Oracle eyes optical links as final frontier of data-center scaling

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	Oracle eyes optical links as final frontier of data-center scaling Oracle is exploring silicon photonics, an optical technology drawing widespread interest, as a potential weapon in the battle against data-center power consumption. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology 10 Reasons You Need Network and Application Visibility Riverbed Cascade provides enterprise-wide network and application visibility with a full set of application-centric, site-centric, and business-centric views. While Cascade can coexist or integrate with a variety of other IT management solutions, it will likely become your first line of defense against application performance problems. View Now In this Issue Vulnerabilities in some Netgear router and NAS products open door to remote attacks Apple wins in patent infringement trial against Wi-LAN Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products INSIDER Masters of disasters: IT survivors of Katrina, Sandy and other natural disasters share their DR tips and tricks Cheaper equipment to give fast copper broadband a boost Cloud-based SMB network startup adds app store for services IBM licenses ARM's mobile processors for communications chips INSIDER Computer criminals continue to vex IT groups WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Three Shortcuts for UC Success Managing UC means delivering streaming video fluidly, transmitting voice with clarity, moving IM's briskly, and send emails promptly. Easier said than done. To succeed from setup to show time, take these three tips to achieve the high performance end-users expect. Learn More Vulnerabilities in some Netgear router and NAS products open door to remote attacks Vulnerabilities in the management interfaces of some wireless router and network-attached storage products from Netgear expose the devices to remote attacks that could result in their complete compromise, researchers warn. Read More   Apple wins in patent infringement trial against Wi-LAN A federal jury in Texas found that Apple had not infringed on a patent related to CDMA and HSPA communications technologies owned by patent-licensing firm Wi-LAN. Read More   Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used by some of them. Read More     INSIDER Masters of disasters: IT survivors of Katrina, Sandy and other natural disasters share their DR tips and tricks Natural and manmade disasters are facts of life. Smart IT managers prepare for the worst before trouble hits, so that the businesses and government institutions that rely on IT can resume normal operations as soon as possible. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM and Intel The Future of x86 Platforms is Here You need an IT infrastructure that provides scalability, performance and efficiency tailored to the specific goals of your business. Watch this on-demand webcast to learn more about IBM's new innovation designed to provide the performance and efficiency required for today's workloads. Watch Now Cheaper equipment to give fast copper broadband a boost Vendors are working on products to lower the cost of building copper-based broadband with bandwidth up to 100M bps, and are at the same time getting ready to increase speeds even further. Read More   Cloud-based SMB network startup adds app store for services Startup Pertino plans to flesh out its cloud-based network service with additional services such as security and deep-packet inspection, which it will sell through an online app store. Read More   IBM licenses ARM's mobile processors for communications chips IBM has licensed smartphone and tablet processor designs from ARM, which will be used in new communications and networking gear. Read More     INSIDER Computer criminals continue to vex IT groups As security breaches rise, CIOs and CISOs aren't as good as they think they are at protecting corporate assets. Read More
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