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	First look: The Cisco/Insieme family Cisco today unveiled what is perhaps the most anticipated product line created to address to the growing software defined network (SDN) movement. The Nexus 9000 Application Centric Infrastructure switching portfolio, developed by the $863 million Cisco spin-in company. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Lifecycle Mgmt Key to Successful Unified Communications To maximize the value of UC deployment and enjoy a rapid ROI, it's critical organizations also invest wisely in UC management. A robust UC management platform that addresses the needs of the UC lifecycle can speed up initial deployments but also give IT the tools it needs to predictively and proactively manage the environment. View now In this Issue Microsoft Azure gaining ground on Amazon Web Services Who's using OpenStack? F5 Networks answers a complex SDN question Google walks away from Microsoft's IE9 Microsoft offers quick fix for Zero-Day vulnerability Android fans ask, 'for whom the KitKat tolls?' Cisco takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch Facebook goes open source with query engine for big data Cisco/Insieme news: The industry reacts Investors want Microsoft to dump Xbox and Bing, and they have a point Intel regroups to address small devices, wearable tech, DIY crowd 10 most powerful network management companies WEBCAST: Novell Putting Mobile Employees to Work Mobile Employees in the workplace. Watch this webcast. Click Here>> Learn More>> Microsoft Azure gaining ground on Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services next week will host its second customer conference, which is sure to grab headlines and be the center of cloud industry discussion. But, as Amazon continues its run leading the IaaS market, Microsoft has slowly but surely been building up its Windows Azure cloud with the intention of giving AWS a run for its money. Read More   Who's using OpenStack? We don't typically track user surveys, but the annual state of the OpenStack questionnaire provides some interesting insights into this still emerging open source cloud computing platform. Here are some key takeaways: -Really small and really big companies are most likely to be using OpenStack Read More   F5 Networks answers a complex SDN question With the recently released Synthesis, F5 Networks attempts to answer a complex question in the age of software-defined networks - what role will application delivery controllers play? Read More   Google walks away from Microsoft's IE9 As expected, Google today declared that it has ended support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser for its own Google Apps. Read More   Microsoft offers quick fix for Zero-Day vulnerability Confirming reports of limited attacks in South Asia and the Middle East, Microsoft released a security advisory on Tuesday warning of a new vulnerability targeting the TIFF image format. Read More   Android fans ask, 'for whom the KitKat tolls?' The news that KitKat may not be coming to a Nexus phone near you has made waves among device owners, prompting some to protest – and in one notable case, even petition. Read More   Cisco takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch Game on: Cisco has acquired spin-in Insieme Networks and rolled out a family of its switches that are the network giant's strategic answer to the growing software defined network movement. Read More   Facebook goes open source with query engine for big data Potentially raising the bar on SQL scalability, Facebook has released as open source a SQL query engine it developed called Presto that was built to work with petabyte-sized data warehouses. Read More   Cisco/Insieme news: The industry reacts Cisco boldly declared Wednesday: "Cisco Pioneers Real-Time Application Delivery in Global Data Centers and Clouds to Enable Greater Business Agility." The rest of the industry tries to translate that into something you and I can understand: Read More   Investors want Microsoft to dump Xbox and Bing, and they have a point The firm handling Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's share wants Microsoft to ditch Bing, a flop, and Xbox, a massive success. Here's why he may be right. Read More   Intel regroups to address small devices, wearable tech, DIY crowd   Intel is paying serious attention to small electronics, wearable technology and the do-it-yourself crowd, establishing a new business group to address those market segments. Read More   10 most powerful network management companies Our look at the biggest players in the network management, um, world Read More
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