Top 10 most powerful network management companies

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	Top 10 most powerful network management companies Having a powerful network is increasingly a matter of managing it effectively, and some companies are better than others at helping with that. And as a major part of a market sector that IDC expects to reach $50 billion in annual revenues next year, network management products are more important than ever. Here's our list – in no particular order – of the 10 most powerful firms in the world of network management, based on our own knowledge and consultations with researchers at Gartner, 451 Research and IDC. 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 >> In this Issue Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools Juniper targets big new switch directly at Cisco Nexus 6000 Researchers tout electricity storage technology that could recharge devices in minutes How the cloud is blowing up the network 16 Traits of Great IT Leaders 4 ways metrics can improve security awareness programs SDN Adoption Puts DevOps Pros in High Demand Cisco raises Catalyst switch prices by up to 67% WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Wan Deduplication: Getting More by Sending Less Recently, data deduplication has made its way from the storage to the networking community. More specifically, it has become an important tool for optimizing application performance across the WAN. This paper discusses how WAN deduplication works, and how it can be effectively deployed as a complement to existing storage deduplication solutions. Learn more >> Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools Cisco will boost its enterprise collaboration stack with products designed to simplify the way companies secure communications, interact with external parties and manage their collaboration tools. Read More Juniper targets big new switch directly at Cisco Nexus 6000 Juniper Networks is expected to soon announce a new QFabric switch for top-of-rack applications that supports Broadcom's Trident II silicon for dense 10/40G Ethernet capabilities and competes directly with Cisco's Nexus 6000. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Transition to the 3rd Platform for Enterprise Applications The tech industry is in the midst of a major transition brought about by the combination of four forces. Since the lifetime of an application software package in a business is significant, application buyers need to consider support for the 3rd Platform. Learn more Researchers tout electricity storage technology that could recharge devices in minutes Vanderbilt University researchers say they have come up with a way to store electricity on a silicon-based supercapacitor that would let mobile phones recharge in seconds and let them continue to operate for weeks without recharging. Read More How the cloud is blowing up the network For networking folks, the good old days are fading away. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppNeta AppNeta Trace View - Free Trial Download Want to try AppNeta in your own application environment? Install in 5 minutes! Learn More 16 Traits of Great IT Leaders Being an exceptional leader is about more than getting the job done. You've got to balance your team's need with your goals and objectives as well as your emotions. You've got to think about things from other people's perspective and sometimes do things that, while are in the best interest of the team, might not be great for you. While there a number of different leadership styles, the best leaders share some common traits. Read More 4 ways metrics can improve security awareness programs Useful and legitimate metrics have long evaded the information security community as a whole. Without proper metrics, you cannot truly prove the value of a security program. This makes it difficult to justify increasing the budget and even maintaining the budget that you have. Read More SDN Adoption Puts DevOps Pros in High Demand The shift toward network automation and virtualization offered by Software Defined Networks will increase demand for DevOps professionals. If you have both technical expertise and business acumen, you may soon have new IT career options. Read More Cisco raises Catalyst switch prices by up to 67% Cisco is raising the price on older generation Catalyst switches in an effort to prod users into buying newer gear. Read More
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