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Network World Virtualization Alert Mar 07, 2016 Cisco brings Network Functions Virtualization to the enterprise Today, at Partner Summit, Cisco announced an NFV solution, specifically designed for its enterprise customers. The Cisco Enterprise NFV offering is designed to enable organizations to create, provision and manage network functions across the enterprise. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Microsoft continues hybrid push with stretchable SQL Server • New Windows 10 beta brings Cortana to new countries • Microsoft Azure continues open source love affair • Go inside a security operations center • VMware turns to IBM in the public cloud • Mobile VR, not VR headsets, to dominate, says study • Video: What you didn't know about private cloud • VMware CEO Gelsinger talks exec changes, Dell deal and his big security focus • 7 critical HoloLens details that Microsoft hid inside its developer docs White Paper: Brocade Communications Systems Inc Forrester: Conquer Business-Critical Workloads with Dedicated Storage Networks While business-critical workloads are very difficult to predict -- the one certainty is that they are increasing. This study shows how improving app workload performance reduces downtime, and makes for happier customers and more efficient staff. Read More ▶ Microsoft continues hybrid push with stretchable SQL Server Microsoft is keeping up its push to provide businesses with hybrid cloud tools by offering a new feature that lets companies stretch their database tables from on-premises infrastructure to its Azure storage service. Read More ▶ New Windows 10 beta brings Cortana to new countries Microsoft is bringing its virtual assistant Cortana to Brazil, Mexico, and French-speaking Canadians with a major update to the Windows 10 beta on Friday. Read More ▶ Microsoft Azure continues open source love affair Microsoft has been aggressive in embracing open source technology on its Azure cloud platform, and that continued Wednesday with the launch of several new features powered by open source projects. Read More ▶ Go inside a security operations center A virtual tour of managed security services provider Alert Logic reveals how proactive monitoring detects breaches and accelerates incident response Read More ▶ VMware turns to IBM in the public cloud VMware and IBM today announced a broad new partnership that will allow VMware customers to extend their virtualized workloads into IBM's public SoftLayer cloud, a move that could be a boost of adrenaline for IBM and marks somewhat of a reckoning for VMware's public cloud plans. Read More ▶ Mobile VR, not VR headsets, to dominate, says study Virtual Reality will be experienced by gamers using a combination of smartphone and headset, not by dedicated high-end headsets, at least at first, says a new study. The reason is cost. Read More ▶ Video: What you didn't know about private cloud Just having a highly virtualized environment is not a private cloud, even though many people likely mistake it as so. Read More ▶ VMware CEO Gelsinger talks exec changes, Dell deal and his big security focus At the RSA Conference, VMware demonstrates the security features of its NSX network virtualization product. Read More ▶ 7 critical HoloLens details that Microsoft hid inside its developer docs We know what hardware powers the Microsoft HoloLens. But dive deeper and the documentation reveals all sorts of juicy nuggets: the resolution, app limits, power issues, and more. Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: Ixia ThreatARMOR - Your New Front Line of Defense Reduce your attack surface with a security solution that sits in front of other security devices to provide dual-function protections: 1) Blocks traffic from known IP addresses; and 2) Blocks outbound bot communication from pre-existing infections. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS 7 cheap alternatives to the Microsoft Surface Apple v. FBI – Who's for, against opening up the terrorist's iPhone Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. IBM's one-month severance offer means a bitter end, say laid-off workers 2. HPE will take on Nutanix and Cisco with hyperconverged system 3. FAQ: What the heck happened to Linux Mint? 4. VMware CEO Gelsinger talks exec changes, Dell deal and his big security focus 5. Did Google kill a … donkey? 6. 19 free cloud storage options 7. US Marshals warn of ongoing nationwide telephone scam 8. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 9. Hot security products at RSA 2016 10. Cisco winning business without bake-offs

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