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Network World Net Optimization Alert Aug 02, 2016 Tech boosts the fan experience at U.S. Bank Stadium Minnesota Vikings' new stadium is blanketed with wireless access points built into handrails and a distributed antenna system to boost mobile coverage. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • First look: Vikings stadium caters to connected fans • Riverbed buys end-user experience monitoring company Aternity • A10 Networks makes pivot to cloud with Appcito acquisition • How new ad hoc networks will organize • Top VCE exec: We're staying tight with Cisco • Distil Networks raises $21M to fend off the bots • Spies planted malware on critical infrastructure, Russian security service says • Service providers see opportunity in enterprise WLANs White Paper: IBM Corporation Architecting A Platform For Big Data Analytics In this digital age, 'disruption' is a term we hear a lot about. It can be defined as "A disturbance that interrupts an event, activity, or process" In the context of this paper it means competition appearing from unexpected quarters that rapidly takes business away from traditional suppliers. Read More ▶ First look: Vikings stadium caters to connected fans Wireless access points and a distributed antenna system are designed to boost wi-fi and cellular coverage, and a Vikings stadium app puts content and services in fans' hands. Read More ▶ Riverbed buys end-user experience monitoring company Aternity Network and application performance management company Riverbed announced this morning that it would acquire end-user experience monitoring firm Aternity for an undisclosed fee. Read More ▶ A10 Networks makes pivot to cloud with Appcito acquisition A10 Networks, with its acquisition this week of startup Appcito, has become the latest Application Delivery Control (ADC) company to make a big push into supporting cloud applications. Read More ▶ How new ad hoc networks will organize Decentralized ad hoc networks, the kind we're likely to see more of as IoT use increases, could self-discover their network size by copying ant colony behavior. Read More ▶ Top VCE exec: We're staying tight with Cisco There was an interesting exchange between IDG Chief Content Officer John Gallant and VCE President Chad Sakac in an interview Network World published today. In it, Gallant asked Sakac about the company's converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco in light of VCE presumably soon becoming part of the merged Dell/EMC. After all, Cisco (the "C" in VCE) sold off its stake in the venture some time ago and will likely find itself competing more directly with EMC once it combines with Dell. Read More ▶ Distil Networks raises $21M to fend off the bots Venture funding may be tight, but it's still happening. Distil bucks the trend and scoops up a Series C. Read More ▶ Spies planted malware on critical infrastructure, Russian security service says Russian military networks and other critical infrastructure have been hit by tailor-made malware, according to government officials. Read More ▶ Service providers see opportunity in enterprise WLANs Can the traditional service provider weaknesses be overcome and drive a successful entry into the managed wireless local area network (WLAN) market? Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: Google Citrix Customers Put Google Chromebooks to Work Work is no longer where we go in the morning, work is what we do - what we get done. Watch this Citrix and Google webcast to learn how you can implement a secure, fast, simple and sharable solution within your organization today. 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 Superman VR roller coaster in pictures 25 surprising facts about Google Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. iPhone 7 release date and pre-order date leaked 2. The CIA, NSA and Pokémon Go 3. 10 ways to celebrate Sysadmin Day 4. Black Hat: 9 free security tools for defense & attacking 5. 19 free cloud storage options 6. JavaScript keeps its spot atop programming language rankings 7. Baguette vending machine is the greatest invention since sliced bread 8. iPhone 7 Rumor Rollup: 1 Billion reasons to care; Sept. 16 looms large 9. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 10. Microsoft releases 'service pack 2' for Windows 7

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