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Network World Net Optimization Alert Dec 03, 2015 Networking pros slam AT&T for arming techs with iPads instead of laptops AT&T service technicians toting company-issued iPads instead of the laptops they once carried are ill-equipped to solve some customer problems, according to a parade of IT professionals criticizing what they say has been a wholesale switch to tablets. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Enterprise nets: HP, Cisco, Brocade and Huawei take charge • With internet connection reaching new heights, ITU looks to the IoT • IT pros average 52-hour workweek • Hewlett Packard Enterprise's first big moves as an independent company • Feds drive toward high-tech criminal tracking system standard • Aruba aims to enhance the mobile-first enterprise • Cisco tweaks certs for changing IT landscape • Ex-Juniper sibs look to soften up the WAN • VCE integrates Cisco's ACI to simplify SDN deployments White Paper: Vormetric Complying with Payment Card Industry (PCI DSS) Requirements with DataStax and Vormetric DataStax with Vormetric offers a comprehensive data security solution to help organizations comply with PCI DSS requirements. Read More ▶ Enterprise nets: HP, Cisco, Brocade and Huawei take charge A report released today by researcher IHS named Huawei, Cisco, Brocade and HP as the four leading companies in the enterprise networking sector. Read More ▶ With internet connection reaching new heights, ITU looks to the IoT A new ITU report sheds light on data about how the world's communications networks have connected people, and the future potential for things. Read More ▶ IT pros average 52-hour workweek Employees in small IT departments tend to work more hours than those in large IT departments Read More ▶ Hewlett Packard Enterprise's first big moves as an independent company If the announcements HPE is making at its Discover event in London this week are any indication of future intentions on the infrastructure side, then the company is focusing on helping customers maximize their internal data center operations. Read More ▶ Feds drive toward high-tech criminal tracking system standard The main issue – and it's a big one – is that such the packages also known as offender tracking systems (OTS) operate and perform with no underlying industry standards for communications or software causing a myriad of problems for law enforcement agencies. An OTS typically consists of hardware, such as an ankle bracelet, used for collecting Global Positioning System (GPS) signals to determine an individual's location, and software for analyzing data collected from the hardware device. Read More ▶ Aruba aims to enhance the mobile-first enterprise With a handful of new products designed to get the most out of Wi-Fi and mobile apps, Aruba sets its sights on the increasingly mobile enterprise. Read More ▶ Cisco tweaks certs for changing IT landscape CCIE, CCNA designations to reflect new disciplines brought on by IoT, SDN and cloud Read More ▶ Ex-Juniper sibs look to soften up the WAN Mehta brothers launch SDN start-up Versa Networks Read More ▶ VCE integrates Cisco's ACI to simplify SDN deployments VCE announces ACI integration to help customers considering deploying SDN. Read More ▶ White Paper: Vormetric Encryption as an Enterprise Strategy: An IANS Custom Report (July 2015) IANS conducted a survey of over 100 information security professionals to see how they are dealing with advanced attacks while moving into cloud and outsourced service models, where they may have little control over security. Read More ▶

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