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Featured Articles » oshape, INVISO Targets Latin America Cloud-Based VOD, OTT » MSP Edgewebhosting Achieves VMware vCloud Powered Status for Managed Hosting Service » 8x8 Achieves Record Revenue of $26.4 Million in Q2 2013 » IBM-CloudShare Partnership Simplifies Agile Development in the Cloud   Sponsored By: Alcatel Lucent WEBINAR: SDN: Let's Cut The Hype, What is the Reality? Thursday November 1st, 2012 11:00am ET/ 8:00 AM PT Software Defined Networking (SDN) and OpenFlow have both received enormous attention and unfortunately are surrounded by much confusion. To understand SDN, we must take a step back and ask the question, what is SDN trying to achieve and how can how can the current SDN deployments in very large web-scale data centers translate into a tangible benefit for enterprise scale data centers. Taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture, SDN proposes one solution to an important problem we now face in the data center: the network and the applications are operating effectively in silos. Thus any automated attempt by the network or the application controllers, i.e. the hypervisor, to improve resource utilization can only achieve a suboptimal result. What is needed is a complete end-to-end coordinated virtual architecture enabling applications and the network to collaborate in providing a high quality experience for users and enable optimization of resource consumption. For any solution to be successful within the enterprise data center it must consider scale of the network in question as well as the desirable properties of current networks that should be maintained. Benefiting from the positive aspects of SDN network requires a clear strategy for both the application and network infrastructure. What will attendees learn? SDN: What is it, and what does it mean for the enterprise scale data center Criteria to be evaluated in defining a strategy covering SDN principles for enterprise data center Best practice recommendations for benefiting from SDN Register Today!   Top Stories » West IP Communications Announces Major Upgrades to its ControlMaxx Cloud-Based Contact Center Solution » IP Edge Routers Help Address the Triple Challenge of Video, Mobility and Cloud » Callidus' CPQ Selected by AMS Cloud Solutions » Centrify Expands Cloud-Based Mobile Security Platform with Authentication Services   From The Expert Corner October 25, 2012 BT Announces New Cloud-Based Capabilities for BT Trace By Tabitha Naylor, Contributing Writer A few days ago, BT (News - Alert) announced new cloud-based capabilities for BT Trace which is designed to help organizations overcome the challenges of managing increasingly complex global supply chains. In near real time, to see how and where changes need to be made, BT Trace now includes a cloud-based solution that will provide a single, accurate view into complex supply chains and enable customers to improve operational efficiency. Companies with a global supply chain that deal with multiple issues, from counterfeiting and shrinkage to product recalls and perishable goods, while trying to comply with regulations and operate a sustainable business, need an accurate understanding of all inventory and on-shelf availability. Because of the multiplicity of formats, sources and partners that collect data, supply chain, visibility is a challenge for those companies. Their various resource planning and backend systems, sometimes, are not even connected; hence BT Trace helps them respond to those critical challenges. The new cloud service is cost effective and securely collects, stores, shares and interprets high volume event data about goods and assets moving along an extended global supply chain... Read More   Featured Video Interview with 8X8   TMCnet Free Premium Content » A Guide to Cloud-Ready Branch Office Network » Trends in Online Video Innovation: Video Editing in the Cloud » Elevating Customer Care via the Cloud    Latest Blogs   Featured Channels » Mobile Device Management » Cloud Services » Cloud Business   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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