Desktop PCs: Dead as a doornail, or maybe just a fax machine

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	Desktop PCs: Dead as a doornail, or maybe just a fax machine The corporate desktop has looked the same for decades: computer, keyboard, mouse, desk phone, maybe a printer. But do these tools dominate because they're the perfect combination of technology needed for work today, or is the enterprise workplace due for an extreme makeover? Read More WHITE PAPER: AirMagnet, Aruba Networks, Cisco, Enterasys Networks, HP, and Motorola The 2011 Wi-Fi "Cheat Sheet" Achieving Ethernet parity with Wi-Fi is no small task. Learn how leading vendors are building tool and tweaking architectures to: • Add capacity to APs • Avoid traffic bottlenecks • Identify and eradicate interference and its sources • Enable converged management and policy setting across Wi-Fi and wired environments Read now! In this Issue 10 Hot Honeycomb Apps for Business Cisco defending base against HP, Juniper The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them) LulzSec calls it quits after 50 days of 'mayhem' Anonymous claims LulzSec members, steps up attacks Is Microsoft BUILD'ing Anxiety Among Developers? N9 + WP7 = the future of the smartphone Move over Microsoft, now Google gets to be investigated CFO departs from Cisco rival Brocade Citi hackers made $2.7 million Why should you consider VoIP and UC as a service? How to Argue with the CEO -- And Win WHITE PAPER: IBM Distributed Virtualization Management from Big Iron Many enterprises started virtualization efforts to reap the benefits of consolidating their distributed infrastructure. This consolidation, however, has not ended datacenter infrastructure heterogeneity since enterprises seem intent on acquiring different virtualization platforms as well as heterogeneous hardware platforms. Read Now 10 Hot Honeycomb Apps for Business You have the Android Honeycomb tablet. Now it's time to put it to work. Read More Cisco defending base against HP, Juniper Cisco says it is effectively fending off HP and Juniper as it grapples with a significant product transition in Ethernet switching. Read More The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them) Sending your IT business to the cloud comes with risk, as those affected by these 10 colossal cloud outages can attest. Read More LulzSec calls it quits after 50 days of 'mayhem' The computer hacking group LulzSec said Saturday it had ended its campaign of cyberassaults on government and corporate websites and that it was time for it to "sail into the distance." Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Extending Security to Mobile Devices Learn how context-aware policies integrates security deeper into the network infrastructure as it expands to mobile devices, clouds and virtualized networks. Download Lippis Consulting white paper. Learn more Anonymous claims LulzSec members, steps up attacks The decision by computer hacking group LulzSec on Saturday to fold operations may be helping another online group, Anonymous, which stepped up attacks over the weekend. Read More Is Microsoft BUILD'ing Anxiety Among Developers? So many controversies in life are not about the actual offense, but how it's handled. Just ask Anthony Weiner. And so it is for Microsoft and its somewhat clumsy handling of the upcoming changes to Windows 8 that has left developers twisting in the wind. Read More N9 + WP7 = the future of the smartphone Nokia's just-announced N9 smartphone has, from what I can tell, been getting generally favorable reviews. Read More Move over Microsoft, now Google gets to be investigated Google was notified June 23 that federal regulators have begun an antitrust investigation into its business practices. The inquiry is expected to focus primarily on whether Google abuses its dominance of Internet search to extend its influences into other (lucrative) online markets. Read More WHITE PAPER: AirMagnet Overlay vs. Integrated Wireless Security A well-known best practice in the enterprise is to take a layered, defense-in-depth approach to network security to guard against different kinds of attacks and intrusions. Likewise, the wireless LAN (WLAN) environment requires multiple security layers, too. Read now! CFO departs from Cisco rival Brocade The CFO of Brocade departed abruptly this week to "pursue other interests," according to the company. Richard Deranleau, Brocade's CFO for the past five years, left the company last Monday, June 20. Read More Citi hackers made $2.7 million Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website and post fraudulent charges. Read More Why should you consider VoIP and UC as a service? Throughout most of the evolution of VoIP and UC, the primary implementations have been as a premises-based solution. However, as mentioned in the last newsletter, it's probably time to consider a adding this to your cloud strategy. Read More How to Argue with the CEO -- And Win Can't persuade the CEO to approve that infrastructure upgrade or software development project? The following 13 tips, culled from current and former CIOs and communication consultants, will get the CEO to see your perspective when arguments about IT spending ensue. Read More
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