Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Cisco ONE: Proof that Cisco doesn’t get SDN's

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Cisco ONE: Proof that Cisco doesn't get SDN's
With the rising popularity of OpenFlow and the Open Networking Foundation, there was a lot of anticipation for Cisco's SDN announcement this week at Cisco live. We know Cisco gets disruptive technologies, and given their early, aggressive and immature entrance into VoIP and Computing, they should be leading the charge into SDN right? Wrong. Instead Cisco is trying to turn momentum to open the field... Read More


WHITE PAPER: Cisco

Cisco Bring Your Own Device
This paper explores the challenges mobile devices create for IT, offers key considerations before adopting a BYOD strategy and highlights a comprehensive architecture from Cisco that enables freedom of choice for users while affording IT security and control. Learn more.

WHITE PAPER: HP

Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School
In today's educational environments, more and more students, guests, and faculty are bringing in their own Wi-Fi devices into the school's network. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions IT administrators are facing and how to address the security and management of the multiple devices being introduced into the wireless/wired network. Learn more.

Big Data and your network
With all the talk about big data, we hear comparatively little about the challenges it'll pose for the WAN. So it was particularly interesting to hear what one university learned when they ran Hadoop over their WAN. Read More

What Cisco ONE means for Cisco's future in SDN
There was no hotter topic at Cisco Live 2012 than software defined networks (SDN). The industry has been talking about the concept of SDN for a couple of years now but customer interest in it seems to be at an all-time high. Many of the primary network vendors have outlined their SDN strategy and Cisco used its user event, Cisco Live, to outline its strategy. RELATED: Cisco on why OpenFlow alone doesn't... Read More

20 surefire IT mistakes
Beware these all-to-common IT blunders before they derail your career Read More

NASA and FAA team to streamline, regulate commercial space access
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA today said they signed an agreement to coordinate standards for commercial space travel of government and non-government astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station (ISS). Read More


WHITE PAPER: Xirrus

Tablets in the Enterprise
Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more.

The Worst Data Breach Incidents of 2012 – So Far
Out of 189 breaches recorded through mid-June, here are the top 15 according to Identity Theft Resource Center. Read More

The 10 mightiest supercomputers on Earth
Our look at the biggest, baddest computing machines in current use Read More

BYOD exposes the perils of cloud storage
As more and more companies adopt BYOD policies, IT managers are taking steps to prevent employees from using cloud-based consumer storage services with their personal devices. Read More

What are the killer apps for software defined networks?
With its ability to decouple network control from the physical infrastructure, OpenFlow and software-defined networks have been touted as the Next Big Thing in networking. They've been pitched as a way for cloud service providers and webscale companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo to ease or automate network configuration and reconfiguration, and quickly add more functionality without manually touching each and every switch or router in the network. Read More


WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink

Network/Cloud Security & Business Continuity eGuide
Network security today means much more than simply building a perimeter around the enterprise network to defend from threats. With cloud-computing models becoming more popular, enterprises are extending corporate data and applications outside the four walls of the data center. Learn More!

WAN Virtualization technology: 'RAID for WANs'
Last time, we looked at the analogy between WAN Virtualization and RAID at the business benefits level. Here, we examine the parallels from the technical point of view. Read More

Rare operating Apple 1 rakes in $374,500 at Sotheby's auction
It's not one of a kind but pretty darn close. Sotheby's this week auctioned off a rare working Apple 1 computer for $374,500 to an unnamed bidder. The price was more than double the expected price listed on the Sotheby's web site. The Sotheby's notes about the Apple 1 say it is one of six thought to be operational boxes and one of about 50 known to exist. Read More

NASA's Voyager spacecraft could be close to breaking free of our solar system
NASA this week said its remarkable 34-year old Voyager 1 spacecraft may be getting close to breaking out of our solar system and into interstellar space. The reason NASA says the spacecraft maybe getting close to that historic break through is that the ship has "encountered a region in space where the intensity of charged particles from beyond our solar system has markedly increased." Read More

Ford deploys BYOD mobile security
Ford Motor Company is deploying a new security system to support its "bring your own device" (BYOD) strategy around the world. Read More



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