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• BT offers mega-Ethernet with new WAN
  The 21CN promises salvation of mankind...
• Tandberg launches new telepresence package
  No ditching of existing equipment.
• BlueCoat looks to teleworkers with ProxyClient
  And partners up with Crescendo.
• Cisco and Microsoft team up on new appliance
  Windows Server for branch offices revealed.
• New plate from BT promises broadband boost
  Come on, don't hear the noise...
• Infoblox offers upgrade against DNS attacks
  Extra security for network managers.
• Force10 goes multi-media to ease 10Gig adoption
  But snubs 10GBase-T as too little, too late.
• Japan home owners to be offered 16Gbit/s Internet connection
  Beat that, BT

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• Unified communications won't displace insecure IM
  Business-grade unified communications software offers security, but dealing with external clients often means leaving the light on for AIM, Skype and the like.
• 10G Ethernet: can copper cut the mustard?
  10GBase-T and other specs for 10G Ethernet over copper cabling are coming, but could this be the generation where fibre connectivity remains dominant?
• Too much network control is a bad thing
  Network admins with too much control are a common problem - and one that needs fixing, CIOs warn.

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• Predict Wi-Fi performance and plan your wireless LAN
  Radio is fundamentally uncertain, and even the best site survey only goes so far in setting up a good network.
• How to upgrade a home office router
  Your small router may be capable of tricks that powerful enterprise routers can do but thanks to the firmware in your router, you can't get at them? This article shows you how to.
• Take a new tack for better IT
  Four tactics to improve IT and get better app performance.

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• The Capacity to Succeed: Demand and Capacity Management New
  

  This white paper explores the drivers for demand and capacity management; the benefits and ROI; and the challenges businesses face in making it work.
  

• Preparing for the Storm: Effective Data Backup and Recovery New
  

  This white paper was written for IT professionals looking to increase the strategic value of IT as they implement a cost-effective and appropriately sized backup and recovery platform that can support business growth.
  

• Delivering an Effective Backup and Recovery Service New
  

  Rapid data growth and the need for greater data availability place a demand on organisations to provide an effective backup and recovery service. Yet businesses have often been satisfied with just minimal provision. It is only when a disaster arrives that it becomes clear how inadequate this approach is. This white paper helps organisations make the right decisions about how best to prevent data loss and potentially catastrophic IT failure.

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• Get tough on telecommuting: 6 questions to ask before you say yes
  Proceed cautiously - teleworking can change office dynamics in ways you hadn't anticipated.
• Why Quality of Experience matters to network managers
  It's not your job alone, but you can't run a decent VoIP service without keeping track of QoE.
• Outsourcing your WAN optimisation
  When is a managed WAN-optimisation service the best option?

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• When is last place actually first place? When you're Seagate... 
  
• Meeting the Colossus 
  
• Computer vision is advancing in leaps and bounds  
  

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• DrayTek Vigor 2820Vn router
  A remote office or small office router with ADSL, WAN and 3G failover that doesn't cost the earth? Not possible they said. DrayTek's latest Vigor can do all this and more.
• Aagon Client Management Platform
  A nicely-designed client manager for Windows-based PCs, with central monitoring and a good GUI, and which should scale well, thanks to being based on a proper DBMS.
• 4ipnet MSG100 wireless office controller
  A handy and inexpensive device for multi-zone security, including enforcing access control on both wired and wireless network users.
• PortTracker
  A useful appliance that allows you to monitor what is - and has been - connected to your network, as long as you're running Cisco switches.
• Packeteer iShaper
  Packeteer's combination WAN accelerator and traffic shaper is second to none in speed of CIFS transfers, and among the leaders in overall performance; however, users needing shared byte-level caching musst wait for the next release.

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• Proxim plans to buck the standards
  There's no hurry for 802.11n Wi-Fi, and no need to stick to the WiMax standards, says Proxim's chief executive, Pankaj Manglik
• Tracking the truth of unified communications
  We talk IP comms and email vacations with Shoretel MD Mark Swendsen.
• The challenges of in-building wireless coverage
  Attempts to make buildings more energy-efficient in terms of heating and cooling could backfire badly on the networking front, if radio expert Daniel Lewing is to be believed.

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• Network behaviour analysis secures university
  Seeking better visibility into the traffic crossing its extensive network, Wayne State University turned to NBA software from Q1 Labs.
• Amazingmail drops Cisco to cut costs
  Cisco routers are out and Juniper gear is in at Amazingmail.
• The sweet smell of WAN acceleration
  Global perfumer Coty used WAN appliances to improve its download speeds and remove the need for caching servers.

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