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	Should companies block Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? Surveys show most companies don't let employees access social network sites such as Facebook, ostensibly for risk reasons, but probably also because they fear a productivity drain. But proponents say allowing access benefits corporations in everything from market intelligence to recruiting. What's more, the next generation of workers will require it. In this Tech Debate, Chris Poulin argues that social networks are a keyhole for advanced threats, while Shel Holtz makes the case for open employee access. What do you think? Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Manage enterprise data with Integrated Data Management Adopting an Integrated Data Management strategy can be a highly effective way to help IT support business growth, facilitate data governance and manage costs. It is also key to helping ensure that the enterprise derives maximum competitive advantage from its data. Read More! In this Issue Do we REALLY care about what executives have to say? Why Microsoft and HP need each other If Windows XP survives another decade, we have failed as a society Stupidest excuse for slow app performance? The Magic Threshold Are those laid off from Microsoft the lucky ones? Tests Show IPv6 Performance Issues Lurk Cisco at a crossroads? Waiting for change WHITE PAPER: Shoretel TCO Whitepaper Comparing competing solutions on equal footing can be difficult. We also know that a system with the lowest purchase price may not have the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifespan of the IP unified communications system. To help with your comparison, learn the 12 cost components that must be incorporated in any TCO analysis. Read more! Do we REALLY care about what executives have to say? I am wondering if I am alone out here on the USS CEO Boredom? Do you as an engineer actually care enough about what a CEO has to say that you'll wait in line or stop what you doing to hear it? Or is the Cliff Notes version enough? Read More Why Microsoft and HP need each other HP is developing with Microsoft a Windows Azure platform appliance to combine hardware, software, services and a sourcing solution for enterprise customers to get into cloud computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Work Smarter with IBM Smart Analytics System Working smarter means being able to optimize and grow your business. The IBM Smart Analytics System is a ready-to-use analytics solution that turns information into insights and accelerates decision-making across your business. Read the white paper and put your business in the best position to quickly adapt and grow in any environment. Read More If Windows XP survives another decade, we have failed as a society Attention technology-obsessed American public: Put down that Apple iPad. Throw away your Droid Incredible. Cancel that pre-order of the Nintendo 3DS. And for the love of Bill Gates, don't you dare buy a Windows 7 computer. That's right: all those newfangled devices are irrelevant. Let's clear them off the agenda and focus on a real problem: will we be able to use Windows XP in the year 2020? Read More Stupidest excuse for slow app performance? The Magic Threshold I've always wondered about this magic threshold that seems to plague IT. Because it's not only in DBs, it plagues networks, and servers, and OSs too. It seems as though every aspect of IT has this imaginary point where it ceases to work simply because it gets tired. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Drive Business Innovation with IBM Analytics Solutions Business leaders today are making decisions with major blind spots. But with advanced analytics, you can become a smarter, more fact-based enterprise. Read this white paper to see how IBM Analytics Solutions can help you gain a competitive advantage by enabling real-time or near-real-time decisions. Read Now Are those laid off from Microsoft the lucky ones? After a spate of bad news about the Kin flop and trepidation about whether Microsoft's coming Phone 7 mobile OS will spark sales, the week ends for Microsoft with news of layoffs. A survey of employees, meanwhile, documents discontent in Redmond. Read More Tests Show IPv6 Performance Issues Lurk As the world reluctantly yet inevitably adopts IPv6, performance problems are inescapable -- and early results of research by the University of Pennsylvania and Comcast. illustrate the magnitude and shifting nature of the performance challenges ahead. UPenn and Comcast are collaborating to measure the rate of IPv6 adoption as well as the performance of IPv6-enabled websites. Read More Cisco at a crossroads? Positive enterprise and data center trends may bode well for Cisco's upcoming Q4 results. Cisco is expected to post a 27% hike in revenue for the quarter and hit $40 billion for the full fiscal year, up 11% from fiscal 2009. Read More Waiting for change Gibbs ponders Prince, the weather in Ventura, and a Sprint press release. Read More
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