Friday, March 20, 2009

Can Cisco sell 'unified' vision to a tough server crowd? Researcher hacks just-launched IE8

Developer accidentally triggers iPhone tethering in 3.0 beta; What it will take for mobile VoIP to get enterprise-ready
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Can Cisco sell 'unified' vision to a tough server crowd?

Jim Duffy By Jim Duffy
Cisco's biggest challenge in gaining market acceptance for its new Unified Computing System is to convince data center managers to buy blade servers from the router giant instead of from traditional, incumbent suppliers. Read full story

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Cisco UCS aftermath: What Happens Now?
Duffy: I -- and others -- drew the connection between IBM courting Sun, and Cisco's burgeoning aspirations in the data center. More specifically, Cisco's launch of an internally developed blade server and its weighty influence as a virtual data center networking monopoly is driving server leader IBM to tie up with No. 4 server maker Sun. Now, consultant and enterpreneur Sramana Mitra is blogging on HP's options in light of the blade server packaged within Cisco's new Unified Computing System: should HP buy Brocade?

Researcher hacks just-launched IE8
Just hours before Microsoft officially launched the final code for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), a German researcher yesterday hacked the browser during the PWN2OWN contest to win $5,000 and a Sony Viao laptop.

Developer accidentally triggers iPhone tethering in 3.0 beta
An iPhone developer working with beta code for iPhone 3.0 has stumbled upon the feature that lets a notebook PC link to an iPhone via USB or Bluetooth and then access the...

What it will take for mobile VoIP to get enterprise-ready
Mobile VoIP technology has yet to evolve to the point where users can simply switch on their phones anywhere and expect to connect to a secure IP network. Here's what it will...

Microsoft Exchange service providers merge
Managed service providers Azaleos and M3Technology have merged their operations around remote management of Microsoft Exchange.

Bracing for NCAA tournament traffic
It's that time of year again: March Madness. Companies with solid bandwidth management technologies in place can sit back and relax, while those without such measures are left to wonder how much network performance will suffer once employees start viewing live NCAA games at work (just as they did during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing).

Podcast: The Internet makes us productive. Really, it does.
Jason and Keith discuss the IBM/Sun rumors, whether basketball fans watching games at work will really slow down the network, and why college computer science majors still aren't very cool. (50:34)

Video: Flying car makes world debut
No longer a subject of science fiction, a car that can fly like a regular airplane, but then land, fold up its wings and drive away debuted in Boston Wednesday.

Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31.


Exchange alternatives: Pros & cons
Clear Choice Test: Microsoft Exchange alternativesTesting shows Microsoft's Exchange still tops for features and management hooks.

App to no good
10 iPhone apps that could get you into troubleA look at the top 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble.

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03/20/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Rootkit to exploit Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
  2. Tweeted out of a job: "Cisco Fatty" story
  3. IBM + Sun: How a merger would impact IT
  4. IE 8 released, made available on Web
  5. Citigroup CIO Marty Lippert leaves for personal reasons
  6. Google Voice: GrandCentral grows up!
  7. Call of duty: World at War: Nazi Zombies trailer and screens
  8. Computer science major is cool again
  9. Cisco rivals size up UCS with usual reaction: caveat emptor
  10. Flying car takes off on first test flight
  11. Students learn through robot battles


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