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Q&A: Avaya's networking chief on Shortest Path Bridging and SDN
Avaya senior vice president Marc Randall talks about Shortest Path Bridging, software-defined networking and Avaya's efforts to raise its profile as a networking vendor.30 Mar 2012
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Three reasons campus LAN innovation still matters
The campus LAN may not seem as exciting as the data center network, but mobility and desktop virtualization alone have placed a whole demand for LAN QoS and baked in security.28 Mar 2012
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Implementing Cisco Nexus 5500 as a core switch: Design considerations
The Cisco Nexus 5500 may be a better replacement for the Catalyst 6500 as a network core switch than the Nexus 7000, but there are design challenges to consider before investing.27 Mar 2012
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Cisco Nexus 5500: A viable core switch for the midsized enterprise?
As virtualization and new storage arrays place greater demand on the network, engineers may find that the Cisco Nexus 5500 is a better core switch than the Cisco Catalyst 6509.27 Mar 2012
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The ultimate network monitoring software? A Splunk primer
With machine data search capability plus monitoring and management tools, Splunk is the ultimate network monitoring software.21 Mar 2012
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Meru offers virtual wireless LAN controller, iPad management app
Meru introduced a virtual wireless LAN controller as an alternative to hardware-based appliances and virtual versions of its E(z)RF management suite.20 Mar 2012
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Network Innovation Award: Cisco Prime for service-centric management
Cisco Prime is the winner of the SearchNetworking.com Network Innovation Award for management. Cisco Prime integrates network, endpoint and application-level information.20 Mar 2012
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Network access security challenges: Mobility requires new strategies
With employees accessing core applications on personal devices, engineers are facing new network access security challenges that require intelligence on all components.16 Mar 2012
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Blade server switches may ease density problems in the network
When trying to remove density in the network, using blade server switches may help solve the problem, as well as offer latency advantages. Expert Carrie Higbie weighs in.16 Mar 2012
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Alcatel-Lucent enterprise chief on pushing into North America
In this Q&A, Alcatel-Lucent enterprise division president Michel Emelianoff explains how his company will win over North America customers.15 Mar 2012
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Dell-SonicWall deal: Next-generation firewall boosts data center play
The Dell-SonicWall acquisition broadens Dell’s increasingly formidable data center infrastructure and services strategy with a next-generation firewall product.14 Mar 2012
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Defining the importance of application performance management
Increases in network complexity can cause network health to suffer, but network-based application performance management offers admins better visibility to improve performance.14 Mar 2012
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LAN QoS: Access switches get intelligent for high-stakes applications
LAN QoS has become a necessity now that applications like video conferencing and IP telephony must be delivered beyond the desktop and onto the mobile device.13 Mar 2012
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Will 10GBASE-T switches eliminate copper cabling?
Is the rise of 10GBASE-T switches the end of using a copper cabling system in the network? Data Infrastructure expert, Carrie Higbie provides an answer.12 Mar 2012
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Brocade HyperEdge: Manage a campus network as one giant switch stack
Brocade is previewing HyperEdge, a management layer technology that allows network managers to administer an entire campus network like they would manage a switch stack.07 Mar 2012
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Building a Cisco data center network core? Don't get fancy
Cisco has lots of data center network choices. Maybe even too many. Blogger Greg Ferro finds that bypassing the Nexus 7000 and Catalyst 6500 on the network core worked just fine.06 Mar 2012
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