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• Network load balancer and ADC options: What's best for you?

  When considering an ADC platform, take the time necessary to ensure the prospective system meets your requirements. Continue Reading

• Honing your application delivery platform: Buying the right ADC

  In the market for a load balancer or a full-blown application delivery controller? SearchNetworking's How to Buy series shares what you need to know. Continue Reading

• Slow rate of IPv6 adoption: True or false?

  An expert explains why the adoption rate of IPv6 isn't as slow as people think and why it is important to create a dual-stack environment during the protocol shift. Continue Reading

• How to manage and monitor the converged network

  The network is converging. Voice, video, and storage and data networks are already converged, and more recently networking pros have had to tackle virtual networks, mobile devices and cloud services. Up next: software-defined networks. It's a lot to... Continue Reading

• Six considerations for big data networks

  Big data networks must be built to handle distributed resources that are simultaneously working on a single task. That'll require network resiliency, consistency and application awareness. Continue Reading

• How to reassert control in era of bring your own application

  The growth of bring your own applications means IT has to find new ways to reassert control over software introduced into the workplace.Continue Reading

• Aggregation in IPv6 routing curbs effects of Internet growth

  IPv6 addresses are four times larger than those based on IPv4, but experts say that doesn't mean IPv6 will slow down routers. In fact, IPv6 routing makes route aggregation simpler, which leads to smaller routing tables.Continue Reading

• What does WebRTC video mean for the network?

  WebRTC, an emerging standard for embedding voice and video-conferencing applications into Web browsers, is aimed at making real-time communications as simple as clicking a link. It eliminates the need to download and install any clients or plug-ins,...Continue Reading

• Good WLAN design means going beyond marketing hype

  Good WLAN design means getting past the slogans that thwart performance objectives.Continue Reading

• How SDN LTE could simplify network management

  LTE is growing fast, but so are the network management challenges that come along with it. SDN LTE could be the game changer, bringing centralized control for a simpler network.Continue Reading

• Open Network Install Environment gives end users network OS choices

  The Open Network Install Environment's community of vendors offers an open install environment for bare-metal switches using its Linux-based OS installer.Continue Reading

• Umpqua Bank employs NSX, micro-segmentation for enterprise security

  Umpqua Bank's Sam Guidice tells how the organization deployed VMware's NSX as part of its effort to utilize micro-segmentation for enterprise security.Continue Reading

• Three new takes on WAN optimization

  Once considered new technology, WAN optimization is now widespread, and enterprises are including it in their networks from the start. Now that WAN optimization is mature, what's the next step for WAN management? Application delivery optimization ...Continue Reading

• You may already own the best Internet security tool

  You may not have to spend money to purchase more security tools; in fact, Michele Chubirka writes, you probably already own what you need.Continue Reading

• Using the Link Layer Discovery Protocol to reveal disparate devices

  The Link Layer Discovery Protocol is a helpful tool when you need to know what's connected in your network -- regardless of vendor.Continue Reading