Charging devices on the go

Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Akamai Tolly Group: Web Acceleration Testing In this whitepaper learn the results behind Tolly's extensive tests pertaining to improving performance for Web applications. Read it today. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 10/11/07 * LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEO: Charging devices on the go Keeping battery-powered devices charged while traveling usually means a bag full of adapters. But Keith's go two items that will lighten the load and keep your gear at full power. * LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMN: Case Studies, Market Trends, Peer Discussions Network World's newly enhanced WAN Traffic Optimization Buyer's Guide has everything you need to stay current, research new technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Visit now for case studies, how-to's, best practices, buying tips, peer discussions and more. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. BlackBerry enters the Wi-Fi game The BlackBerry finally gets into the Wi-Fi game with the 8820, the first dual-mode BlackBerry device with Wi-Fi wireless LAN connectivity as well as wide area EDGE/GPRS/GSM access. The addition of 802.11a/b/g connectivity lets BlackBerry users connect to the Internet faster wherever a Wi-Fi connection exists — whether it's a home network, enterprise wireless area or wireless hot spot at a coffee shop. * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: We want a spam cannon! Jason and Keith discuss the latest wacky government tech antics, why GPS mapping companies are getting scooped up, and why they're boycotting the local McDonald's for the next 30 days. * LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA: 4 stages of grid computing Grid computing is all about scaling out the enterprise IT infrastructure without having to invest scads of money in high-powered systems. But companies don’t typically through their mission-critical business applications on a grid all at once. Songnian Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Platform Computing, understands the enterprise motivation well, having worked with myriad grid computing customers over the years. Zhou sees companies adopting grid in four steps. He talks with Beth Schultz, New Data Center editor, about those steps, including the business goals, challenges and benefits to be gained in each. (25:57) * LATEST VOICES FROM IT ROADMAP: NAC plays guard for Tar Heels The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, jumped into Network Access Control to help ease the workflow of getting its 20,000 students on the network and keeping unwanted folks off the network. Mike Hawkins, Associate Director of Networking at UNC-Chapel Hill, explains how the university chose its vendor and what hand they had in developing the technology. Long-time VoIP implementation still paying dividends Having a 7-year-old voice over IP system makes Hitachi Consulting of Dallas a bit of an innovator. Michael Shisko, directorof information technology at Hitachi Consulting, explains how the company was able to easily roll out VoIP easily and how it still pays dividends today in unexpected ways. (10:42) At American Heart Association good network management is good security The key to better security for the American Heart Association is to keep an efficient network with monitoring throughout. Josh Hinkle, Manager, network management & security, at the American Heart Association explains how knowing what's going on in your network is important to thwarting attacks and anomalies. (7:51)

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