Thursday, April 29, 2010

The scourge of complexity; Hello DSL, goodbye toolless keystone jacks

Hello DSL; goodbye toolless keystone jacks | Cisco announces CleanAir for Wi-Fi interference on new access points

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The scourge of complexity
As mentioned in the last newsletter, this week Jim is at the Interop conference in Vegas where he is moderating ten sessions. One of the key ideas that will be addressed in a number of Jim's session is complexity – what drives it and what to do about it. We will use this newsletter to discuss just one example of growing challenge that complexity presents to IT organizations, particularly when the WAN is leveraged to support continually evolving forms of distributed applications. Read More


WHITE PAPER: ArcSight

Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n
As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More!

Hello DSL; goodbye toolless keystone jacks
AT&T gets Gibbs hooked up to DSL. Then he tries to use "toolless" keystone jacks. Bad idea. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks

Troubleshooting Application Problems
This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here!

Cisco announces CleanAir for Wi-Fi interference on new access points
Cisco Systems announced a new series of high-end wireless LAN access points with so-called CleanAir technology that is designed to give network administrators the ability to monitor Wi-Fi interference from a variety of devices. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Microsoft

Extended Security Features of Windows 7
Microsoft has added significant security enhancement to Windows 7. This Gartner research note details the capabilities available (many are only available to EA/SA subscribers), which features should be activated and where some security holes still remain. Read More.

Carriers flubbing femtocell
Femtocells have gotten off to a sluggish start so far because carriers have yet to sell customers on their benefits, says an analyst at Infonetics Research. Read More

Broadcasting group defends its spectrum turf
U.S. television broadcasters are willing to talk about sharing their unused spectrum with broadband providers, but they should not be forced to give up spectrum or be taxed for the spectrum they have, said the head of a broadcasting trade group. Read More



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Today from the Subnet communities

15 copies of CompTIA A+ study kits (book, video, flash cards) are available from Cisco Subnet.Deadline April 30. 15 books on Microsoft Systems Center Enterprise suite are available, too.

SLIDESHOWS

Confessions of tech hoarders
How much hardware do you have hidden in your home's nooks and crannies? One tech hoarder shares pictures of his stash, as well as those of some readers.

Interop history quiz
The venerable networking tradeshow Interop convenes this month in Las Vegas. Answer the following 10 questions about Interop, keep score and see how you stack up at the end.

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