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	What big wireless questions remain? One of the technology tracks at this week's Interop conference and exhibition in Las Vegas will address the biggest trends and issues in wireless networking. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Managing Cloud Services from Request to Retirement This lifecycle is tailored to the needs of the business, with both the flexibility to deliver the full required software stacks and the management rigor to ensure the operational integrity of the cloud. Read More Today! In this Issue 82-year-old Father of the cell phone buys new smartphone every 2 months Top smartphone travel apps US launches wireless public safety network iPad cannibalization talk crazy, says analyst Malware writers gunning for Google Android Living Legend: Vic Hayes U.S. Cellular to launch LTE this year Apple defection would be slap in the face to Intel IT caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy WHITE PAPER: HP 6 Key Dedupe Challenges The deduplication market is the fastest segment ofthe storage industry, per IDC. Accordingly, every vendor is telling their version of the deduplication story. With emerging technologies, it is difficult for IT managers to determine what the true IT benefits vs. marketing spin are. Read More Today! 82-year-old Father of the cell phone buys new smartphone every 2 months A Q&A with Martin Cooper, the so-called "father of the cellular phone" Read More Top smartphone travel apps Baggage weight restrictions are the bane of many international travelers, but you can eliminate 5 kilograms from your bags by replacing those bulky travel guides with travel apps on your smartphone or tablet. Read More US launches wireless public safety network The major U.S. telecommunications carriers join the U.S. government in creating a public safety network Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Economics of Cooperative Control: Protocols are Free Inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. Aerohive's Cooperative Control controller-less WLAN architecture delivers an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease. This paper explores the expansive economic benefits of Aerohive's unique approach. Read now! iPad cannibalization talk crazy, says analyst Apple's iPad hasn't materially affected consumer PC sales, as some have claimed, according to survey data compiled by the NPD Group. Read More Malware writers gunning for Google Android Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms have been the proving ground for mobile malware over the past five years, but a new Juniper Networks report states that Google Android now takes "the crown" as the platform getting the most attention from malware developers. Read More Living Legend: Vic Hayes Vic Hayes, sometimes called the "Father of Wi-Fi," hardly fits the conventional image of a "legend." Soft-spoken on the phone, self-effacing, he's less a technological visionary and more of a problem solver. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compellent VMware Optimize VMware Environments With a Dell Compellent virtual storage platform and VMware virtual servers, you will have an economically efficient system that grows in line with your business needs. Read how to speed up storage provisioning, automatically fine-tune data placement, minimize disk capacity and integrate storage with SRM by implementing Fluid Data storage. Read now U.S. Cellular to launch LTE this year U.S. Cellular will roll out an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile wireless network, reaching more than 25 percent of its subscribers by the holiday season late this year. Read More Apple defection would be slap in the face to Intel Online speculation is starting to pick up speed that Apple is looking to ditch Intel chips and move to ARM-based processors for its Mac line of laptops. Read More IT caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy The news that iPhones, iPads and Android devices secretly track the locations of their owners poses a potentially serious dilemma for IT staffs. If someone's manager asks IT to retrieve that data and hand it over, what should IT do? We certainly have to acknowledge that a device that's used for business purposes but automatically tracks personal information blurs the line between personal and corporate information. Read More
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