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• Juniper scales down the Internet core

  Juniper Networks this week extended its core router lineup with a compact, fixed-configuration model capable of 3Tbps.

• Does Juniper have too many SDNs?

  After last week's Innovation Day announcements, Juniper Networks has a range of SDN, data center fabric and data center switching products to choose from.

• Juniper unbundles switch hardware, software

  The switch/software disaggregation derby has begun.

• 'Significant' solar flare may affect communications, GPS on Wednesday

  The sun emitted what NASA is calling a "significant" solar flare on Saturday that could affect communications systems on Earth on Wednesday.

• Another asteroid buzzes by Earth today

  An asteroid measuring about 25 feet across will whizz safely past Earth today, the second such object in two days,

• Duck! Just kidding. Asteroid to pass safely past Earth today

  An asteroid is flying relatively closely past Earth today, NASA reported. No need to duck or take to the root cellar, though.

• Why Microsoft SharePoint Faces a Challenging Future

  Many enterprises use and like SharePoint. Microsoft likes it, too, because it's one of the company's fastest-growing product lines. But making enterprises support separate cloud and on-premises versions and telling SharePoint app developers not to work in C# and ASP.NET may make for a rocky relationship as time goes by.

• Another major solar flare heads toward Earth

  The sun emitted yet another significant solar flare on Wednesday that forecasters say may affect navigation and communications systems at some point today.

• Sun emits super-intense flare today

  The sun emitted two solar flares today, including one that was the most intense the sun can unleash.

• X1 desktop search tool now indexes SharePoint, cloud email

  X1 has released the biggest upgrade of its desktop search tool in four years, adding the ability to query SharePoint sites and tap webmail accounts.