Network jobs are hot; salaries expected to rise in 2016

	Xen's highly critical virtual machine escape flaw gets a fix | Need SDN control but don't want to upgrade your Cisco switches? VMware wants to talk
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	INSIDER Network jobs are hot; salaries expected to rise in 2016 Network professionals continue to be among the toughest IT talent to find and hire – a situation that will drive up salaries in the coming year. (Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems SDN Delivers Real-World Benefits in Mainstream Enterprises Now is the time to prepare for SDN. In a new report, Gartner documents four case studies that demonstrate how mainstream organizations achieve efficiency, agility, and cost savings through SDN deployments in their production environments. Download the report today and start preparing your enterprise for the SDN revolution. Learn More In this Issue Xen's highly critical virtual machine escape flaw gets a fix Need SDN control but don't want to upgrade your Cisco switches? VMware wants to talk INSIDER First look: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Domain Services puts it all in the cloud Cisco's Lancope acquisition aims to improve network security from the inside out PC storage waning, Cisco study finds Real business opportunities that are only possible through SDN The best new features in Windows Server 2016 (so far) Midokura has a new SDN release Can Office 365's Skype for Business replace your PBX system? How Rackspace's container platform is different WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Cisco & Citrix: Opening the Way to Data Center Agility In most enterprises today the lack of data center agility is a major drag on business agility. Applications have become far more flexible, but the promised business advantages cannot be realized while the infrastructure is rigid. Learn how leading-edge technology companies are learning to support flexible application-centric infrastructures. View now Xen's highly critical virtual machine escape flaw gets a fix The Xen Project fixed several vulnerabilities in its popular virtualization software, including one that could allow potential attackers to break out of a virtual machine and gain control over the host system. Read More Need SDN control but don't want to upgrade your Cisco switches? VMware wants to talk Martin Casado was in on the ground floor of the development of Software Defined Networking (SDN) at Stanford, and today flies the network virtualization flag at VMware where he is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Networking and Security Business Unit. Read More INSIDER First look: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Domain Services puts it all in the cloud On Oct. 14, Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Active Directory Domain Services or, as I like to call it, a domain in a cloud. Next up, you will need to either create a new virtual network or select an existing virtual network. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Endpoint Security:Technology in Action In today's complex cyberthreat landscape, it's more important than ever to have the right security solution in place. Are you settling for partial protection? Learn More Cisco's Lancope acquisition aims to improve network security from the inside out Enterprise IT has gone through many major shifts over the past several decades. The industry currently sits in the midst of another major transformation as more and more businesses are striving to become digital organizations. Read More PC storage waning, Cisco study finds Most data stored on client devices will move from PCs to elements such as smartphones and tablets by 2019, according to a Cisco study released this week on cloud traffic and services. Read More Real business opportunities that are only possible through SDN People are still reserved in adopting SDN. One reason might be they still don't see how it will benefit them. Perhaps a look at some real-life use cases might open their eyes a bit. Read More : New Relic DevOps without Measurement is a Fail The DevOps movement continues to gather speed, and, according to many, it's about time. After all, fostering collaboration and transparency across the entire delivery process has been shown to help everyone get great work done quickly. Learn More The best new features in Windows Server 2016 (so far) Microsoft continues to put out Technical Previews of Windows Server 2016 with as-yet-unseen features. The latest Technical Preview, TP3, introduced a number of new features, such as Docker integration and Windows Server Containers, along with improvements to features introduced in previous previews. It also brings new security capabilities such as Shielded VMs. Read More Midokura has a new SDN release Software-defined networking company Midokura this week rolled out a new release of its network virtualization software, which supports the latest OpenStack release and containers. Read More Can Office 365's Skype for Business replace your PBX system? Most businesses are not willing to give up their phones, and as convenient as mobile phones are, there's still a large market of landlines, PBXs and corporate phone systems that will not go away. And Skype for Business Online in Office 365 wants a piece of that market. Read More How Rackspace's container platform is different Unsurprisingly, Rackspace has joined the legions of other cloud vendors supporting application containers with a new service named Carina. But what is interesting is Rackspace's approach: The managed cloud company is offering customers the opportunity to run Docker application containers on bare metal – meaning not in virtual machines that use a hypervisor. Read More
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