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	10 compelling apps for Cisco Cius Cisco Cius tablet's imminent arrival comes with an app store; here are the most interesting of the apps there. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective Empower Yourself at CIO Perspectives CIO's Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson and Suzanne Bates, author of "Discover Your Leadership Brand" discuss the experiences of IT leaders Steve Jobs and Sir Richard Branson. Learn what shaped their leadership styles and how to identify and leverage your own IT leadership brand. CIO Perspectives Boston – July 20, 2011. Click to continue In this Issue Want an all-purpose tablet? Avoid Cisco and Avaya 9 gigantic bonuses that make yours look like chump change CA to buy application testing company ITKO 12 Terrific Tips for Taking Tech on Vacation Massive botnet 'indestructible,' say researchers Will The Real Hadoop Company Please Stand Up? Google patches 7 bugs in Chrome browser The Network Performance Management Challenge OECD declaration on Internet policy angers EFF IBM study defines futuristic networked devices for healthcare TwitPic founder ditches clothes, Twitter founder ditches job Carrier Ethernet - a welcome tonic for global business Forrester: No End in Sight for IE Enterprise Slide 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! Want an all-purpose tablet? Avoid Cisco and Avaya With Cisco finally saying it will charge $750 for its Cius tablet, there's a lot of comparisons being made between it and the iPad, but those comparisons are misleading. Read More 9 gigantic bonuses that make yours look like chump change Big bonuses are back. Nine tech CEOs received cash bonuses of $3 million or more in 2010, and another 13 netted at least $1 million in cash payouts. Read More CA to buy application testing company ITKO CA said on Wednesday it plans to acquire Interactive TKO, which offers a simulation platform designed to reduce the time it takes to develop and test complex applications, for US$330 million in cash. Read More 12 Terrific Tips for Taking Tech on Vacation Going on vacation and worried about running out of juice, scheduling your DVR from the road, or making sure that you can see your Amazon, Hulu Plus and Netflix streaming video while away? Here's some advice. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO 100 CIO 100 Symposium & Awards Ceremony Join your peers in Colorado Springs August 14-16th for this legendary event that brings together technology and business leaders from the world's top companies. Over three days, you'll have access to a topflight group of peers and respected experts who'll help shape your business agenda and IT strategy. Register today! Massive botnet 'indestructible,' say researchers A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is "practically indestructible," security researchers say. Read More Will The Real Hadoop Company Please Stand Up? The Hadoop market is white hot right now. It seems everywhere we turn there is a new company throwing their hat into the Hadoop world. Is all of the attention justified? Is this a case of overhype causing overload? How can the Hadoop world possibly make room for all of these companies to survive and thrive? Read More Google patches 7 bugs in Chrome browser Google patched seven vulnerabilities in Chrome on Tuesday as it issued the second security update for its browser this month. Read More The Network Performance Management Challenge According to a recent ESG survey, 25% of organizations say that performance management is one of their biggest server virtualization challenges. Hybrid clouds? Burstable applications? Unless we figure out basic performance management in a virtual server environment, the cloud will remain a vision. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Fine-Tune Your IT Performance Learn how to bridge the gap between application performance management solutions that don't understand the underlying network and network management products that don't know how to map network traffic to applications. Learn more! OECD declaration on Internet policy angers EFF The OECD on Wednesday issued a communication on developing Internet policy that appears to put pressure on Internet service providers (ISPs) to take responsibility for policing their networks. Read More IBM study defines futuristic networked devices for healthcare IBM came out with a study this week that looks at what future healthcare applications and devices, be they PCs, tablet or smartphone might look like. Read More TwitPic founder ditches clothes, Twitter founder ditches job Noah Everett really has nothing to hide: He posted overnight to Twitter, including a photo via the TwitPic service he created, almost immediately upon being picked up by the cops in Charleston, S.C., for strolling down his street in the buff. Read More Carrier Ethernet - a welcome tonic for global business In today's uncertain economic climate it takes courage to predict good news in any sector, but industry analysts such as Infonetics and Ovum are sticking to their predictions for strong growth in Carrier Ethernet services and equipment - a $20 billion market set to grow to between $40 billion to $50 billion by 2014. Impressive - but still just a ripple on the greater global economy. Read More Forrester: No End in Sight for IE Enterprise Slide Despite Windows dominance and a surge in Windows 7 enterprise upgrades, corporate use of Internet Explorer continues to decline due to more workplace consumerization that emphasizes choice and an increase in browser-agnostic apps. Read More
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