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• SDN WAN optimization and security applications emerge

  Managing remote offices is tough, but SDN WAN optimization and security bring centralized management that simplifies pushing policy to the branches. Continue Reading

• What is protocol spoofing as it relates to WAN optimization?

  Learn in this expert response what protocol spoofing is and how it can be used as a WAN optimization technique. Continue Reading

• Ensuring QoS when transmitting data to a public cloud infrastructure

  Ensuring QoS when transmitting data from on-premises infrastructure to public cloud infrastructure depends on solid connections. Continue Reading

• How to improve public cloud computing performance over your WAN

  Enterprises have a few options for improving public cloud computing performance over their WANs. See what our expert recommends. Continue Reading

• Identifying and mitigating cloud computing vulnerabilities

  How successful a cloud provider is in growing its business depends on its ability to dispel customer concerns about data security and privacy. Continue Reading

• What vendors can help IT network from one physical domain to another?

  Certain vendors are starting to offer tools that can help network across physical domains, but it's still early on, says Kris Bliesner of 2nd Watch.Continue Reading

• Multi-layer SDN: Programmability across packet and optical layers

  Multi-layer SDN lets engineers use controllers for centralized programmability across both packet and optical layers for a more efficient WAN.Continue Reading

• Five key issues admins face when configuring Cisco routers and switches

  Two Cisco-certified experts detail the five biggest challenges admins face when configuring Cisco routers and switches.Continue Reading

• Bucking SDN controller interoperability will stifle innovation

  There's been lots of work on SDN southbound apps, but vendors are ignoring SDN controller interoperability and threatening progress as a result.Continue Reading

• Will the cloud exchange be the next big ecosystem player?

  An emerging branch of the cloud ecosystem, the cloud exchange, has the potential to address many concerns about the cloud broker model.Continue Reading

• Open cloud: Just a buzzword or the future of infrastructure?

  Embracing an open cloud means there is no technology lock-in, no contractual lock-in and no services lock-in.Continue Reading

• Six ways hackers try to break Secure Sockets Layer-encrypted data

  Security expert Michael Gregg discusses steps enterprises should take to ensure their SSL-encrypted data remains secure.Continue Reading

• Overcoming network functions virtualization implementation challenges

  Carriers need network functions virtualization implementation prespecification, so they'll look to TM Forum and cloud management models for help.Continue Reading

• Selling SaaS: Operational requirements for consumers vs. businesses

  The key to successfully selling SaaS across all market segments is addressing the different operational requirements among various buyer groups.Continue Reading

• Infrastructure services should be means, not end, for IaaS providers

  As IaaS prices continue to fall and dilute already thin margins, IaaS providers must reposition their offering as a cloud services building block.Continue Reading