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Facebook, Twitter need corporate security policies
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter open threats to sensitive corporate data that businesses need to deal with aggressively, Interop attendees were told. Read More


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WHITE PAPER: Raritan

Data Center Transformations
Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now!

Is OpenFlow a go?
Interop 2011 could have been called The OpenFlow Show. Vendors were hawking OpenFlow switches and controllers, and a lab demonstration on the show floor displayed the traffic management technique and applicability among multivendor switches. Read More

The 10 best games to show off your new iPad 2
Here are 10 of the best iPad games that can show off the power of Apple's second-generation tablet. Read More

Daily Innovation Smackdown: Steve Ballmer vs. Ray Ozzie
It is not exactly a matchup of the teacher vs. the student, but Steve Ballmer was Ray Ozzie's boss at Microsoft until Ozzie left last year. Ozzie created Lotus Notes while Ballmer has continued Microsoft's juggernaut ways. Cast your vote! Read More


WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation

NEW Diskeeper 2011 Pro Premier Edition
Diskeeper 2011 Pro Premier edition provides essential performance and efficiency increases for power workstation users as well as all the features of the Professional edition. Learn more!

Interop: Cyberwar test runs yield information about defenses
Cyber warfare strategy is getting so sophisticated that network attacks suitable for major assaults are being used instead as trial runs meant solely to probe enemies with the aim of figuring out what their defenses are, an audience at an Interop security talk was told. Read More

Enterprise note to Microsoft: Please make Skype easier to manage!
Skype voice and video has tended to trigger IT security angst, and now that Microsoft has bought Skype, some observers are voicing hope that the service will be improved to help it be better managed in an enterprise setting. Read More

Startup rolls out 40G data center switches at Interop
Tucked way in the back corner of the exhibition floor in a tiny cubicle, Gnodal Limited, a startup data center switch vendor from Bristol, U.K., unveiled its initial Ethernet offerings at Interop 2011 this week. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power

Data Center Infrastructure Design and Management
Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more

CHI2011: Hugging robot not as creepy as it looks
CHI2011: Hugging robot not as creepy as it looks Conveying physical emotions through a phone call or email is difficult, but researchers from Japan's Osaka University have developed a robot that they think can do just that. From: networkworld Views: 11 0 ratings Time: 02:00 More in Science & Technology Read More

Microsoft's Frenemies: The Necessity of Partnering Up
Microsoft's partnerships with RIM, Nokia and Yahoo (and acquisition of Skype) underscore the need to form alliances against Google or Apple in certain markets. Read More

Researchers tout foldable display for large mobile device screens
Researchers are touting a prototype of a seamless foldable mobile device display that folds in half without a visible crease in the middle. Researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in South Korea say fabricating a display that can fold in half would have the advantage of providing a large screen in a small, portable form without a visible crease between panels. Read More

iPad 2 partner Foxconn experiencing component and labor shortages
Despite a blow away quarter, Apple's iPad sales last quarter came in slightly below analyst expectations. Of course, the problem had nothing to do with consumers shying away from Apple's next-gen tablet, but was rather the result of Apple being unable to meet immense demand. Read More

How to End an IT Turf War
Sports Authority's CIO put a stop to finger-pointing and backbiting Read More



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