News and Analysis
Survey: BYOD, Mobile Security Polices Leave Enterprises Vulnerable
The BYOD trend, poorly protected Wi-Fi networks and a jumble of mobile security policies are creating huge information security gaps, according to a new InformationWeek report. Find out what network admins are up against.
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Architectures
Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds Will All Need an IT Service Culture
As more companies move to the cloud, one thing is becoming clear: IT must develop a service culture to keep end users happy.
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Reviews & Workshops
Napa County Bottles Up BYOD Phenomenon
A BlackBerry mobility user, Napa County, moved to Good for Enterprise to bottle up the BYOD phenomenon, and the introduction of different and uncontrolled smartphones.
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Blogs
ZigBee: A Different Wireless Technology
May 18, 2012 03:12 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
Haven't heard much about ZigBee? That's about to change. Our blogger recently caught up on the wireless technology during a chat with the chair of the ZigBee Alliance.
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Are SSD-Based Storage Arrays Doomed?
May 18, 2012 12:24 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
Our blogger examines SSD-based storage arrays: Are latency and cost drawbacks? What about reliability?
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So Long, Unlimited Data Plan: Customer Focus Dies at Verizon Wireless
May 17, 2012 11:57 AM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
Verizon Wireless is putting an end to its unlimited data plan offering--the latest in a long line of customer-unfriendly moves by mobile carriers, according to our blogger.
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Four Sins of Mobile Website Design, and How to Avoid Them
May 17, 2012 11:22 AM
Posted by Mike Fratto
Mobility challenges extend beyond BYOD. Learn what features to steer clear of when setting your mobile website design strategy, and why.
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Consolidation Hits All-Solid-State Market
May 16, 2012 02:58 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
EMC's purchase of XtremIO wasn't a surprise to our blogger; find out what other moves he's expecting in the all-solid-state market.
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Time To Say Goodbye To Static IPs
May 16, 2012 09:30 AM
Posted by Mike Fratto
Configuring static IP addresses on switches, routers, log servers, databases, management systems and other parts of the infrastructure is a common practice. It's also a bad one. Extending that error to virtual machines and applications is worse.
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VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.













