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SSDs and New Storage Options in the Data Center

March 13, 2013
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Solid state is showing up at every level of the storage stack -- as a memory cache, an auxiliary storage tier for hot data that's automatically shuttled between flash and mechanical disk, even as dedicated primary storage, so-called Tier 0. But if funds are limited, where should you use solid state to get the best bang for the buck? In this Network Computing webcast, we'll discuss various deployment options.

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May 6-10, 2013
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4 Big BYOD Trends For 2013

Interop Las Vegas speaker Michael Finneran and other BYOD experts discuss key trends enterprise IT leaders should watch in 2013.

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Architectures

11ac's First Wave: What to Expect

802.11ac will super-charge Wi-Fi, but pre-standard products will come with limitations. Here's what you can expect as 11ac products debut in 2013.

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Reviews & Workshops

HP Spectre XT Pro Ultrabook Ideal for the Road

HP's Spectre XT Pro ultrabook is a versatile, compact computer that's light enough to take on the road but can also serve as a day-to-day desk machine. It offers a long battery life, a fast startup, and high-quality sound and video.

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Blogs

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Next Generation Firewalls 101

March 01, 2013 01:37 AM
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Next generation firewalls combine application awareness and deep packet inspection to give companies more control over applications while also detecting and blocking malicious threats.

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Tags: Next Generation Firewall, NGFW, deep packet inspection, applications, IPS

Channel: Data Protection, Next Gen Network, Networking & Mgmt, Data Center

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WLAN Stress Tests: What’s the Use?

February 26, 2013 04:29 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

Wireless hardware testing can shed much-needed light on Wi-Fi products when every vendor claims to have the best stuff. But you have to pay attention to the testing details.

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Tags: Wi-Fi Stress Test, WLAN, Wi-Fi, 802.11n

Channel: Networking & Mgmt

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Will SDN Kill TRILL?

February 26, 2013 10:53 AM
Posted by Ethan Banks

Layer 2 multipathing standards such as TRILL and SPB may seem redundant in an SDN world. But these standards still have a role to play while we wait to see how the SDN market matures.

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Tags: TRILL, SPB, DCB, SDN, OpenFlow, fabric, meshes

Channel: Interop, Data Center, Virtualization

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IBM Turns IT into Storage Service Provider

February 25, 2013 02:01 PM
Posted by David Hill

IBM's SmartCloud Storage Access turns premises storage into a service that IT can offer to internal users via a service catalog.

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Tags: IBM, storage a service, private cloud

Channel: Tapes and Disks, Storage & Mgmt, Private Cloud

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Cloud Storage and Sync: A Bubble Destined to Burst

February 22, 2013 12:28 PM
Posted by Kurt Marko

The proliferation of cloud file sharing services is out of control. It can only end badly for most of these companies—and their users.

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Tags: cloud storage, cloud synchronization, Dropbox, Google, Amazon

Channel: Public Cloud, Content Management, Cloud Computing, Storage & Mgmt, Backup & Recovery

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Virident Unlocks PCIe Flash From a Single Server

February 22, 2013 11:20 AM
Posted by Howard Marks

Virident is releasing software that makes PCIe flash behave more like a SAN or distributed cache, expanding the performance boost of PCIe flash across multiple servers.

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Tags: Virident, PCIe, FlashMAX, Fuision-io, cache

Channel: Tapes and Disks, Servers & Storage

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