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Network World WAN Alert May 02, 2017 9 things your service provider wants you to know Enterprise IT can avoid some of the pitfalls in these tricky relationships by heeding advice from the providers themselves. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • 2.4GHz is a headache for Wi-Fi users, and it's here to stay • Apple fanboys cited as Merriam-Webster herds 'sheeple' into dictionary • 5 ways to get a better price on your next RFP • iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: long live the battery, here come the cases, plus a new concept design • F5's new CEO shares his early impressions, his vision for the app delivery powerhouse • Why 2x2 Wave 2 access points make no sense • Cisco grabs-up SD-WAN player Viptela for $610M • Appeals court won't rehear a challenge to net neutrality rules • Cloudflare wins managed DNS shootout Video/Webcast: CDW Corporation Managing the Modern Desktop Please join us for this live discussion to hear how Workspace ONE is providing a single, uniform, self-service experience for end-users to access all of their applications from any device. Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 01:00 PM EDT Read More ▶ 2.4GHz is a headache for Wi-Fi users, and it's here to stay Wireless LAN users can't just stay comfortable in the 5GHz realm – the older 2.4GHz frequency bands are a necessary part of many wireless implementations, and they're rarely a favorite of the people who have to build and operate Wi-Fi networks. Read More ▶ Apple fanboys cited as Merriam-Webster herds 'sheeple' into dictionary "Wake up!" the good folks a Merriam-Webster just tweeted. "Sheeple is in the dictionary now." Read More ▶ 5 ways to get a better price on your next RFP Follow these five steps in your RFP process to get the best prices on network equipment with the fewest hassles and headaches. Read More ▶ iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: long live the battery, here come the cases, plus a new concept design A new report shows that Apple's incremental updates to the iPhone last year had some customers settling for older models, but the company won't repeat that approach with the iPhone 8 if smartphone watches are correct Read More ▶ F5's new CEO shares his early impressions, his vision for the app delivery powerhouse F5's new President and CEO, Francois Locoh-Donou Read More ▶ Why 2x2 Wave 2 access points make no sense A 2x2 Wave 2 AP will cost about twice the price of a 2x2 Wave 1 AP—and it has limited benefits. Companies should pass on this Wi-Fi technology. Read More ▶ Cisco grabs-up SD-WAN player Viptela for $610M Cisco has padded its SD-WAN portfolio with fellow player Viptela for $610 million. Read More ▶ Appeals court won't rehear a challenge to net neutrality rules A U.S. appeals court has denied a request by broadband trade groups to rehear its decision last June to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's controversial 2015 net neutrality rules. Read More ▶ Cloudflare wins managed DNS shootout For many enterprises, deploying a fully built-out DNS network may not be feasible. Thus, many have turned to third-party DNS providers. In this review, we look at four major managed DNS providers: Dyn, Amazon Web Services Route 53, Cloudflare and DNS Made Easy. Read More ▶ White Paper: IBM Corporation 7 Proven Practices The effort it takes to get an application from development to production can be a long and painful process, but it doesn't have to be. Proper release management practices can ease the pain in deployment processes and get the applications deployed quickly and successfully. Read this paper to learn how proper release management practices and tools can help you deploy applications successfully and continuously! 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 9 tips to turn your data center green Top techies giving 2017 college commencement speeches Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: long live the battery, here come the cases plus a new concept design 2. Apple fanboys cited as Merriam-Webster herds 'sheeple' into the dictionary 3. 2.4GHz is a headache for Wi-Fi users, and it's here to stay 4. 18 free cloud storage options 5. Hackers leak 10 new Orange Is the New Black episodes after Netflix failed to pay ransom 6. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux – YES, Linux! 7. FCC chairman plans to 'reverse the mistake' of net neutrality 8. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 9. F5's new CEO shares his early impressions, his vision for the app delivery powerhouse 10. Deep dive on AWS vs. Azure vs. Google cloud storage options

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