resources how to move large amounts of data reliably and securely, how to increase performance for the cloud and how to balance risk and opportunity in the cloud era with the help of Verizon Network and Cloud Solutions. Learn More In this Issue SDN FAQ Big Data Security Analytics: It Takes a Village Critical infrastructure protection: Are we prepared for a massive cyberattack on U.S. systems? The biggest security snafus of 2013 (so far) 3 things to consider before buying into Disaster Recovery as a Service Oracle rolls out analytic apps for E-Business Suite INSIDER Six things you need to know about WebRTC What is WebRTC? The worst cloud outages of 2013 (so far) Meet the next open-source stars 5 Secrets to Corporate Social Media Success Chambers: Cisco waited too long to address SDNs Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Network protection and UTM Buyers Guide This buyers guide is designed to help you choose the right solution for your organization. It looks at the factors you should consider when evaluating solutions to ensure you have the protection and functionality you need, both now and as your business evolves. View Now SDN FAQ Software has been programming our networks for a long time, so how is SDN different? Read More Big Data Security Analytics: It Takes a Village As I've written many times, the age of big data security analytics is already upon us. In fact, 44% of large organizations characterize their security data collection, processing and storage activities "big data" today, while another 44% believe that their security data collection, processing, and storage activities will become "big data" within the next 2 years. Read More Critical infrastructure protection: Are we prepared for a massive cyberattack on U.S. systems? There is no debate in the security community that the nation needs to protect its critical infrastructure (CI) from cyber attacks. But not everybody agrees that all infrastructure sectors are equally critical. Read More The biggest security snafus of 2013 (so far) Late last December ended with a hacker leaking data on 300,000 Verizon FIOS customers which was apparently stolen via a marketing partner of Verizon. Read More WEBCAST: Egnyte The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Sharing Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now! 3 things to consider before buying into Disaster Recovery as a Service Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) backs up the whole environment, not just the data. Read More Oracle rolls out analytic apps for E-Business Suite Oracle has unveiled a series of analytic applications for its flagship E-Business Suite ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite that it says gives customers a more effective, richer way to comb through operational data. Read More INSIDER Six things you need to know about WebRTC WebRTC (Real-Time Communication) a series of designs and guidelines promoted by Google and others through the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and MPEG groups to provide a common stack for audio and video communications directly between two browsers. Read More What is WebRTC? Enterprise trade shows have recently been full of chatter about WebRTC (Real-Time Communication). Descriptions like game changer and disruptive technology have been used. But, what is WebRTC and does it really matter? Read More WHITE PAPER: SiSense Ltd. Choosing the Right Tech for Your Business Analytics Project The size, speed and scalability of different business analytics technologies vary greatly. The advantages and disadvantages of RDBMS, In-Memory and In-Chip technologies are detailed in this report. Read Now! The worst cloud outages of 2013 (so far) From Amazon to Dropbox and Microsoft to Google, we've seen some nasty cloud outages in the first half of the year. Which company failed the worst? Read More Meet the next open-source stars The world of open-source software, by design, is something of a collective. Instead of well-defined teams of developers working on a project for pay, open-source software is the result of an amorphous community making contributions – some good, some bad. Everyone is part of the project, everyone has a stake. Read More 5 Secrets to Corporate Social Media Success You don't need a big budget to be successful with social media, according to Walmart's director of social strategy. Here are five steps your business can follow to reap the benefits. Read More Chambers: Cisco waited too long to address SDNs Cisco waited too long to address the software-defined networking trend now sweeping the industry, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said this week at the Cisco Live conference. Read More Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture Cisco this week significantly extended its data center networking portfolio with a new fabric architecture, an enhancement to another and, as expected, an extension to its Nexus core switching line. Read More
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