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• Alcatel-Lucent brings 40G to the core

  Alcatel-Lucent this week at Interop will flesh out its data center fabric vision with 40G Ethernet and higher-density 10G Ethernet capabilities on its core switches, as well as enhanced software for its top-of-rack and core switches.

• DEMO 2012: Better conference calling and 'how to' guides

  After the enterprise presentation segment at the ongoing DEMO conference in Santa Clara, two presenters stood out for introducing solutions to long-running workplace problems.

• Sizzling open vs. proprietary debate heats up the cloud

  It's turning into a mud-slinging affair in the cloud computing industry.

• Citrix releases NetScaler 10

  Citrix today released NetScaler 10, its next-generation application delivery controller (ADC) that is the company's answer for bringing dynamic elasticity to the network.

• VMware official fires back at open source cloud vendors

  After all the talk of open source clouds news from the past few weeks, VMware officials have finally responded.

• Yammer buys OneDrum for Office collaboration tools

  Enterprise social networking vendor Yammer said Wednesday it has purchased OneDrum, maker of software that allows users to work on Microsoft Office documents and other files collaboratively. Terms were not disclosed.

• Citrix buys further into social collaboration

  Seeking to increase its stature in the increasingly competitive social collaboration market, Citrix announced the purchase of a startup that specializes in cloud-based workplace tools.

• Citrix buys Podio for social collaboration, project management software

  Citrix said Wednesday it has acquired Podio, maker of a cloud-based software platform for project management and collaboration. Terms were not disclosed.

• OpenStack development finds big growing pains

  It's been an interesting past few weeks for OpenStack.

• OpenStack supporters downplay Citrix defection

  Top coordinators of the OpenStack project shot back at Citrix for dropping its support for the open-source cloud development platform in favor of starting a separate open source project based on an Apache license.

• tuCloud criticizes Microsoft, OnLive for virtual desktop licensing debacle

  Less than a week after Microsoft put its foot down on OnLive's virtual desktop solution for allegedly violating its licensing standards, tuCloud capitalized by releasing its own product, taking a few jabs at both OnLive and Microsoft in the process.

• Citrix simplifies Cloud service management

  Citrix is shipping a new version of its Cloud management software, CloudStack, that makes it simpler for service providers and large businesses to manage and provision Cloud services.

• IPv6 deployment starts at the network edge

  IT execs know they will have to deploy IPv6 at some point, but where to begin? One approach that establishes some  IPv6 capability without spending a lot of time or money is to start at the perimeter.

• Startup Piston 'ready for fight' with VMware

  Having just released its new cloud operating system, Piston Cloud Computing finds itself in a contentious position -- and company co-founder Josh McKenty says that is exactly where the company wants to be.

• 2012: Virtual desktops are all the rage

  As budgets are locked in for 2012 it's time to aggressively expand server virtualization, and for those who have been held back by cost, to consider virtual desktops.