Facebook's 100-gigabit switch design is out in the open

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Network World Cloud Computing Alert Oct 25, 2016 Facebook's 100-gigabit switch design is out in the open Facebook's 100-gigabit switch design has been accepted by the Open Compute Project, a step that should help to foster an open ecosystem of hardware and software on high-speed networking gear. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • LEGO builds on its Mac project • The enterprise wish-list for the hybrid cloud • iPads and Apple TV aimed at transforming patient care • First look: Vikings stadium caters to connected fans • Wipro is buying cloud consultant Appirio for $500M • Cisco revs up storage connections for data centers and WANs • The tape disk debate clouded • Which is cheaper: Public or private clouds? • Mirantis and NTT launch their own partnership for OpenStack growth White Paper: CDW Corporation 802.11AC Wave 2: Catching WI-FI's New Wave The 802.11ac standard significantly improves the performance and scalability of wireless networks compared with existing gear based on the older 802.11n standard. Read More ▶ LEGO builds on its Mac project Increasing Mac numbers inspired LEGO to streamline device management Read More ▶ The enterprise wish-list for the hybrid cloud A group of enterprises like General Electric, Pfizer, Cap and Citigroup have come together with a wish list of how they would like public IaaS providers like Amazon, Microsoft and Google to make their clouds more interoperable. Read More ▶ iPads and Apple TV aimed at transforming patient care Apple TVs and iPads give patients more control at Jacobs Medical Center. Behind the scenes, UCSD Health Sciences relies on Jamf technology to manage and secure its interactive patient care system. 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 ▶ Wipro is buying cloud consultant Appirio for $500M Bangalore-based consulting firm Wipro is buying Appirio to catch up with Accenture and Deloitte in the cloud applications business. Read More ▶ Cisco revs up storage connections for data centers and WANs Cisco is boosting the speed of its long-distance storage links for disaster recovery and business continuity. It's also introducing higher speeds for IP (Internet Protocol) storage networks in data centers and rolling out software to simplify storage management. Read More ▶ The tape disk debate clouded Data from cloud apps is increasing the need for storage. And with archiving as a necessity, the tape drive era is here to stay. Read More ▶ Which is cheaper: Public or private clouds? It's a debate that's raged on for years: Which is cheaper, public or private clouds? A new report from 451 Research finds that two of the most critical factors that influence the cost of a public versus a private cloud deployment are an organization's ability to efficiently manage infrastructure and utilization of hardware resources. Read More ▶ Mirantis and NTT launch their own partnership for OpenStack growth Mirantis and NTT join forces to offer OpenStack as a service via NTT's enterprise cloud and delivered from the company's global data center network. Read More ▶ White Paper: CDW Corporation An Infrastructure in the Cloud As cloud computing matures, it's increasingly vital that enterprise IT decision-makers understand the potential advantages of utilizing IaaS solutions such as Microsoft Azure. 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 iOS 10 tips and tricks you need to know Celebrating 12 years of Ubuntu Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. How the Dyn DDoS attack unfolded 2. Extensive DDoS attack against Dyn restarts, could indicate a new use of old criminal tech 3. If you had bought 100 shares of Microsoft 25 years ago ... 4. What's better: Amazon's Availability Zones vs. Microsoft Azure's regions 5. Chinese firm admits its hacked products were behind Friday's massive DDOS attack 6. 19 free cloud storage options 7. The best way to stop DDoS attacks 8. Record IoT DDoS attacks raise bar for defenders 9. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 10. The network effect on wealth creation

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