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The ABCs of WAN optimization savings; 15 smartphone apps you shouldn't live without

15 smartphone apps you shouldn't live without; 3Com unifies networking and security hardware, management
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The ABCs of WAN optimization savings

WAN-optimization gear has evolved from one-trick point products – compression boxes, QoS appliances, TCP optimizers, caching devices – into equipment that performs all these functions and saves big money by moving traffic quicker across wide area links. Read full story

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15 smartphone apps you shouldn't live without
From the Twitterverse to the universe, the BlackBerry to the iPhone, here is a list of some the best apps out there for your fancy new phone.

3Com unifies networking and security hardware, management
3Com is kicking off a new integration of security and networking with the introduction in the U.S. of firewall/VPN gear it has sold in China for months.

Human and computer viruses are both security risks
In any case there is likely to be a lot of additional employees wanting to, or needing to, work from home. Are you ready?

EMC founder Richard Egan dies after long battle with cancer
EMC founder Richard Egan, who started his electronic data storage company 30 years ago, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. Egan served as EMC's CEO until 1992, as chairman of the board until 2001 and as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, his ancestral home.

New network language would help provide wireless communications without cell towers
A new programming language developed by University of Cambridge researchers is designed to reduce the complexity of building applications for ad hoc peer-to-peer mobile device networks.

NetApp unveils new virtualized storage software
NetApp at VMworld announced several new products and enhancements to its products to support VMware vSphere 4 and VMware View.

Will virtualization impact Cisco and other network hardware vendors?
An interesting post from Gregory Ness, a senior director at Infoblox, posits that virtualization could neutralize the network and network equipment vendors.

Only 13% of Wikipedia contributors are women
You say you don't trust Wikipedia? Well, you can blame men, at least for the most part. According to a survey of 175,000 Wikipedia users, about a third of respondents reported that they actually help write and edit encyclopedia entries -- as opposed to merely reading them -- and of that group women constitute a paltry 13%.

There's Not An App For That. Yet
Apple's marketing campaign for the iPhone has been brilliant, as is their wont. The aspect of it that I find most compelling, though, is the "there's an app for that" campaign. In one fell swoop, they demonstrate to possible buyers the breadth of the App Store catalog and give worthy iPhone app developers a boost.Android could use something along those lines.

Podcast: Virtual Machine Manager + Hyper-V Live Migration = Enterprise Ready
Hard to believe it's only been a few years since Microsoft launched Hyper-V. Even more amazing is the progress it has made in that short period of time.

August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31.

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Unifying Management Systems for Deep Savings
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