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Network Computing's content adheres to the valuable "For IT, By IT" methodology, delivering timely strategy & tactics, news, in-depth features, expert reviews, opinionated blogs, newsletters and digital issues on an array of key enterprise technologies: back-up and recovery, data center architecture and technologies, data protection, network and storage management, unified communications, virtualization, wan acceleration, and wireless networking.
For 20 years, Network Computing has delivered in-depth content for architecture decision-makers. Launched in 2001, Byte and Switch has become a one-stop site for the storage industry delivering business and technology news. With the evolution taking place in this market, Network Computing and Byte and Switch have joined content and audience resources to create the ultimate destination for Data Center, Storage and Network decision-markers. This is the new Network Computing.
Network Computing connects the dots between architectural approach and how technology impacts the business, applications, and network. The worlds of data, networking and storage are colliding and it's no surprise that the things IT needs to know are changing. Taking a silo view of IT operations is no longer valid. The various stake holders whether networking groups, storage groups, server groups, and application groups can no longer be disconnected.
Today is an exciting time to be in IT. Sweeping changes in how IT delivers services and support to orgnizations, such as data center consolidation driven by advances in servers, storage and networking technologies; the rapid growth of virtualization; advances in automation and control; the impending explosion in cloud computing; the focus on deliveirng applications; and the rising importance of information security. Keeping abreast of IT is a full-time job.
That's where Network Computing comes in with unvarnished analysis and opinion from your peers about the latest technologies and architectures. "For IT, By IT" is real-world experience from professionals who are designing, implementing, and managing IT. Don't get lost in the cloud.
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