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LAN technology and services News

March 18, 2010 18 Mar'10
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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Problem Solve LAN technology and services Issues

We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.

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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SonicWall flags firewall upgrade opportunity

The security vendor has used its partner event as a forum to encourage resellers to talk to customers using ageing technology

Could YouView save our home from surveillance marketing by the Big Browser brigade

The IoT-connected home is becoming a location for commercial opportunities for the channel finds Nick Booth

MTI cranking up services revenues

The channel player has shared its first set of numbers since it was taken over by Endless last year

SearchCloudProvider

Azure licensing eliminates pillar of public cloud from its platform

Changes to Azure licensing mean customers who want pay-as-you-go pricing will have to make upfront commitments to get it, as ...

HPE Helion cloud brokerage supplants its defunct public cloud

With its public cloud soon a thing of the past, the HPE cloud strategy around hybrid management continues to take shape with ...

Docker containers slide into production with Tutum deal

Docker has acquired container management provider Tutum to help transition its much talked about technology from an intriguing, ...

SearchSecurity

How SOC metrics improve security operation centers' performance

With the use of security operations centers comes the need for effective security metrics to gauge SOC performance and improve ...

WannaMine cryptojacker targets unpatched EternalBlue flaw

Unpatched systems are still being targeted by the WannaMine cryptojacker, despite warnings and global cyberattacks using the ...

New Mirai variant attacks Apache Struts vulnerability

New variants of the Gafgyt and Mirai botnets are targeting unpatched enterprise devices, which indicates a greater shift away ...

SearchStorage

How a global file system interface eases data growing pains

If reaching the storage limits of a file server is an imminent threat at your organization, a global system may be the answer to ...

Lenovo-NetApp partnership targets rivals Dell and HPE

Lenovo and NetApp go after Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise with a multiyear partnership to bolster enterprise storage ...

With NVMe-oF, who needs rack-scale PCIe?

NVMe over networks is winning out as the best way to offer shared, flash-based storage systems, with Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure ...

SearchNetworking

Access networking layer ready for software-defined reboot

After years of stagnation, the access-layer network is in need of a makeover. Implementing software-defined configurations is ...

Are SD-WAN security concerns warranted?

Networking analysts and engineers examine SD-WAN security concerns, the importance of cabling in wireless environments and a new ...

Verizon 5G rollout could change broadband competition

Verizon launches Oct. 1 a 5G internet service in four U.S. cities. The Verizon 5G rollout could give the company an edge against ...

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Improve hybrid cloud monitoring through automation, alerts

To effectively monitor hybrid cloud infrastructure -- without being overloaded with data and alerts -- IT teams need to rethink ...

How Azure Cloud Shell can streamline resource management

Azure Cloud Shell's browser-based model frees IT teams from installation headaches but presents some formatting and timeout ...

Azure outage spotlights cloud infrastructure choices

One difference in Microsoft's cloud infrastructure design may have contributed to the extended outage this week in an Azure ...

SearchDataManagement

Containers key for Hortonworks alliance on big data hybrid

Hortonworks is joining with Red Hat and IBM to work together on a hybrid big data architecture format that will run using ...

Big data tooling rolls with the changing seas of analytics

Hadoop data tooling is expanding. A view holds that Hadoop is moving from alternate data warehousing to a full-fledged big data ...

Graph processing gives credit analysis firms an edge

A graph database startup's parallel loading, processing and querying combine to deliver real-time data for fintech firms that ...

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Self-service analytics tools hand BI power to business users

Self-service BI software opens the door to wider analytics uses in organizations. This handbook compares top self-service tools ...

Tableau vs. Power BI vs. Qlik: How the BI rivals stack up

Tableau, Power BI and Qlik Sense offer similar self-service BI functionality, consultant Rick Sherman says. But he points to some...

Tibco analytics capabilities get upgrade in Spotfire X

New Tibco AI and natural language processing functions in the soon-to-be-released Spotfire X look to create a simpler and faster ...