Top 10 Network World product tests of 2013

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Juniper EVP Muglia abruptly quits Dell jumps into enterprise mobility management Network World Daily News PM December 11, 2013 Share this email Top 10 Network World product tests of 2013 Network World tested hundreds of products in 2013, but here are our top 10 tests of the year. In order to make the list, the product review had to be a comparative test of multiple products in a single category and it had to break new ground or deliver fresh insight into an important product area. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Juniper EVP Muglia abruptly quits 2. Dell jumps into enterprise mobility management 3. HP makes a case for the private cloud 4. "Revenge porn" operator busted over extortion allegations 5. What does the YouTube say? 6. NASA has built an Iron Man robot 7. The week NSA surveillance finally jumped the shark 8. It Could Be a Very Happy New Year for FireEye 9. Review: Dell Compellent storage delivers flash speeds at disk prices 10. Box adds security, automation to IT admin console 11. 12 Big Data Predictions for 2014 WHITE PAPER: Dell Understanding Enterprise Cloud Governance This whitepaper covers how to deliver the agility of cloud computing address while still maintaining operational control, through the use of cloud management software, View Now Juniper EVP Muglia abruptly quits Bob Muglia, executive vice president of Juniper Networks' software solutions division, has abruptly resigned from the company following the appointment of a new CEO. READ MORE Dell jumps into enterprise mobility management Dell Software Wednesday introduced a suite of software and services for enterprise mobility management, including a "secure workspace" for mobile devices that lets enterprise IT managers separate work from data apps. READ MORE HP makes a case for the private cloud Hewlett Packard is making the case for private and hybrid clouds in Barcelona this week at its annual HP Discover user conference. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Real-Time Application-Centric Operations Visibility This paper examines the move towards application/service performance within IT operations, and in particular the network-based delivery of those services. In addition a look at the roles, responsibilities and objectives that network- and application-based service-oriented visibility can and should play. Learn More "Revenge porn" operator busted over extortion allegations The California-based operator of a revenge porn website who posted more than 10,000 sexually explicit photos and then allegedly tried to extort victims for as much as $350 each to remove the content is sitting in a San Diego jail today with $50,000 bail and possible jail time hanging over his head. READ MORE What does the YouTube say? If you've successfully avoided most of this year's viral YouTube videos but want to catch up quickly so that you have something to talk about at holiday parties, here's a look at the most watched videos of the year, as reimagined by YouTubers. Warning: It's a zoo out there with all the foxes, horse heads and goats in this video. READ MORE NASA has built an Iron Man robot It operates like Terminator, but looks a whole lot like Iron Man. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Everyone Knows Virtualization's Benefits — But Not Its Risks This guide describes the security challenges within virtualized environments and shows how to apply the concepts of Forrester's Zero Trust Model of information security to secure the virtual environment effectively. Learn more. The week NSA surveillance finally jumped the shark Forget about the complaints from top tech leaders, the NSA's biggest problem is its own ridiculousness. READ MORE It Could Be a Very Happy New Year for FireEye Ah, December. Time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2014. In retrospect, 2013 was a banner year for the security industry as the world finally woke up to the very real perils of cybersecurity. Of all many events of this year however, FireEye's IPO may have trumped them all. As I write this blog on December 11, 2013, FireEye's market cap is just north of $4.5 billion. Wow! Read... READ MORE Review: Dell Compellent storage delivers flash speeds at disk prices Dell's latest update to the Compellent Storage Center includes a novel approach to tiered SSDs, but it comes with caveats READ MORE Box adds security, automation to IT admin console Box is prepping a revamped IT administration console for its cloud storage and file sharing service that adds content management, security and workflow automation capabilities. READ MORE 12 Big Data Predictions for 2014 It's been one of the big buzzwords of 2013, but what does 2014 have in store for big data? CIO.com looks at 12 ways the technology and the market will evolve in the coming year. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP StoreOnce Extends its Industry Leadership In this competitive whitepaper, Edison Group provides an independent, third-party perspective and evaluation of HP's new B6200 StoreOnce Backup System versus EMC Data Domain. Criteria considered included scalability (including capacity and performance), high availability, architectural approach, pricing, and licensing. Learn More SLIDESHOWS 8 tricks to optimize Windows 8.1 Here are eight things we recommend doing to make Windows 8.1 more efficient. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. 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