Xirrus will add deep packet inspection to its wireless arrays to let administrators prioritize, block or limit bandwidth based on specific applications. Xirrus’s claim to be the first WLAN vendor to do so don’t ring true, but it’s still a good idea.
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Xirrus Adds Application Control To WLAN Arrays
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MDM Wars: Good Technology Sues AirWatch and MobileIron
Good Technology has filed two separate patent infringement lawsuits related to the management of mobile data and devices.
Good, best-known lately for their containerization solution to securing mobile phones and tablets, announced on Wednesday that it has filed the legal actions against native mobile management companies MobileIron and AirWatch, shaking the mobile device management space. Click here for a home page Good has established for the litigation. Security and management for mobile devices have become ever more important as corporate information makes its way onto employees’ personal devices.
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Dell Boosts Storage Portfolio With New Hardware, Software
On Thursday, Dell announced software enhancements for its Compellent and PowerVault storage portfolios as well as new backup appliances at the Dell Storage Forum in Paris.
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Wireless for Beginners Part 3: Getting the Signal
WLAN radio signals can be affected by a variety of factors, including encoding algorithms, physical obstacles and interference. This post outlines common problems that can affect signal performance.
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What you should know about MIcrosoft’s new BitLocker Management
Encryption can be a bit of a double-edged sword for organizations. It is an effective and essential tool for protecting sensitive data, but it often comes with a healthy side of user confusion and help desk calls. Microsoft hopes to simplify the process of implementing and managing BitLocker data encryption with the launch of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Management (MBAM) 2.0 Beta 2.
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Panoramic Videoconference Camera Adds Human Perspective
Look left, look right, look closer — would a videoconference be more useful if you could see things as naturally as if you were in the same room with the other participants?
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Five reasons Microsoft Lync 2013 matters
Lync 2013 has a variety of benefits that businesses can take advantage of to make internal and external communications more effective and efficient.
Lync, which comes bundled with Office 365 business subscriptions, is Microsoft’s server platform for unified communications. In a former life, it went by the longer, but more accurately descriptive name Office Communications Server. Lync ties real-time presence information with instant messaging, video conferencing, and voice communication, and it integrates with Exchange email and Microsoft Office applications.
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SDN Is Business, OpenFlow Is Technology
Software defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow aren’t the same thing. We’ll clarify the technical differences and discuss a more important distinction: SDN emphasizes applications that drive network usability and business requirements, while OpenFlow is a technology to link an SDN controller and network devices.
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Extreme Networks’ 40 GbE, 100 GbE Switch Modules Target Data Centers
Extreme also opens up its OS to support OpenFlow 1.0 and OpenStack to enable more flexible network architectures.
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Finding the ROI for Unified Communications
Companies that examine the business case for UC often focus on the “unified” aspect. But the real returns come from integration. Here’s why.
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