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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Enterasys secures virtual data centers; Microsoft won't confirm proxy configuration flaw

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Enterasys secures virtual data centers

Jim Duffy By Jim Duffy
Enterasys adds policies to its switches, routers and management products to support virtualized data centers. Read full story

Jim Duffy is managing editor of Network World's service provider equipment coverage. He has 18 years of high-tech reporting experience, including over 12 years at Network World. Previously, he was senior editor at Computer Systems News and associate editor/reporter at Electronic News and MIS Week. He can be reached at jduffy@nww.com.


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