Network World Daily News Alert AM | | | | But like so many denials, there is wiggle room. Read More ▶ | | | White Paper: PTC Download this free e-book to discover how companies are realizing proven returns with IoT-enabled remote monitoring, which can be quickly implemented and monetized. Read More ▶ | Millimeter-wave technology is becoming less expensive and easier to deploy, making it a candidate for many wireless connections including backhaul, personal area networks, LANs and even mobile devices. Read More ▶ | | Turn your appliances on/off remotely from your mobile device, or with your voice via Alexa. Or automate with a schedule. The plug also monitors and helps control energy usage, and the slow drain that occurs even when devices aren't in use. Read More ▶ | | Here are the building blocks of successful enterprise internet of things deployment, plus details about AWS IoT and IoT 1-Click, Cisco Jasper, Azure IoT, IBM Watson IoT and Google Cloud IoT Core. Read More ▶ | | | The user-defined WAN will give greater access to corporate resources, but also require more cloud support and faster links to the cloud. Read More ▶ | | The cost of enterprise mobile-device hardware and software could drive an architecture that supports end users via cloud access to applications with less reliance on local computing by the devices themselves. Read More ▶ | | Architectures for software-defined data centers can address the need for flexibility and agility, but implementing them is difficult and calls for coordinating a host of complex features including containers, security, provisioning, scaling and migration to hybrid cloud. Read More ▶ | | Get the best of vmstat, netstat, iostat, and ifstat with the newer dstat command Read More ▶ | | White Paper: PTC In the "Quick Start Guide: Monitoring Equipment with IoT" eBook, Tech-Clarity, an independent manufacturing technology research firm, shows how manufacturers can use remote monitoring to quickly identify failures and efficiently repair equipment. Tech-Clarity provides actionable steps that manufacturers can take to connect remote equipment, gather the right data and put that data to use. Read More ▶ | 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. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ | Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — in-depth articles available only to Insider members. You get access not only to Network World's Insider content but to selected Insider content from Computerworld, CIO.com, InfoWorld, CSO, and other IDG publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶ | | | |