Networking World: Education nets see massive traffic spikes from iOS 7 update

10 programming languages to make a developer pull his or her hair out

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September 19, 2013

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Education nets see massive traffic spikes from iOS 7 update

Education networks yesterday experienced massive spikes in wireless LAN and Internet traffic as thousands of students toting iPhones and iPads tried to download iOS 7, which became available at 1 p.m. EDT.

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1. 10 programming languages to make a developer pull his or her hair out

2. OpenDaylight "Hydrogen" taking shape

3. Vampire mice and zombie hard drives: USB dangers lurk in Linux

4. Apple iOS 7: Six key things to do before you tap 'Download'

5. AT&T, Microsoft team to link business customers to Azure cloud

6. How to calculate the costs of solid state drives

7. Cloud computing's 'utility' model faces a surprising challenge

8. Snowden's role provided 'perfect cover' for NSA data theft

9. What's the Best Android Tablet? Google Nexus vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3

10. Apple issues internal high priority alert in light of iOS 7 download issues

11. INSIDER Is WAN Optimization Hardware Obsolete?

12. 12 lines the IT helpdesk hates to hear

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How to calculate the costs of solid state drives

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Cloud computing's 'utility' model faces a surprising challenge

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Snowden's role provided 'perfect cover' for NSA data theft

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What's the Best Android Tablet? Google Nexus vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3

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Apple issues internal high priority alert in light of iOS 7 download issues

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Is WAN Optimization Hardware Obsolete?

We recently received a copy of a Netex-commissioned white paper called "The Death of the WAN Optimization Hardware Appliance: R.I.P." The paper, by a firm curiously named Dragon Slayer Consulting, predicts that WAN optimization hardware will soon be as obsolete as the buggy whip because virtualized server appliances will render it moot. We believe this prediction is wrong. Here's why. READ MORE

12 lines the IT helpdesk hates to hear

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