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Enterprise Networking Planet's Top 10 Networking Experts You Need to Follow

For insightful takes on the latest networking news and trends, be sure to keep an eye on these bloggers and their Twitter accounts.

Network Security Market on the Upswing

Security appliance revenues grew by nearly 6 percent in the third quarter of 2012

Dot Com Domains Top 105 Million Names

As ICANN is set to expand the number of top level domains, new report reminds us all that it really still is a .com world

Cisco's Connected World Report: Gen Y is Always Connected

From first thing in the AM, to late at night, new generation of workers are checking smartphones at least every 10 minutes.

Juniper Acquires Contrail in SDN Play Valued at $176 Million

Software Defined Networking momentum accelerates as Juniper augments its portfolio.

Avaya Updates Unified Communications for Virtualization

Avaya Aura lands on VMware infrastructure

Emulex Bids $130 Million for Endace Network Performance Management

The combined company will be able to deliver and monitor networks at speeds of 10G and beyond

Silver Peak Jumbo Sizes WAN Acceleration

VXOA 6.0 software accelerates traffic with bigger packets

VeriSign Retains .com Registry Control Until 2018

Pricing for .com domains will not rise for the next 6 years.

WAN Optimization and ADC Markets Decline in 3Q12

Market data from Infonetics Research paints a mixed picture for data center, cloud and carrier networking gear deployment.

Alcatel Lucent Outlines Enterprise SDN Strategy

Alcatel Lucent decides against using OpenFlow for its initial enterprise SDN deployments

Big Switch CEO Growing an SDN Startup

Cisco Acquires Cloud Networking Vendor Meraki for $1.2 Billion

 Linux powered mid-market networking technology enables a different type of Software Defined Networking construct for Cisco.

Check Point Adds Humans to Cloud Network Security

ThreatCloud leverages Big Data and the cloud but don't underestimate the value of the human element when it comes to incident response.

Indoor GPS? Cisco Debuts New Location Awareness Technology

Advanced location based Wi-Fi enables immersive experiences for users and more revenue opportunities for operators.

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