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Jul 11, 2016
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The Wi-Fi network edge leads in an SDN world

Software-defined networking's (SDN) centralized, abstracted network model must be fed with the current state of the network. That information will come from the Wi-Fi network edge. Read More

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IBM and Cisco will make Watson into a virtual workmate
Want to understand your apps better? Put a ThousandEyes on them
The case for WAN acceleration as NFV
Startup Preempt detects, blocks bad users, devices
Y Combinator wants to build a tech city, too
4 tips for buying cloud management software
Cloud computing slows energy demand, U.S. says
The allure of free storage with FormationOne
Firmware exploit can defeat new Windows security features on Lenovo ThinkPads

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Achieving Prolific Productivity with SAAS

Since its debut in the early 2000s, Software as a Service (SaaS) has spread horizontally, moving across departments and lines of business, and vertically, being adopted by the largest enterprise down to the smallest organization. Read More

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IBM and Cisco will make Watson into a virtual workmate

Watson might schedule your meetings someday if a partnership between IBM and Cisco Systems bears the fruit they’re hoping to grow. In the meantime, the companies hope to save employees from some of the meaningless tasks they have to carry out just to work with their colleagues. Read More

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Want to understand your apps better? Put a ThousandEyes on them

ThousandEyes’ container-based network performance monitoring software provides visibility into Cisco routers and the apps that pass through the routers. Read More

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The case for WAN acceleration as NFV

WAN optimization might not be ideal as a service, but it is suited for network function virtualization. Read More

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Startup Preempt detects, blocks bad users, devices

Preempt is a startup whose virtual appliance acts as a behavioral firewall that ranks the risk a user or device represents and responds automatically based on policies set by corporate security pros. Read More

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Y Combinator wants to build a tech city, too

Forget wearables, virtual reality and driverless cars. The hottest new tech product is entire cities. Y Combinator is the latest to explore creating a city. Read More

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4 tips for buying cloud management software

Managing hybrid clouds can be a challenge given that virtual machines and storage are running in two different environments simultaneously. A crowded industry of cloud management platforms (CMPs) has emerged to help. Here are four tips from a Gartner analyst to consider before buying cloud management software. Read More

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Cloud computing slows energy demand, U.S. says

In recent years, power usage at data centers grew at an unsustainable rate, soaring 24% from 2005 to 2010. But a shift to virtualization, cloud computing and improved data center management is reducing energy demand. Read More

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The allure of free storage with FormationOne

Virtual Storage Recapture allows enterprises to recapture unused storage in their virtualized server environments. Read More

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Firmware exploit can defeat new Windows security features on Lenovo ThinkPads

A newly released UEFI exploit for Lenovo ThinkPad laptops could disable low-level Windows security features like Secure Boot, Virtual Secure Mode and Credential Guard. Read More

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Footwear Company Steps Up To Office 365

For the past two years, Donald J Pliner CIO Jeff Moss has been planning an IT infrastructure upgrade for the designer footwear and accessory company. Read More

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