Juniper leapfrogs Cisco with QFabric data center product blitz

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	Juniper leapfrogs Cisco with QFabric data center product blitz Juniper Networks today announced its new architecture for data center infrastructure called QFabric that it says will boost data center throughput 10-fold, be able to scale 12 times larger than conventional architectures and cut the costs of infrastructure and operations. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial In this Issue The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet's price Retro browser smackdown: IE6 vs. Netscape in 2011 Femtocells adapt to enterprise users 6 cool things learned from the National Broadband Map The role of APE for an application in production Cisco gets the message, ditches hosted e-mail service Google launches Apps certification program for IT pros Ex-Microsoft exec becomes CEO at Parallels Mobile heavyweights seek to finalize 1Gbps mobile standard Google ups speed of Chrome 10 WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution for You The importance of a solid Active Directory (AD) bridge in your diverse IT environment can't be minimized. An AD bridge allows Unix, Linux and Mac systems to coexist with a Windows infrastructure. Further, it consolidates countless identities and passwords, reducing complexity and cost while improving security and productivity. Read Now The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet's price Less than a year after 100-Gigabit Ethernet was standardized, an industry group is considering a set of specifications that might make the high-speed technology less expensive and more useful. Read More Retro browser smackdown: IE6 vs. Netscape in 2011 Can you surf the modern Web with two ancient browsers? Read More Femtocells adapt to enterprise users The use of femtocells -- small base stations that extend mobile coverage in buildings -- is growing fast, driven in part by enterprises. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Collecting Compliance Evidence: The Role of Event Logs This Quest Software white paper discusses how to maximize the power of event logs. You'll learn about recent regulation changes, how your company can best prepare for an audit and the solution you need to address these issues. Read More 6 cool things learned from the National Broadband Map Now that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has launched its National Broadband Map, it's time to comb through the data to see what we can learn about broadband in the United States. Read More The role of APE for an application in production What's the role of application performance engineering (APE) once an application has gone into production? Read More Cisco gets the message, ditches hosted e-mail service Second-guessing is always easy ... and sometimes warranted. Take, for example, this morning's news that Cisco has decided to pull the plug on its year-old hosted e-mail service, Cisco Mail, citing as a reason the apparently newfound realization that IT executives have come to view e-mail as more of a commodity than a strategic application. You don't say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Five Myths About Telepresence It's expensive. It's complicated. It's impersonal. These are a few of the myths that we debunk in this eye-opening fact sheet. Visual communication is rapidly transforming the way people learn, live, and work. Don't let a few myths stand in the way of your business success. Read Now Google launches Apps certification program for IT pros Google has launched a program to certify that staffers at Google Apps resellers have specific expertise, knowledge and experience working with the company's hosted collaboration and communication suite. Read More Ex-Microsoft exec becomes CEO at Parallels Six months after leaving Microsoft to join desktop virtualization vendor Parallels, executive Birger Steen has been promoted to CEO. Read More Mobile heavyweights seek to finalize 1Gbps mobile standard The world's top handset makers are meeting this week to finalize a version of an advanced mobile communication standard that would raise data transfer speeds to 1Gbps, an event organizer said this week. Read More Google ups speed of Chrome 10 Google has released the first beta of Chrome 10, touting the new version's faster JavaScript engine. Read More
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