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	Ex-SAP Exec Apotheker to Lead HP in a New Direction | The evolving data center requires a strong network heart to be successful.
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	Get ready for virtual wireless LANs Jim lives on an island off the coast of Florida where virtually nobody is interested in information technology. To compensate for that, Jim frequently goes on the road to meet with vendors and enterprise IT organizations. We will use the next set of newsletters to discuss Jim's latest trip and the topics that were on Jim's mind as well as the mind of the people he met with. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC Implementing Energy Efficient Data Center Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption. Read now. In this Issue Ex-SAP Exec Apotheker to Lead HP in a New Direction The evolving data center requires a strong network heart to be successful. Half of VMware customers virtualize Microsoft Exchange Semiconductor revenue forecast gets a trim Can Large Scale NAT Save IPv4? How Treasury, AT&T botched billion-dollar network upgrade WHITE PAPER: Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG How Desktop Virtualization Changes the Game for IT Virtualization has busted out of the data center and overspread the desktop and application worlds. Citrix has emerged as a major innovator in virtualization solutions. Click here to read an Executive Viewpoint featuring Citrix CEO Mark Templeton. Click to continue Ex-SAP Exec Apotheker to Lead HP in a New Direction Just under two months after a scandal forced CEO Mark Hurd to step down, HP has selected Leo Apotheker to take the reins of the company. Apotheker was formerly the head of SAP, and brings two decades of software experience to the HP leadership role to help HP turn the corner and compete head on with IBM and Oracle. Read More The evolving data center requires a strong network heart to be successful. The Data Center as we know it is changing and the network is at the heartWe live in exciting times, especially when one considers the ever-evolving data center. Consolidation and virtualization are changing the rules of how data centers are designed, built and operated across the world. The concept of scale as we knew it is being turned on its head and growth projections for compute, storage and network resources are going through the roof. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Selecting a Managed Print Services Vendor This IDC paper offers guidance on the MPS market and key characteristics to consider when selecting a provider. Learn More. Half of VMware customers virtualize Microsoft Exchange VMware says data proves customers are virtualizing mission-critical applications. Read More Semiconductor revenue forecast gets a trim Despite what had been growing excitement about the semiconductor market this year, one research company is lowering its chip revenue forecast for 2010. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Considering Cloud-Based Security? This technology dossier contains four papers that address security considerations in cloud computing. It includes IDG Research results on what IT managers have to say about cloud security, executive viewpoints on blending cloud solutions to optimize security, and a strategy paper that addresses protecting data. Read now! Can Large Scale NAT Save IPv4? LSNs are a Necessary but Imperfect Transitional TechnologyI've written previously that as we make the slow - and long overdue - transition from IPv4 to IPv6, we will soon be stuck with an awkward interim period in which the only new globally routable addresses we can get are IPv6, but most public content we want to reach is still IPv4. Large Scale NAT (LSN, also known as Carrier Grade NAT or CGN) is  an essential tool for stretching a service provider's... Read More How Treasury, AT&T botched billion-dollar network upgrade Three years ago, the U.S. Treasury Department awarded a billion-dollar network consolidation project to AT&T, which claimed to win the deal due to its superior "transition plan." Read More
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