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News and Analysis

Thumb Drive Security: Snowden 1, NSA 0

Thumb drives helped NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden transport top-secret data from the agency. If the NSA can't keep a lid on thumb drives, can you?

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Architectures

University Taps Dark Fiber for Online Academics, Healthcare

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center turns to a new network architecture and dark fiber to support the academic and healthcare needs of dozens of regional campuses and clinics.

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Reviews & Workshops

WAN Optimization Part 3: Overcoming Bandwidth Limitations

Bandwidth is one of the key factors that can impact network performance. Learn how WAN optimization uses deduplication to address this issue and how to evaluate different deduplication approaches.

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HP's Turnaround: It's Time To Believe

June 17, 2013 03:53 PM
Posted by Kurt Marko

Not only does CEO Meg Whitman seem to have a solid strategy, but there's plenty of evidence it's starting to work. Maybe it's time for skeptics like me to admit we're wrong.

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Tags: HP turnaround, Meg Whitman, Moonshot, HP transformation, Leo Apotheker, Autonomy

Channel: Data Center, , , Cloud Computing

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802.11ac: 10Gig Uplinks Are Overkill

June 17, 2013 02:43 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

There's talk that 802.11ac requires 10Gig uplinks to support maximum throughput. But you may not even need 2Gig uplinks. Here's why.

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Tags: 802.11.ac, Wave 1, Wave 2, 6.9Gbps, Etherchannel, WLAN, 5GHz

Channel: , Networking & Mgmt, Wireless

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Newest Broadcom XLP Processors Promise Performance Leap

June 14, 2013 11:55 AM
Posted by Kurt Marko

Chip maker aims to raise the bar for communications processors with new system on a chip.

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Tags: Broadcom XLP, communications processors, Broadcom, XLP products, system on a chip, Cavium, XLP900

Channel: Deduplication, Next Gen Network

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Dell, HP Erode Startups' Advantages in Flash Storage

June 13, 2013 05:25 PM
Posted by Howard Marks

Startups with purpose-built flash arrays had an advantage over incumbent storage vendors that retrofit SSDs into systems designed for spinning disk. That advantage is disappearing.

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Tags: Pure Storage, Violin Memory, Whiptail, EMC VNX, SLC, MLC, RAID

Channel: Storage & Mgmt, Servers & Storage, , Data Center

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Troubleshooting Wires in Wireless Networks

June 13, 2013 12:27 PM
Posted by Amy Arnold

When troubleshooting wireless networks, sometimes you have to deal with wires and other physical components. You may even need to leave your computer and go questing.

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Tags: wireless bridge, Cisco 1300, engineer, jitter, RF, radios

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Wireless, , UC & VoIP, Data Center

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Survey Reveals Slow Windows Server 2012 Adoption

June 12, 2013 01:33 PM
Posted by Howard Marks

Symantec-commissioned report shows that organizations aren't rushing to migrate to the latest Windows Server update.

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Tags: Windows Server 2012 adoption, Windows Server 2012 migration, Symantec, Microsoft, Hyper-V, data protection

Channel: , Data Protection, Virtualization, Backup & Recovery

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