10 network virtualization, SDN and data center companies to watch

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	10 network virtualization, SDN and data center companies to watch After years of venture capital and start-up focus on consumer-focused tech companies, enterprise networks and the data center are back in vogue. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Create Your WAN Optimization Shortlist Understand what's new in the WAN optimization market, what vendors are the key players, and which products are most appropriate for particular use cases and scenarios. Learn more. In this Issue Engineers deconstruct smartphones to find new uses Forrester: 70% of "private clouds" aren't really clouds at all INSIDER NBA team rebounds from IT disaster Product sampler: 9 hot offerings from network virtualization, SDN and data center startups Cyberattacks, data breaches scare off investors, study says 14 dirty IT tricks, security pros edition 5 reasons IT should choose a hosted UC solution INSIDER 3 ways to give your IT organization a skills tune-up Adobe springs emergency Flash update, says hackers hitting Firefox $15 Windows 8 upgrade ends Feb. 28 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application Visibility: The Root of Good Service Management As your business needs become more dynamic, monitoring systems will be key to understanding how applications fulfill business needs and your ability to provide governance will determine the success level of your entire enterprise. Learn More Engineers deconstruct smartphones to find new uses Dismantling smartphones and reusing the components is easier and cheaper than designing new devices from scratch. Read More Forrester: 70% of "private clouds" aren't really clouds at all If an enterprise data center has a highly virtualized environment, a web portal for business users to request and access virtual machines and a method for tracking how many of those resources are being used... that's not quite a private cloud. Read More INSIDER NBA team rebounds from IT disaster After Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets built a stronger disaster-recovery operation: a hot site with a diesel engine big enough to 'power a locomotive.' Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel On the Fast Track to Data The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now! Product sampler: 9 hot offerings from network virtualization, SDN and data center startups HotLink, Plexxi, Pluribus and others strut their stuff. Read More Cyberattacks, data breaches scare off investors, study says A company's brand also takes a big hit after a data breach. Read More 14 dirty IT tricks, security pros edition The IT security world is full of charlatans and wannabes. And all of us have been "advised" by at least one of them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Solution Brief Learn how enterprises must tackle these challenges for SaaS applications to remain a viable option. Read now. 5 reasons IT should choose a hosted UC solution Last week, I posted a blog that highlighted the top business reasons a company should consider a hosted UC solution. While these are important, there are also a number of benefits that are specific to the IT department. These reasons may fly under the radar of the C-level executives or line-of-business managers, but they are significant to the IT organizations. Read More INSIDER 3 ways to give your IT organization a skills tune-up Three CIOs describe how they define and develop IT staff capabilities that keep pace with business needs Read More Adobe springs emergency Flash update, says hackers hitting Firefox Adobe today patched new vulnerabilities in Flash Player that hackers are now exploiting in attacks aimed at Firefox users, the company said. Read More $15 Windows 8 upgrade ends Feb. 28 Customers who purchased a Windows 7 PC from June 2012 through January 2013 have just two more days to submit their claims for a discounted copy of Windows 8, Microsoft said yesterday. Read More
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