Gigabit Internet access grows out of its niche

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	Gigabit Internet access grows out of its niche Google proved gigabit Internet feasible at a price that appealed to consumers and small businesses. Now, with a critical mass of customers and ISPs, the gigabit Internet community seeks the killer app. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Optimizing Application Traffic on MPLS WAN Links MPLS is a common type of service offering that removes much of the cost and complexity of more traditional point-to-point networks. The change from point-to-point to any-to-any or cloud networking presents new application delivery challenges, requiring a response from services that depend on the packet delivery infrastructure. Learn more >> In this Issue SD-WANs improve UC performance; Cloud + Mobility = more effective UC A secure employee departure checklist T-Mobile caught in crossfire of injected ad war with Flash Networks Enterprise guide to Windows 10 ISP argues net neutrality rules violate its right to block content 'Someone had an issue with this rack' : Citrix Systems eGuide: WAN Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World examines the benefits of WAN virtualization and some recent trends in this area. Read on to learn how WAN virtualization can help your organization. Learn More SD-WANs improve UC performance; Cloud + Mobility = more effective UC Today, we highlight two reader resources. In the first paper, Dr. Jim Metzler explains in a technical advisory why a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) can overcome performance issues associated with unified communications (UC) that uses traditional WAN connectivity. In the second piece, Troy Trenchard, VP and General Manager for UC at Avaya explains why mobility and cloud services are so important to effective UC.Metzler notes in his advisory that, based on responses from his 2015 SD-WAN State of the Market Report, the single most influential factor driving change in the WAN is the support needed for real time voice and video communications.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More A secure employee departure checklist Employee exitImage by ThinkstockA certain amount of employee turnover is a natural part of any organization’s life cycle. With each departure, whether the employee was entry-level or an executive, every organization should have a comprehensive process in place to facilitate the employee’s exit, while protecting the company’s information and securing the network and computer system accounts. Laura Iwan, Senior Vice President of Programs at the Center for Internet Security, has compiled these tips to help avoid any issues when an employee leaves the company.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More : Citrix Systems eGuide: WAN Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World examines the benefits of WAN virtualization and some recent trends in this area. Read on to learn how WAN virtualization can help your organization. Learn More T-Mobile caught in crossfire of injected ad war with Flash Networks LAS VEGAS - An ongoing conflict between website owners and ad injectors who place unwanted ads on those websites has just flared up into full-blown war, with advertisers and carriers caught in the crossfire.Take, for example, T-Mobile, which is proudly named as a customer by Flash Networks, a company that brags about creating "new monetization opportunities" for mobile operators when it "inserts the most relevant engagement display into the selected webpages."This seems to have been a surprise to T-Mobile. Cynthia Lee, the company's senior digital media manager, adamantly denied that T-Mobile was using Flash Networks to inject ads into webpages it was serving up to mobile customers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Enterprise guide to Windows 10 Windows 10 is now available for consumers, but for IT executives thinking about enterprise deployments, here’s what the upgrade path from Window 7 or Windows 8/8.1 looks like.The first step is to launch pilot projects this summer. For power users or bleeding edge companies that don’t want to wait for the full complement of Windows 10 enterprise features, there will be a fall release of Windows 10 Enterprise and Professional Editions.If you’re waiting for the full-featured version, we’re talking fourth quarter of this year. And if you’re like many enterprises and typically wait until after the first patches and updates, then you’re looking at the first quarter of next year.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More : Citrix Systems eGuide: WAN Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World examines the benefits of WAN virtualization and some recent trends in this area. Read on to learn how WAN virtualization can help your organization. Learn More ISP argues net neutrality rules violate its right to block content Broadband provider Alamo tells court it has a free-speech right to exercise editorial discretion over the Web Read More 'Someone had an issue with this rack' Yes, indeed, someone had an issue with this rack. That assessment and the picture come from a reader of the Reddit section devoted to networking. Read More
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