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Riverbed's Granite Speeds Up WAN Storage to Drive Consolidation

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 01:00
The file transfer acceleration technology could help enterprises cut local storage out of remote sites
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New Leaders Emerging in WAN Optimization Market

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 01:00
In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver Peak one of the leaders in its magic quadrant for the WAN optimization market.
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The Fine Art of Fibre Channel Troubleshooting

Wed, 01/25/2012 - 01:00
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel networks can be as much an art as it is a science, but there are some basic best practices you can follow to reduce the guessing and speed resolution. Here are 10 tips to help you get to the bottom of pesky problems.
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IBM, NEC Team on OpenFlow

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 01:00
IBM and NEC have partnered to offer OpenFlow-based networking products to joint customers.
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Google Looks to Speed Up the Internet

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 01:00
The search giant proposes enhancements for the Web's TCP transport layer to reduce latency
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Intel Agrees to Buy Qlogic InfiniBand Assets for $125M

Mon, 01/23/2012 - 01:00
One more step ahead in Intel's dream to achieve exascale computing.
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Micron to Acquire PCIe Virtualization Vendor Virtensys

Fri, 01/20/2012 - 01:00
Micron Technology on Friday announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Virtensys Ltd., a U.K.-based provider of PCIe-sharing products. No financial details on the deal were released.
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WAN Optimization Market Shakeup Predicted

Thu, 01/19/2012 - 01:00
WAN optimization is shaping up to be one of the hottest areas of the network equipment market, prompting industry experts to predict high-profile acquisitions and vendor shakeups in the near future.
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4 Ways to Beat Data Bloat

Wed, 01/18/2012 - 01:00
It is estimated that unstructured data -- everything from email to spreadsheets, documents and digital media -- accounts for at least 90% of an organization's data. You systems are bloated with everything from personal iTunes playlists to the early versions of that PowerPoint presentation you delivered in March. To make matters worse, analysts at Gartner and IDC predict that data growth in IT organizations will grow by as much as 800% in the next five years.
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SOPA on Hold, PIPA May Be Weakened As Congress Revisits the Bills

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 01:00
The House and Senate bills that would combat content piracy through new powers over on ISPs and websites may be succumbing to growing protests
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Home Networks Reach for the Cloud

Mon, 01/09/2012 - 01:00
The move to cloud computing isn't just for businesses. At CES, home network giants D-Link and Netgear are showing a range of equipment that leverage cloud services to give consumers more access to and control over home networks--and network content--from mobile devices.
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The Year's Best Hardware, Software, and Cloud Services

Mon, 01/09/2012 - 01:00
Was it the philosopher George Santayana who said, "Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it?" Did he offer any hints for those of us who want to repeat the past, especially the successes? We're beyond the teary elegies of 2011 and deep into making resolutions for 2012. If we're going to stand half a chance of creating something great this year, it only makes sense to pause and celebrate what went right in 2011.
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Bandwidth Bottlenecks Loom Large in the Cloud

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 01:00
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) CIO Tom Conophy has no reservations when it comes to the cloud.
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US Lawmakers Push for Huawei Investigation

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 01:00
The company's reported sale of monitoring equipment to Iran should result in sanctions, the lawmakers say
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Broadcom Makes Home Network Push

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 01:00
The silicon vendor will show off 400-megabit MoCA 2.0 and other technologies
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2012 Tech Predictions: From IDG's Editors Worldwide

Fri, 12/30/2011 - 01:00
Consumerization of IT is the consensus choice of the new year's major technology force, one that will manifest itself in several forms
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IPv6 Doomsday Won't Hit in 2012, Experts Say

Thu, 12/29/2011 - 01:00
As old addresses disappear, most enterprises can spend the year preparing for the new protocol
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Xerox PARC Founder Jacob E. Goldman Dies

Thu, 12/22/2011 - 01:00
Goldman was part of a prolific laboratory that developed computing methods and innovations still used today
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