Open source networking: The time is now

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Network World Net Optimization Alert Jun 07, 2016 Open source networking: The time is now We are never going back to proprietary networks. Today's world is all about open—from APIs to partnerships to end-to-end orchestrated services. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Infrastructure monitoring products: Users pinpoint the best and worst features • Enterprises are investing in network security analytics • How to ensure new graduates aren't compromising enterprise networks • Is network fabric heading down the same path as 'software defined' and 'stacking'? • 6 key network considerations to take into account before migrating to the cloud • Wi-Fi 911: Running with scissors? • How to control the stealth IoT invasion • Measurement is key to cloud success • SS8 makes enterprise version of traffic-analysis platform designed for intelligence agencies eGuide: Silver Peak Systems Inc eGuide: The Software-Defined WAN Today's hyper-connected, cloud-based envrionments demand greater agility and efficiency. Enter the software-defined WAN, which can address this shortcoming in traditional WAN architectures by putting an overlay on top of them. Read More ▶ Infrastructure monitoring products: Users pinpoint the best and worst features Monitoring software for servers, networks and applications is supposed to help IT departments spot problems early and avoid business downtime. At IT Central Station, IT managers provide their peers with insights about the pros and cons of four leading products: CA Unified Infrastructure Management, SevOne, Nagios and Opsview Enterprise. Read More ▶ Enterprises are investing in network security analytics Dangerous threats and new requirements are persuading organizations to collect, process and analyze more and more network telemetry and threat intelligence. Read More ▶ How to ensure new graduates aren't compromising enterprise networks Learn how to keep an eye on those recent college grads Read More ▶ Is network fabric heading down the same path as 'software defined' and 'stacking'? Vendors are stretching the definition of a fabric, which has the potential to cause confusion and slow down both SDN and fabric deployments. Read More ▶ 6 key network considerations to take into account before migrating to the cloud How to prevent cloud migraines before making the shift Read More ▶ Wi-Fi 911: Running with scissors? We assume the modern miracle known as E911 in the public switched telephone network (PSTN), will carry our call to the 911 public safety answer point (PSAP) that dispatches life-saving police, fire, and medical services in addition to knowing precisely where we are, or will it? Read More ▶ How to control the stealth IoT invasion IoT devices are invading the enterprise, often by stealth. This creates headaches for the network engineer, but they are manageable: an enterprise IoT management solution requires just a handful of functions. Read More ▶ Measurement is key to cloud success The Internet's history is a little reminiscent of the history of car culture. Some other lessons from the history of the automotive industry can help us think about how to make decisions when building networked systems can go wrong. Read More ▶ SS8 makes enterprise version of traffic-analysis platform designed for intelligence agencies SS8 built its network traffic-inspection and analysis platform as a tool for intelligence agencies to discover communications among criminals and terrorists but now has scaled it back for enterprises to stop data breaches. Read More ▶ White Paper: Silver Peak Systems Inc Gartner Market Guide Details Why SD-WAN Should Be Part of Your WAN Architecture Silver Peak has been recognized as meeting key operating requirements for SD-WAN, according to the recent Gartner Market Guide for Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN). Read this report and learn why enterprises are embracing this new and disruptive technology. 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