Recession resistant: 10 technologies CIOs are still buying Despite a challenging economy, about 70% of CIOs intend to invest in IT in 2009, citing information security, virtualization and data center efficiency as key initiatives. Cisco 'could' announce 10% layoffs, analyst predicts Forecasting a significant drop in revenue for the fourth quarter, a J.P. Morgan analyst Tuesday reported that Cisco "could" announce a 10% workforce reduction soon, equal to about 6,600 employees. What's the carbon footprint of spam?...(Like I care) Buzzblog: It's official: Carbon-footprint mania has flown past "getting to be a bit much" and landed smack in the middle of a cow patty (produced, of course, by one of those inscrutably oblivious bovine gas bags). Will Video Drive the Wireless LAN? Mathias: Enterprise wireless LANs are widely used for data networking, of course, and increasingly for voice, both with notebooks and handsets. But what about streaming, real-time video? How important is that to the enterprise WLAN opportunity? Should Mobile Carriers Ban Wireless VoIP? Nickasch: In a slowly-developing debate between carrier and customer, the battle of allowing (or blocking) VoIP-related traffic on mobile networks is finally reaching a boil. With the recent news of T-Mobile blocking VoIP on their European mobile networks, customers are outraged, leaving a carrier with a difficult decision to make: upgrade their network, or start shedding customers. Apple's new iPod Shuffle comprised of just $22 worth of materials Heisler: Despite other concerns such as the current lack of third party headphones for the device, Apple's new iPod Shuffle has been selling extremely well, boosting Shuffle sales by over 50% just one week after it was first released. Even more impressive is a new report which suggests that the minuscule and relatively cheap new Shuffle might be a surprising source of profitability for Apple. Citrix upgrade reduces Web server requirements for Web 2.0 apps Citrix has upgraded its NetScaler Web application-delivery appliance to support two-way proxying that cuts the numbers of servers needed for highly interactive Web 2.0 servers. ForeScout doubles NAC management reach A software upgrade for ForeScout's CounterACT NAC platform will enable it to manage 400,000 endpoints, double the number of previous software releases. eBay to spin off Skype by mid-2010 EBay Tuesday announced that it is planning to spin off Skype, despite the fact that the Internet phone company’s revenues are expected to top $1 billion in 2011. Also: Investors buy back StumbleUpon from eBay The founders of Web recommendation site StumbleUpon have bought it back from eBay, making the company independent again after nearly two years. Israeli Startup Stirs CDN Pot Sevcik and Wetzel: Just as CDN services have become ho hum, up pops Cotendo--an Israeli startup with the potential to shake up the CDN market. Although Cotendo describes itself as a CDN, don't be fooled. Its real raison d'être is something more powerful and innovative--application delivery management. It has what it calls a CDN Balancer, which allows you to serve content when you want and where you want across multiple CDNs. Why is that powerful? Because it gives you unprecedented control over how content gets delivered. Here are just a few of the possible ways it can be useful... Like it or not: Office 2007 SP2 coming later this month Microsoft plans to push Office 2007 Service Pack 2 to customers at some point later this month, though it did not specify an exact date, and is not offering an update blocking tool. Six actions desperately needed to fix U.S. energy problems Reversing the country’s critical reliance on oil for energy is a challenge not for the faint-hearted. A report out today by the National Science Board perhaps over optimistically says the federal government needs to step up to the plate and lead the charge on the issue. But can the government actually drive the necessary changes? Cisco's MDS storage switch refresh may be delayed Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese says the company's possible near-term delays with its MDS storage switch refresh could crack open up a window of opportunity for Brocade. Podcast: Alex Miller: Java enterprise clustering with Terracotta Alex Miller is a respected Java concurrency and scalability enthusiast who works on Terracotta, an open source, Java-based clustering system. In this talk with Andrew Glover, Alex demystifies Terracotta, explaining the programming magic that enables enterprise customers to run 50 to 100 JVMs on a single application server instance. Alex also talks about Terracotta's "sweet spot" - storing session data off of the database - and Terracotta 3.0, which promises new features that he says will eliminate certain scalability barriers. Video: Sony Walkman gets Wi-Fi Sony's new Walkman music players were launched today in Tokyo, and includes a 3-inch OLED touchscreen, and Wi-Fi network connectivity. Worldwide availability comes later this year. Plus: check out the slideshow Hands on with Sony's new X-series Walkman Sony is refreshing its Walkman line with new flagship models that pack noise cancelling, a bright touchscreen display, mobile TV, and the ability to surf the Internet and watch YouTube videos. Today on Google Subnet Developers get early taste of Android 1.5; Yahoo talks to Microsoft, gets stock boost; Google Health may make you sicker; Worm not the best way to lure a partner, Twitter; Google Blogoscoped: “Google is a middleman of software”; and Kaila Colbin: 'Anonymous' doesn't mean nobody knows who you are. April giveaways galore Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. |
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