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10 start-ups to watch for '09
By Jon Brodkin
These 10 newbie companies have fresh technology approaches for helping IT get through a tough year. Read the story and view a slideshow of product highlights

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Is VoIP dead?
Is VoIP dead? That's the debate going on in the blogosphere among some VoIP experts. Systems consultant and telecoms author Ted Wallingford points to comments by other VoIP experts declaring VoIP's passing, suggesting that VoIP is now just 'plumbing' and that it's "not the exciting thing it used to be."

Clearwire set to launch its first WiMAX city
Clearwire will formally launch its first commercial WiMax network on Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, laying down the second piece of a planned nationwide system that was first unveiled last year in Baltimore.

5 Steps to Improve Performance and Save Your Job
Sevcik and Wetzel: Welcome to the toughest "do more with less" year in memory. Chances are your boss will expect improved application performance while axing your group's budget. And you're probably on edge about keeping your job. Here are 5 steps to improve performance so you can keep your job - and who knows - maybe even buck the trend and get a raise.

Apple lacks broad corporate strategy but still sees gains
Apple's iPhones and Macs are gaining in the enterprise despite the company's consumer focus.

Group's plan for Inauguration Day: Telework
With Washington, D.C., residents bracing for traffic gridlock and overwhelmed public transportation systems on Inauguration Day, one advocacy group is encouraging employers to allow their workers to telecommute.

'Leap second' snafu affects Oracle clusterware
The additional second that time-tracking scientists added to 2008 to adjust for the slowing of the earth's rotation is causing problems with Oracle's Cluster Ready Services (CRS) clusterware, but a pair of fixes are available, said an Oracle document dated Monday.

Servers bog down 'historic' FBI hiring spree
The FBI this week said it was embarking on a major hiring binge – almost 3,000 jobs – but the response to the openings has apparently overwhelmed to agency’s servers.

DoD seeks virtual renditions of military parents
The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for researchers who can build applications that enable family members to interact with parents serving far from home in the military.

The 4 Security Rules Employees Love to Break
Most CSOs and security managers know employees are taking risks everyday that could set their company up for a breach. What some of the biggest offenses? And what can be done to nip that risky behavior in the bud?

IP call centers will do well despite VoIP slowdown
Sales of IP contact centers will grow in 2009, but probably not as dramatically as they did in 2008 due to an expected slowdown in sales of IP telephony gear, according to a new Infonetics report.

Macworld Expo 2009: Wall Street's vote on the Apple keynote - booooorrrring Wall Street had its own reaction to Apple's Last Macworld Keynote: boring.

Cisco nips Xobni from Microsoft's hands Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley notes that the darling of Microsoft Outlook plug-ins, Xobni, has been the target of a $7 million round B by Cisco.

Is Cisco's price-point for its wireless multiroom music system too high? Cisco launches its much-hyped wireless multiroom music system but at a cost of 5-bills for the basic combo package, is it priced too high for the masses?

Cisco offers free iPhone app to tune into WebEx meetings Cisco is providing a free iPhone application that enables iPhone 3G users to attend WebEx meetings via their Apple mobile devices.

Today on Cisco Subnet
Cisco adds SSLVPN flex licensing to compete with Juniper’s ICE; Cisco goes Hollywood with product placements.

Today on Microsoft Subnet
Microsoft's Bob Muglia grows more powerful and this is good news for Windows Azure; Also, we offer up more free PowerShell scripts including one for removing SCVMM from VMware installations; Are users starting to boycott IE Mobile? One big name in the Windows world is.

January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here.


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