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Hybrid Cloud networking falls short, but not for long

April 2013

Issue Highlights

- How virtual switching integrates the network edge
- Overlays may be the best path forward for networking
- Hybrid cloud networking falls short, but not for long
- Integrating physical and virtual networks: Virtual switching tactics
- After much talk, network virtualization is finally becoming a reality

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- BYOD challenges that lurk beyond network security
  Feburary 2013 - Vol 4/ No.1 Includes:
  - Balancing wireless LAN troubleshooting strategies for BYOD
  - Four IT shops, four approaches to BYOD network security
  - BYOD challenges that lurk beyond network security
  - In BYOD networking, no single solution
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- The new network: SDN gets real
  Special Edition Spring 2013, Vol. 1, Iss. 1 Includes:
  - Software-defined networking applications move beyond the data center
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- Let the 40 Gigabit Ethernet migration begin
  Vol 3/ No.6 Includes:
  - 40 Gigabit Ethernet: The migration begins
  - Will we ever need 400 Gigabit Ethernet enterprise networks?
  - The 100 Gigabit Ethernet management challenge: Do tools exist?
  - It’s not too early to worry about 40 and 100 GbE migration
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- Are SDN solutions the answer to private cloud bottlenecks?
  October 2012 Vol 3, No. 5 Includes:
  - Software defined networking for the private cloud network bottleneck?
  - Do we need a network hypervisor for virtualization?
  - Software-defined networking could make Network-as-a-Service a reality
  - Building on OpenFlow, FlowVisor offers path towards open network virtualization
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- Data center fabric wars
  August 2012 Vol. 3, No. 4 Includes:
  - Deep packet inspection tools: Proxy vs. stream-based
  - Using wireless network bandwidth monitoring to stay within data caps
  - Data center network fabrics vs. software – defined fabrics
  - With network fabrics, choosing a vendor means commitment
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- Wireless LANs and Multimedia: Matching wired network performance and quality
  June 2012 Vol. 3, No. 3 Includes:
  - Ad hoc network creation: Overcoming personal wi-fi hotspot competition
  - Three enterprise cellular options
  - Myth vs. Reality: Cloud-managed Wireless LAN
  - Sustaining WLAN performance for video traffic explosion
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- Network security in a world of mobile workers
  April 2012 Vol. 3, No. 2 Includes:
  - Mobile device security best practices for BYOD
  - Is virtual desktop infrastructure the answer?
  - Networking for BYOD: No single solution
  - NAC technology evolves in a BYOD policy world
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- Next generation network management techniques
  February 2012 Vol. 3, No. 1 Includes:
  - Network performance testing considerations for a 40 GbE upgrade
  - When military radar causes fixed broadband wireless interference
  - Top ten 2011 network blogger opinions: Do you agree?
  - Combining NetFlow and packet analysis boosts network visibility
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- Revisiting past predictions for networking technology
  December 2011 Vol. 2, No. 6 Includes:
  - Enterprise wireless connection policy: Navigating cellular vs. WiFi
  - FCoE network convergence will start at the edge but move to the rack
  - Myth of VM mobility and follow-the-sun data centers
  - Hotspot 2.0 primer: Another step toward Wi-Fi
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- Adopting an application-centric architecture
  October 2011 Vol. 2, No. 5 Includes:
  - Network application performance monitoring: Storage to the user
  - Where is the real session-based application-aware routing?
  - Understanding the value of an enterprise application-aware firewall
  - Can your security strategy handle networked facilities management?
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- Is the network ready for the private cloud?
  August 2011 Vol. 2, No. 4 Includes:
  - Developing a private cloud computing strategy for your network
  - Is OpenFlow networking bunk? What vendors don't want to discuss
  - Zappos cloud security strategy: Distributed management
  - Networker's guide to private cloud orchestration
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- How networks are adapting to virtualization
  June 2011 Vol. 2, No. 3 Includes:
  - Network diagnostics that see through virtualization
  - vSphere VLAN: Understanding 802.1Q VLAN tagging
  - Desktop virtualization network challenges: A primer
  - Virtualization demands a full IT infrastructure audit
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- Wired and wireless: Can you achieve an integrated network?
  April 2011 Vol. 2, No. 2 Includes:
  - Efficient enterprise Wi-Fi coverage requires hybrid approach
  - Preparing your wired network for wireless network integration
  - Integrated wired and wireless LAN security? Not so fast
  - Tablet security: Best practices for the tablet computer onslaught
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- Unraveling the secrets of converged storage networks
  February 2011 Vol. 2, No. 1 Includes:
  - Using NAS devices for data center virtualization storage
  - Rethinking data center network connectivity for new architectures
  - FCoE or iSCSI? Doesn’t matter! It’s about the Ethernet
  - Virtualization for disaster recovery offers flexibility
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- Building the infrastructure to enable flat Data Center network architecture
  November 2010 Vol. 1, No. 1 Includes:
  - Navigating the road to flatter, converged data center networks
  - Virtual cluster switching: Finding management in a flat network
  - ATA over Ethernet for converged data center networks? No way
  - Virtualization security plan: Replacing physical separation
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