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	Network World's 2014 State of the Network survey Exclusive research from Network World shows that cloud and mobility are gaining in importance Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments 4 Key Survival Tips for Planning Your Next Big Data Project Big Data projects slam network performance. This paper offer survival tips to prepare your network before the Big Data projects hit, not after. Learn how to monitor and manage network performance for bandwidth, consistent low latency, scalable storage, processing power and security. Learn More In this Issue Amazon picked a fight with VMware in the cloud, and VMware fought back Apple's storage strategy: Clear, not cloudy 10 great new features in Microsoft Azure Meet the future of computing: 10 killer hardware advancements from Computex 2014 Real-World Horror Stories Show Why Data Security Is So Hard Rack-mount? ... We don't need no stinkin' rack-mount WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance Big Data projects slam network performance. This paper offer survival tips to prepare your network before the Big Data projects hit, not after. Learn how to monitor and manage network performance for bandwidth, consistent low latency, scalable storage, processing power and security. Learn More Amazon picked a fight with VMware in the cloud, and VMware fought back The battle for hybrid clouds is on. Read More Apple's storage strategy: Clear, not cloudy It's all about selling more iPhones, more iPads, more Macs, not beating Dropbox Read More WHITE PAPER: Infortrend Optimized Efficiency for SMB Datacenters Did you know that Infortrend's EonStor DS systems are ideal solutions for storage infrastructure consolidation, high-availability clusters, server virtualization and green datacenters? And now, they're 16Gb Fibre Channel-ready. Learn more >> 10 great new features in Microsoft Azure Microsoft woos customers to the cloud with a slew of new networking, security, storage, DR, management, and orchestration capabilities Read More Meet the future of computing: 10 killer hardware advancements from Computex 2014 From new chips to super-fast storage and amazing connectivity improvements, the future of computing was unveiled at Computex. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software From Application Development to Digital Service Delivery This paper, describes how a workload automation solution can eliminate the manual processes developers now use to define batch workflows and communicate them to schedulers Learn More Real-World Horror Stories Show Why Data Security Is So Hard In today's bring-your-own-device and cloud services enterprise, real-world stories of data loss abound. What's really horrifying: Things seem to be getting worse. Read More Rack-mount? ... We don't need no stinkin' rack-mount This photo tweeted out yesterday by Barracuda Networks co-founder Michael Perone begged a few questions, chief among them being, “Huh?”A company spokesperson replied to my inquiry with this explanation:“It is the former switch for Bigeye, Barracuda’s largest conference/training room.  Earlier this year, we began a total renovation (both inside the building and outside). During the renovation, a new wall was built in that area – and the switch ended up getting stuffed in the ceiling (no one will admit to it!) -- just above the new conference room. “Of course, the plan is to recable and replace the switch altogether. Renovations continue. And as you can see, the switch is functional.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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