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NetWare is dead. Long live NetWare?

Novell ended general support of the venerable network operating system this month. Someone should tell all those NetWare shops.

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Virtual servers for data center LANs: Considerations for service providers

Server virtualization will impact how you design switches for your customer's data center LAN. This tip provides best practices for switch design. Continue Reading
Designing a campus LAN

This tip explores the issues encountered with campus LAN design, including the techniques for ensuring a scalable and resilient campus network design. Continue Reading
How to choose the best router for your customer

Advice on choosing the best router to sell to your customer. Continue Reading

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Cisco pitching security SD-WAN combination

The vendor has raised the bar in the SD-WAN world with an offering that comes with plenty of security

Edge, GDPR, cloud and shadow IT security concerns for 2019

Some of the industry predictions are coming out from security players around what we can all expect in 2019 and there is going to...

Carbon Black’s UK Threat Report is grim news for those protecting data

Attacks are widespread and the criminals are outwitting a lot of customers, which worries Nick Booth

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SSD encryption failures made worse by BitLocker settings

Researchers discover major manufacturers poorly implemented SSD encryption, allowing easy access to data, and Microsoft BitLocker...

Insider threat protection: Strategies for enterprises

Insider threats pose a serious risk to enterprises. Peter Sullivan explains how enterprises can use background checks and risk ...

New spam botnet infects over 100,000 home routers

News roundup: A new spam botnet infected over 100,000 home routers through a UPnP vulnerability, according to researchers. Plus, ...

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Western Digital Ultrastar DC ME200 optimizes memory storage

Western Digital extends its Ultrastar SSD line, adding a software-defined layer for fast in-memory computing. An onboard ...

Micron's SATA-based QLC SSDs take aim at 10K HDDs

Micron targets 10,000 rpm HDDs in read-intensive enterprise workloads with new 5210 ION quad-level cell SSD that stores 33% more ...

4 NVMe storage array options to consider

Here's what you need to know to pick the NVMe array that provides your organization with the performance improvement it needs and...

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How 3 benefits of SDN can help small businesses

As SDN matures and evolves from its original definition, it's getting harder for small businesses to ignore the benefits of SDN, ...

NetOps, SecOps, DevOps concepts merge to automate security testing

By adopting DevOps concepts, network teams can automate security testing. But, as development, network and security tasks mingle,...

Cisco layoffs mark Customer Experience restructuring

Cisco is laying off hundreds of employees as it restructures its Customer Experience unit led by new-hire Maria Martinez. The ...

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Cloud-based quantum computing inches slowly toward enterprise

A lot of questions -- and complexity -- still surround quantum computing. But as enterprises eventually ramp up with the ...

Cloud cost management tools heat up with Apptio sale

Why does private equity firm Vista Equity Partners want to pay nearly $2 billion for IT spend analytics vendor Apptio? Here's a ...

Break down the main features of Azure DevOps Services

DevOps continues to influence how vendors shape their cloud offerings, and this was the case behind Microsoft's recent rebranding...

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IBM-Red Hat deal highlights changes due in data processing

The IBM acquisition of Red Hat marks a watershed in computer architecture. The duo says it can rebuild data applications in new ...

How to build a master data index: Static vs. dynamic indexing

Expert David Loshin explores the differences between static and dynamic indexing in master data management systems, and which ...

How deterministic and probabilistic matching work

Expert David Loshin explores the benefits and challenges of the two classes of record matching in master data management systems:...

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At Logi Analytics and Tableau, beta feedback drives creation

Constructive commentary from software beta testing can help work out bugs and bring about new ideas, which BI and analytics ...

6 big data visualization project ideas and tools

These data visualization project examples and tools illustrate how enterprises are expanding the use of "data viz" tools to get a...

Data literacy training offerings key to BI vendors

Tableau announced a basic certification training exam, adding to its roster of online data literacy courses. Self-service BI ...