Cisco's Nexus 9000, ACI strategy

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	Cisco's Nexus 9000, ACI strategy Cisco has four strategic imperatives for its Nexus 9000 data center product and its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) focus: attack VMware/Nicira's software-intensive network virtualization technique; combat Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications View the new eBook: Evolution of the Ethernet Brocade and IDG bring you this exclusive eBook exploring the impact of today's IT and Data Center challenges on your network. With a focus on Ethernet Fabric, use this eBook to start your evolution toward a flatter, less complex and more agile network architecture—an architecture ready for the future. 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But while that promise is being realized at a few pioneering companies, from Amazon and Macy's to Google and Facebook, many other organizations are... Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> McAfee Advanced Threat Detection: A Sign of Things to Come With the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas as a backdrop, McAfee rolled out its Advanced Threat Defense (ADT) strategy last week. Yes, McAfee now offers a sandboxing appliance of its own but it would be foolish to judge this announcement based on its security device alone. McAfee's ATD is actually an integrated architecture that goes beyond detection. 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