SDN start-up targets enterprise WAN complexity

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	SDN start-up targets enterprise WAN complexity An SDN start-up this week emerged from stealth mode to propose a software-defined answer to challenges vexing administrators of an enterprise WAN. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Business Impact from IT Agility and Data Center Automation Live Webcast Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT How are your IT peers achieving IT agility? Get the inside scoop from Forrester and Brocade on how enterprise organizations are overcoming IT agility challenges and the results they are achieving – plus get key recommendations and steps you can take to achieve similar results. View now>> In this Issue iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 2 Report: AT&T is looking to acquire DirecTV Cisco earmarks $150M for start-up investments The software defined enterprise WAN is now a business imperative HP joins with Foxconn to build low-cost cloud servers WHITE PAPER: Attachmate Turning Financial Apps into SOA Building Blocks This paper discusses the benefits and challenges of implementing SOA in financial service organizations such as banks or insurance companies. After exploring the characteristics of mainframe-based financial applications, you'll learn various approaches for service-enabling these applications. Learn More. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 2 Checks and guesses spurred rumors that Apple has begun shipping raw synthetic sapphire material to Asia for processing into iPhone 6 display covers. One analyst estimated the amount shipped would be good for….maybe 115,000 covers. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Integrated Solutions with a Forward-Looking Partner Complexity is a reality of the fast-paced global economy, but it can lead to opportunity. Unified Communications provides powerful tools for companies to reduce complexity Read Now Report: AT&T is looking to acquire DirecTV AT&T has approached satellite provider DirecTV about a possible acquisition, in a bid to more closely integrate TV and broadband services, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Scale Communications to Rival Big Companies Small and midsize businesses looking to minimize telecommunications spending should consider a hosted UC service. This paper highlights: • How to offload significant upfront capital expenses • On-premise vs. cloud UC tradeoffs • Side-by-side pricing comparison of hosted UC service and IP PBX Learn more >> Cisco earmarks $150M for start-up investments Cisco's venture capital arm this week said it is allocating an additional $150 million over two to three years to fund start-ups around the world. Read More The software defined enterprise WAN is now a business imperative It seems that we in the networking industry have been talking about evolving the WAN for well over 20 years now. The traditional "hub and spoke" WAN that we've all grown accustomed to was ideally suited for client/server computing, where users were in branches and applications were located in the data center. Read More HP joins with Foxconn to build low-cost cloud servers Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturing giant best known for producing Apple's iPhone, to tackle the growing market for low-cost servers in cloud data centers. Read More
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