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	Critical milestones in Cisco history Cisco: From its Catalyst 6500 Ethernet switch rollout to 2011's 'transformation,' the networking giant has a rich history Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Ending the Blame Game: Troubleshoot Distributed Applications Today's geographically distributed companies and applications require a 24x7 proactive approach to network performance management. Discover factors to consider when troubleshooting the performance of distributed applications. Learn must have criteria for distributed network analysis solutions. Learn More In this Issue Dissecting Cisco's FabricPath Ethernet technology Cisco forces manufacturer's hand; company adopts Microsoft Lync Ethernet Alliance chair talks about key trends, what's next DARPA does Big Data in a big way Cisco acquires home network management company Cisco's collaboration jab IT Operations Needs to Evolve to Support Cloud Acme Packet Rolls Out Microsoft Lync Middleware WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Silver Peak's Advantages in a Disaster Recovery Environment Why do industry analysts agree Silver Peak is the WAN Optimization vendor of choice for offsite data replication? It starts with a unique, next generation architecture. Read more. Dissecting Cisco's FabricPath Ethernet technology Cisco's FabricPath data center Ethernet technology is designed to combine traditional, Spanning Tree-based Ethernet with a next-generation architecture that uses a link-state protocol to allow for multiple active paths. Deploying multiple active paths in a data center network is required to flatten the infrastructure to reduce latency and better support traffic flow between server racks. Read More Cisco forces manufacturer's hand; company adopts Microsoft Lync Cisco forced the hand of Creation Technologies to adopt Microsoft's Lync communications platform for conferencing, and now the company has the package on its roadmap to replace disparate, isolated PBXs in the future. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL The Next Generation is the Smart Generation Innovations such as mobility, Web 2.0, social media and cloud computing have dramatically changed the IT landscape and introduced new security threats into the corporate network. This eBook investigates why traditional firewalls are no longer enough, and how application intelligence and control enable network security in the wake of these changes. Read more. Ethernet Alliance chair talks about key trends, what's next John D'Ambrosia, Chief Ethernet Evangelist in the CTO Office at Dell (he came onboard when Dell bought Force10), is a founder of the Ethernet Alliance and currently serving as its chairman. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with D'Ambrosia for an update on the Alliance and Ethernet advances. Read More DARPA does Big Data in a big way As part of the Federal Government's Big Data Extravaganza, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) detailed some of its programs the agency says could benefit from the $200 million research program announced today by President Obama. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Access to Sensitive Application Data In this hands-on review, the SANS Institute Analyst Program examines Oracle Database Vault, which provides the capability to limit access of privileged users and DBAs to critical data and actions. Learn More! Cisco acquires home network management company Cisco this week said it plans to acquire privately held ClearAccess, a provider of service provisioning and device management software to service providers. Read More Cisco's collaboration jab Cisco's launch this week of video immersed collaboration tools is an attempt to pre-empt the impending integration of Skype with Microsoft Lync. That seems to be the overriding tone of the coverage of the Cisco announcements, which came at this week's Enterprise Connect conference in Orlando. Read More IT Operations Needs to Evolve to Support Cloud To say cloud computing is a big trend today is an understatement. There's not a company I talk to, small or large, that doesn't have cloud on the mind. While much of the focus on cloud has been on lowering the cost of computing, some organizations I have interviewed recently have been focusing on understanding what cloud enables that traditional computing does not. Read More Acme Packet Rolls Out Microsoft Lync Middleware Enterprise Connect 2012 kicked off in Orlando on Monday the 26th. One of the first press releases I saw cross the wire was Acme Packet's announcement of its session management solution for Microsoft Lync. The solution from Acme enables full interoperability between Lync and legacy IP PBXs through session management. The solution allows organizations that deploy Lync to simplify the management tasks... Read More
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