How to more easily upgrade your network to 40/100G Ethernet

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	How to more easily upgrade your network to 40/100G Ethernet Upgrading you network from 10G Ethernet to 40G and 100G is not as easy as swapping out switches and line cards. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Buy WANOp Now, Go Virtual Anytime for Free Organizations continue to list virtualization as a top priority for 2013. But according to ESG's 2013 IT Spending Intentions Study, organizations must transform their IT environment without the aid of additional funds. Silver Peak is helping organizations overcome these challenges with a free software upgrade for life. Learn more In this Issue Cool old Ethernet paraphernalia Six questions to ask your SDN supplier 6 dirty secrets of the IT industry Oracle eyes optical links as final frontier of data-center scaling Startup offers hefty storage with pay-per-use pricing Why IBM Will Be Saved by Analytics -- and Steven Mills INSIDER Masters of disasters: IT survivors of Katrina, Sandy and other natural disasters share their DR tips and tricks WEBCAST: HP HP Software-Defined Networking KnowledgeVault Exchange Software-defined networking a networking paradigm shift that holds great promise for today and tomorrow's IT operations. In this KnowledgeVault, there are informative videos, tools, white papers and research all designed to help you get the most out of SDN technology. View Now Cool old Ethernet paraphernalia This is one of many diagrams sketched by Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe proposing in 1972 a network connecting computers, printers and files over coaxial cable. At the time, Metcalfe called the connectivity scheme an Ether Network. Read More Six questions to ask your SDN supplier Let's face it - real-world deployments of SDN are currently few and far between. While deployments have started to reach beyond the leading-edge Googles and Microsofts of the world, most enterprises and service providers are still in research mode with respect to SDN and the related Open Networking and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) movements. The good news is that suppliers – even the leading-edge... Read More WEBCAST: IBM Hire and Retain Exceptional Employees with Assess Systems Assess Systems provides state-of-the-art talent selection and people development assessment solutions to clients worldwide. Attend this webinar to learn how IBM Business Analytics technology can help you hire and retain exceptional employees by leveraging workforce data. Register Now 6 dirty secrets of the IT industry IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business Read More Oracle eyes optical links as final frontier of data-center scaling Oracle is exploring silicon photonics, an optical technology drawing widespread interest, as a potential weapon in the battle against data-center power consumption. Read More WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Combat Disasters And Optimize Business Operations Offsite data replication is key to ensuring ongoing business operations, but it can be complex and costly, especially when performed over long distances. Join this discussion to discover how you can apply fast, cost effective and reliable remote replication strategies and technologies. View now >> Startup offers hefty storage with pay-per-use pricing The model of buying cloud computing resources is different from that of buying traditional hardware and software. Instead of buying licenses and investing in equipment, in a cloud computing model, users pay for the resources they use – no more, no less. That model has been proven out extensively on the compute side, with services like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and a variety of other IaaS offerings on the market. But storage has been slow to catch up. Read More Why IBM Will Be Saved by Analytics -- and Steven Mills It's easy to tell executives exactly what they want to hear, even if it makes you like the violin player on the Titanic. Luckily, today's analytics technology gives executives real-time insight into how their firms are performing. At IBM, leaders such as Steven Mills are making sure Big Blue eats its own dog food and continues to reinvent itself in an ever-dynamic market. Read More INSIDER Masters of disasters: IT survivors of Katrina, Sandy and other natural disasters share their DR tips and tricks Natural and manmade disasters are facts of life. Smart IT managers prepare for the worst before trouble hits, so that the businesses and government institutions that rely on IT can resume normal operations as soon as possible. Read More
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