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Cisco reveals aggressive pricing for blade server system

Jim Duffy By Jim Duffy
As promised, Cisco this week divulged more details on its Unified Computing System for data centers, including pricing and performance benchmarks. Read full story

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ING examines cloud computing, but finds licensing a problem
ING is just the type of large user organization that cloud vendors want signing up for their various online business services, but licensing concerns are holding ING back

Report: Sun still open to an IBM bid
Sun Microsystems would be willing to revive acquisition talks with IBM if the latter company "makes a stronger commitment to complete the purchase," according to a Bloomberg News report.

D-Link unveils more 'green' products
If there is any vendor that is taking "green" network technology to an extreme, it's D-Link, which recently introduced a managed switch and a PowerLine adapter kit that both claim to save energy.

Can a cloud be more secure than a corporate data center?
The Jericho Forum next week plans to release its spin on the security of cloud computing with the perhaps surprising belief that using a cloud can actually be more secure than running applications and databases out of corporate data centers.

This week's 25 most-read stories

1. 15 nifty BlackBerry apps for IT pros
2. Are you an IT geezer? (and we mean that in a good way)
3. Fact-checking the fact-checkers: Snopes.com gets an 'A'
4. Rise of the netbook
5. Exchange 2010: Sneak Peek
6. The Internet Kill Switch
7. Conficker Awakens, Starts Scamming
8. NASA takes Ethernet deeper into space
9. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday filled with zero-day exploits
10. 10 eye-catching gadgets at CTIA

11. Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks
12. Microsoft eating up U.S. and global netbook markets
13. I'm stuck in an effin' elevator!
14. Managing IP addresses with free tools
15. What's the carbon footprint of spam? ... (Like I care)
16. The 10 Worst Microsoft Product Names of All Time
17. Breakthrough enables Terabit Ethernet
18. Sun fires back at Cisco with blade network switch
19. Stanford's Cinder OS tightens mobile power control
20. eBay to spin off Skype by mid-2010

21. Forced week off at Adobe not exactly a vacation
22. 6 Ways to Ruin Your Resume
23. Top 10 technology skills
24. 20 cool third-party iPhone apps
25. Exchange 2010 beta leads kickoff of new Office lineup

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All eyes on Google earnings; Why is Google's Schmidt still on Apple's board?; No more Brilliant ideas for Google.org; Google Blogoscoped: Ranking data in a Google referrer string; and Andrew Madejczyk says you might not know where Waldo is, but Google Latitude does.


Eye-catching gadgets at CTIA
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04/16/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Forced week off at Adobe not exactly a vacation
  2. PBX killer, Voice CAL coming to OCS in 2010
  3. Stanford's Cinder OS tightens mobile phone control
  4. Exchange 2010: Sneak peek
  5. What's the carbon footprint of spam?
  6. NASA takes Ethernet deeper into space
  7. Managing IP addresses with free tools
  8. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday filled with zero-day exploits
  9. Stealthy rootkit slides further under the radar
  10. Breakthrough enables Terabit Ethernet
  11. Students learn through robot battles


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