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The answer to the top 5 virtualization problems
Transitioning to a virtualized network can be challenging for network engineers, despite the advantages. Understand these top five virtualization problems and how to handle them.22 Dec 2011
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vCloud and VEPA: Neither answer is a winner
vCloud and VEPA fail to address the virtualization networking problem, as both are deemed proprietary and don’t enable networking functions within the vSphere environment.22 Dec 2011
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Network technology trends for 2012: Network management
Looking at network management technology trends for 2012, EMA's Jim Frey predicts cross-domain management, SaaS-based management and cloud SLAs.22 Dec 2011
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Network technology trends for 2012: The big picture
Forrester Research analyst Andre Kindness shares big picture predictions for network technology trends in 2012: the rise of Huawei and why networkers need software skills22 Dec 2011
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Network technology trends for 2012: Network security
Looking at network security technology trends for 2012, Gartner’s Greg Young predicts better security of virtualization and emerging data center fabrics.22 Dec 2011
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Network technology trends for 2012: Wireless LAN and BYOD
Craig Mathias of Farpoint Group shares his predictions for the wireless LAN industry in 2012, as BYOD forces enterprises to rethink their management approaches.22 Dec 2011
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When physical security breaches are the problem
Network engineers are so busy dealing with intrusion prevention and firewalling that they forget about physical security breaches. Blogger Ethan Banks has some advice.22 Dec 2011
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Cisco upgrades the Catalyst 6500…but some wonder why
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 upgrade announced this year didn't excite everyone as expected. Blogger Greg Ferro wonders why Cisco didn't stay focused on the Nexus line instead.22 Dec 2011
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Need 10 GbE optimization? Hardware is not the solution
10 GbE brings speed, but network latency is still an issue. The answer to 10 GbE optimization can't be found in increasing hardware. Our blogger says it's about the application.22 Dec 2011
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Cius vs. the iPad: Why bother comparing?
Cisco launched its Cius tablet this year, which focuses on enterprise apps, desktop virtualization and network management, but one blogger says he'd rather have an iPad.22 Dec 2011
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Can Virtual Extensible LAN solve the VLAN problem?
The Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) protocol could mean the ability to spin off many more VLANs across dispersed data centers. So why does blogger Ivan Pepelnjak take issue?22 Dec 2011
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A data center networking standard that's not so TRILLing
In the quest to dump the spanning tree protocol and move to a flat network, the TRILL data center networking standard has taken center stage, but one blogger takes issue.22 Dec 2011
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Top ten 2011 network blogger opinions: Do you agree?
Network bloggers have a lot to say, but do we care? We should. In the top ten network blogger opinions of 2011, our experts poke holes in TRILL, OpenFlow and 10 GbE optimization.22 Dec 2011
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Zappos cloud security strategy: Distributed management
Zappos might be owned by cloud king Amazon, but the organization is still grappling with creating a measured cloud security strategy. The answer? Distributed management.21 Dec 2011
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Building a private cloud: Is the physical network hostile?
In building a private cloud, engineers seek dynamic provisioning and automation for wide-scale virtualization, but are physical networks hostile to this type of dynamism?19 Dec 2011
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Network technology trends 2012: Out-of-band management and DevOps
F5 Networks’ technology evangelist Lori MacVittie shares her take on network technology trends in 2012, including the return of the out-of-band management network.15 Dec 2011
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Hadoop enables distributed 'big data' processing across clouds
The Hadoop framework enables distributed 'big data' processing across servers that can improve application performance and offer up redundancy.14 Dec 2011
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Women in information technology: Can there be equality?
At USENIX LISA 2011, a session on women in information technology raised eyebrows and questions. If the industry favors men, how do we achieve equality in the workplace?14 Dec 2011
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Network software bugs: Are Cisco and others doing enough?
The IT industry is programmed to believe that network software bugs are par for the course, but are networking vendors like Cisco doing enough to prevent the problem?13 Dec 2011
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Adtran WLAN access points enable integrated wireless and wired network
With a software upgrade to its Bluesocket wireless access points, Adtran offers an integrated wireless and wired network option.08 Dec 2011
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