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Network Administration

• October 20, 2017 20 Oct'17

  New Cisco managed services seek to ease IT talent shortage

  New Cisco managed services take away mundane tasks from network engineers, so they can spend more time on high-value projects. Also, Cisco buys machine learning firm Perspica.

• August 01, 2016 01 Aug'16

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes in IT strategy at one of the original dot-coms

  From containers to CDNs, About.com is embracing change. Director of operations Matt Landolf shares how he's seen the outlook of one of the web's oldest properties evolve.

• August 01, 2016 01 Aug'16

  In-house network test labs fall out of favor in cloud era

  In the era of cloud integrations and frequent network changes, fewer organizations are building in-house network test labs, relying instead on virtual and third-party tests.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Cisco next-generation firewall marks improvements

  The Cisco next-generation firewall, Cisco FirePower, deploys improvements to make the system more 'threat-focused.'

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Ansible update gets net automation for Cisco, Arista, HPE

  The latest Ansible release brings net automation to infrastructure devices from Cisco, Arista Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  2016 CIO top priorities revealed in survey

  This week, CIO top priorities revealed, Juniper Networks acquires BTI Systems -- an optical networking firm -- and Netronome introduces Agilio.

• May 01, 2015 01 May'15

  IT talent shortage may be a misperception

  The perceived IT shortage of talent may be exaggerated; natural biases and hiring processes seem to be ruling out appropriate candidates.

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Extreme Networks' revenue to come up short of earlier predictions

  Extreme Networks' revenue for Q3 will be lower than the vendor previously expected. Currency value fluctuations and delayed purchasing from enterprises cited.

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  SN blogs: Competitive acquisition dangerous for partners?

  SN blogs: This week, an analyst discusses why competitive acquisitions can hurt some companies and another discusses how to transition away from technology silos.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  For IT pros who don't have it all: The network manager's wishlist

  Network managers share their holiday IT wishlists for 2015.

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Juniper CEO shuffle creates uncertainty, excitement

  Leadership problems and troubled negotiations with an unnamed customer spurred the resignation of Juniper CEO Shaygan Kheradpir.

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Integrated computing requires vendors to step up

  SN blogs: This week, an analyst shares why vendors need to rise to the occasion and launch marketing campaigns aimed at integrated computing.

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Pertino offers network services apps on its cloud-based WAN

  Pertino adds several network services apps to its cloud-based WAN, giving IT pros the visibility and control they need over remote access.

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Security at risk when execs, IT clash on IT purchasing decisions

  IT teams and business leaders must work toward making IT purchasing decisions together to avoid security vulnerabilities and higher costs.

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  ExtraHop helps network team break down IT silo mentality

  Bentley University's networking team shared ExtraHop monitoring tool with admins in other IT silos to end the cross-silo blame game.