Meru Networks has rolled out new WLAN capabilities for unified access, device onboarding and more, but its “me too” efforts do little to distinguish it in a competitive market.
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Meru Plays Catch-Up on WLAN Capabilities
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The Future Is Now: Wi-Fi Brains, Quantum Computers and More
How far are we willing to go to push the frontiers of technology? Pretty far, new research shows.
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4 things Microsoft Office ‘Gemini’ needs to succeed
Whether talking about the constellation in the night sky or the sign of the zodiac, the word “Gemini” is synonymous with twins. It’s no coincidence that Gemini is reportedly the code name for an upcoming Microsoft Office build that could be the twin project to Windows Blue. Together, the two efforts represent a complete shift in the way Microsoft develops and rolls out software.
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DIY Storage: Why I Built My Own SAN
I built my own SAN to meet some storage needs at my job. In a series of posts I’ll cover the reasons why, how I did it, and the hardware and software I used.
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Whiptail Breaks Vendor Lock-in On Storage Replication
Replication between data centers typically required customers to buy two of the same storage arrays from a vendor. Storage company Whiptail has added heterogeneous replication to its array, which lets customers use Whiptail and any other system.
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Netgear Unveils SMB Switch Line from 8 to 50 Ports
News roundup: New Netgear switches target SMBs; Syncplicity, a cloud sync offering from EMC, adds enterprise controls; Sherpa launches a SaaS offering for managing electronically stored information.
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As The PayPal Vs. VMware Story Turns
In the past week, a story that was originally reported in InformationWeek , among other places, said PayPal was adopting OpenStack. Then the story took on a life of its own — as some outlets reported that eBay was booting VMware off 80,000 servers and replacing it with OpenStack. Let’s examine what conclusions can be drawn about this saga — and VMware’s future.
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Amazon CloudHSM Aims To Ease Security Worries
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is adding a single-tenant, secure hardware cloud appliance to its usual software services to give customers an extra-secure method of storing encryption keys, issuing digital signatures and executing digital rights management in compliance with strict regulations.
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WAN Optimization Part 1: TCP Limitations
WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies help get around performance limitations in TCP. Here’s how the numbers add up.
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In the Cloud, Distance Matters for Compute Efficiency
Researchers from UC San Diego and Google found cloud-based applications will run as much as 20% more efficiently when data is located close by.
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