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Chambers: Cisco waited too long to address SDNs

Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture

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June 30, 2013
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Issue highlights

1. Chambers: Cisco waited too long to address SDNs

2. Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture

3. 11 highlights from Microsoft's BUILD conference

4. One year in, Yammer grows in importance to Microsoft

5. 8 hot mobile startups to watch

6. Stuart Biggs, first Cisco CCIE, dies at age 53

7. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 24

8. 12 tips for SDN IT buyers

9. The promise of software defined networking

WHITE PAPER: CommVault

Gartner on Converged Backup and Archive analyst report

Gartner has identified CommVault's Backup and Archive solutions as a Magic Quadrant "Leader," leading the data and information management field into a new stratosphere. Learn More

Chambers: Cisco waited too long to address SDNs

Cisco waited too long to address the software-defined networking trend now sweeping the industry, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said this week at the Cisco Live conference. READ MORE

Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture

Cisco this week significantly extended its data center networking portfolio with a new fabric architecture, an enhancement to another and, as expected, an extension to its Nexus core switching line. READ MORE

11 highlights from Microsoft's BUILD conference

Microsoft kicked off it's BUILD developers conference Wednesday with a two hour keynote. Here are some of the takeaways. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

Operationalizing Information Security ebook

The use of security information and event management (SIEM) as part of an integrated security management program is an information security best practice. Read Now

One year in, Yammer grows in importance to Microsoft

For a product once described as Twitter with a business model, Yammer is becoming more nuanced, morphing into an important feature set that will cross over among Microsoft applications. Just as important, it continues seeing growth and popularity among businesses, where it can act as a hook that can encourage current Microsoft customers to upgrade and adopt Microsoft cloud services. READ MORE

8 hot mobile startups to watch

Just how big of a deal is mobile? Three years ago there were an estimated 400 venture capital deals for mobile companies, with about $3 billion invested in the industry. Last year, according to Rutberg & Co., which tracks mobile investments, VCs poured more than $6.85 billion into mobile startups across about a thousand deals. Mobile companies captured 40% of venture capital funding last year, Rutberg found. READ MORE

Stuart Biggs, first Cisco CCIE, dies at age 53

Stuart Biggs, who in 1993 led a team that created the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert program and was the first to be awarded a CCIE number, has died at age 53. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Dimension Data

Dimension Data's 2013 Network Barometer Report

The Network Barometer Report provides in-depth insight into the trends, behaviors and drivers in network management. It is an annual aggregation and analysis of the data and knowledge collected from Technology Lifecycle Management Assessments. Learn More.

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 24

This week the iOSphere faced the unthinkable: an iPad mini 2 that has the same resolution as the iPad mini 1. Where is innovation when you need it? READ MORE

12 tips for SDN IT buyers

Software defined networking (SDN) offers significant opportunities and challenges for enterprise IT professionals. SDN has the potential to make networks more flexible, reduce the time to provision the network, improve quality of service, reduce operational costs and make networks more secure. READ MORE

The promise of software defined networking

If you aren't intimately familiar with software defined networking, don't fret. Only 10% of 450 IT practitioners at a recent Network World event raised their hands when asked if they understand SDN. But if the emerging technology lives up to its promise to redefine networking as we know it, there is no time like the present to dig in and learn more. READ MORE

WEBCAST: IBM Corporation

Make your business smarter with cloud-based analytics

Learn how sales, finance, investment, risk, marketing, and procurement leaders are using SaaS-based business analytics to become more agile, serve the customer better, and deliver business results. Learn More.

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