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WLAN Survey Says Give Us Better Management

December 20, 2012 12:28 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

I surveyed 181 WLAN operators in higher education to get their input on WLAN management platforms and other issues. The results show respondents feel locked in to vendor systems that leave them wanting more.

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Tags: WLAN, management, 802.11ac

Channel: Next Gen Network, Networking & Mgmt, Data Center, Cloud Computing

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Will Mobile Drive or Replace UC?

December 13, 2012 01:02 PM
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UC vendors must create a more integrated experience on mobile devices to capture the ease of use and flexibility that users demand on smartphones and tablets—and to counter native capabilities that could make UC less relevant.

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Tags: Unified communications, UC, smartphones, tablets, mobile, presence

Channel: Next Gen Network, Wireless, UC & VoIP

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Must 'Cloud' Translate To 'Ungovernable'?

December 07, 2012 10:25 AM
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When IT services come from a mix of inside and outside assets, we need more control, not less. Enter ITSM.

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Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, ITSM, IT service management, ITIL

Channel: Private Cloud, Next Gen Network, Public Cloud, Networking & Mgmt, Data Center

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Silver Peak, F5 Put Virtual Appliances in Amazon Cloud

December 04, 2012 07:10 AM
Posted by Michael Biddick

Many networking vendors offer virtualized appliances that can run in a hypervisor. Now more vendors moving those appliances into public clouds.

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Tags: Silver Peak, F5, Riverbed, virtual appliances, AWS, Amazon, cloud

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Private Cloud, Next Gen Network, WAN & App Acceleration, Public Cloud, Virtualization

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A Ruckus Over WLAN Testing

November 30, 2012 03:37 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

A competitive review of WLAN products at Syracuse University stirred up controversy because of a vendor’s involvement in the tests. But the real question is, are they testing the right things?

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Tags: Ruckus, Cisco, Aerohive, Aruba, Meraki, WLAN, testing, Syracuse University

Channel: Cloud Computing, Public Cloud, Networking & Mgmt, Next Gen Network

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Why We Need Network Abstraction

November 26, 2012 03:16 PM
Posted by Joe Onisick

Highly virtualized data centers are exposing cracks in traditional network constructs such as VLANs. New approaches that abstract the physical network, including network overlays, are key to providing flexibility and scale.

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Tags: VLAN, QoS, VXLAN, network virtualization, OpenFlow, SDN

Channel: Virtualization, Next Gen Network, Public Cloud, Data Center, Private Cloud, Cloud Computing

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