Mobile ecosystem makes strides; Gartner's mobile Top 10 list

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	Mobile ecosystem makes strides Multiple cylinders are firing within the mobile ecosystem, which should help network speeds keep pace with mobile devices and vice versa. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. In this Issue Gartner: 10 mobile & wireless technologies that should be on your radar Can a user-created ad campaign save Palm iPhone in camoflage? US Army talks with Apple about military handhelds CTIA keynoters tout how wireless fills social needs Today in iPad app announcements: Comic Zeal and Synotes Improve Your 3G Connection with an AT&T MicroCell Innovative wireless products shine at CTIA 2010 Smartphone users want better access to data Verizon starts selling Motorols Devour smartphone Sprint stops ad claim of 'most dependable 3G network' after Verizon complains Public safety fee on wireless users a challenge for industry 10 Ways Microsoft Tried and Failed to Rule Mobile Who should own your smartphones? Microsoft exec talks up Windows Phone 7 Smartphone smackdown: HTC EVO 4G vs. Google Nexus One Sprint, Clearwire warm up to LTE WHITE PAPER: Brocade Q&A: Virtualization and Cloud Preparedness As more applications are added per compute node in a virtual environment, there is a corresponding increase in I/O requirements. In this Q&A with Brocade CTO, Dave Stevens, he answers questions on how to ensure your network infrastructure, all the way down to the storage level, is ready for virtualization. Read More! Gartner: 10 mobile & wireless technologies that should be on your radar Gartner is highlighting 10 mobile and wireless networking technologies – including new versions of Bluetooth and location-awareness -- it says will play a big role in business-to-employee and business-to-consumer interactions over the next couple of years. Read More Can a user-created ad campaign save Palm [this is a copy of a news story posted elsewhere on our Website] Read More iPhone in camoflage? US Army talks with Apple about military handhelds [Hat tip to John Gruber (@daringfireball) who posted this link in his blog] U.S. Army technnology command members visited Apple's headquarters earlier this month, as part of their current ongoing evaluation of commerical handheld solutions for the Army. Read More CTIA keynoters tout how wireless fills social needs Several keynote speakers at the CTIA conference this week showed how wireless technologies are being used around the world. Read More Today in iPad app announcements: Comic Zeal and Synotes As April 3 draws ever closer--iPad zero-hour, just in case you aren't counting down the days--a growing number of developers are taking the wraps off plans for making software that runs on Apple's new tablet. Two of the more interesting announcements as of late have come out of Australia, where developers Bitolithic and Synocode are giving users the scoop on what the iPad means for their respective apps. Read More : ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Improve Your 3G Connection with an AT&T MicroCell AT&T announced this week at the CTIA show in Las Vegas that it will soon make its femtocell device available to subscribers nationwide. The femtocell--which AT&T has dubbed the MicroCell--creates a mini 3G cell tower in your home or office, and leverages your existing broadband network to resolve slow or spotty 3G coverage. Read More Innovative wireless products shine at CTIA 2010 The CTIA Wireless conference here this week brought in larger crowds and more vendors than last year's event, but that probably isn't saying much, considering the recession had begun to hit hard in early 2009. Read More Smartphone users want better access to data A new survey of U.S. mobile phone users finds smartphones are widely used for personal and business tasks, that users want better access to more of both kinds of data, and the top task for the impending Apple iPad is "conducting work." Read More Verizon starts selling Motorols Devour smartphone Verizon wireless today announced that it has started selling Motorola's smartphone device for $150 with a two-year contract. Read More Sprint stops ad claim of 'most dependable 3G network' after Verizon complains Sprint Nextel has stopped its advertising claim of having "America's most dependable 3G network" after a complaint by Verizon Wireless was supported by the National Advertising Review Board. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Maximizing Efficiencies with Unified Communications How exactly can you maximize efficiencies and cut costs out of IT? We are right in the middle of the New Efficiency Launch featuring Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 and Exchange Server 2010. Click here to find out how! Learn More Now Public safety fee on wireless users a challenge for industry The FCC's proposed monthly public safety fee of up to $1 on every broadband user in the U.S. poses a political challenge for the private wireless industry. Read More 10 Ways Microsoft Tried and Failed to Rule Mobile Take a tour through Microsoft's forgettable, regrettable mobile OS history. Read More Who should own your smartphones? IT organizations are loosening smartphone policies, allowing employees to bring in personal iPhones and BlackBerrys -- should you? Read More Microsoft exec talks up Windows Phone 7 The addition of multimedia support and new browsing tools doesn't mean Microsoft will scale back its effort to sell its mobile operating system to the enterprise, an executive said in an interview at the CTIA Wireless conference. Read More Smartphone smackdown: HTC EVO 4G vs. Google Nexus One How HTC's WiMAX Android phone stacks up against Google's own Android handset. Read More Sprint, Clearwire warm up to LTE The CEOs of both Sprint Nextel and its WiMax partner, Clearwire, signaled on Wednesday that they might move to LTE (Long-Term Evolution) in the future. Read More
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