Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard?

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	Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard? Desktop virtualization promises to simplify management, increase efficiency and improve security, but it doesn't come cheap and requires a big rethink. Will the latter forever relegate desktop virtualization to a few corners of the enterprise, or will the allure of the former convince corporations it is time to start from scratch? Our experts debate. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Seven Standards of Cloud Computing Service Delivery This paper outlines best practices for selecting cloud-computing solutions. Learn more! In this Issue Avaya sets $1 billion public offering Microsoft will issue 16 patches Tuesday, 9 of them critical 11 Cutting-Edge Car Tech Innovations Daily innovation smackdown: Paul Otellini vs. Lou Gerstner Feds seize Swiss bank account of scareware mogul Share Netflix? 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Read More Microsoft will issue 16 patches Tuesday, 9 of them critical The monthly Patch Tuesday will be a big one, with Microsoft planning 16 patches for Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and other products, with nine of the 16 patches being rated as critical. Read More 11 Cutting-Edge Car Tech Innovations Automotive technology is reaching MENSA status with these high-tech upgrades for your vehicle. Read More Daily innovation smackdown: Paul Otellini vs. Lou Gerstner Both Paul Otellini and Lou Gerstner took down the young up-and-comers in the first round. In this social networking world, apparently word did not get out to the hoards of friends on Facebook and Twitter followers as Biz Stone and Mark Zuckerberg were taken down by the old guard. How will Intel stack up against IBM in this next round of innovators? Vote now! Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Avert a Storage Space and Power Crisis Cornell Medical College was exceeding space and power capacities in its NYC data center. After evaluating storage arrays from multiple vendors, they chose 3PAR to "right-size" their storage and deploy a robust, highly virtualized infrastructure that integrated seamlessly with VMware, reduced their storage footprint and minimized power consumption. Read Now. Feds seize Swiss bank account of scareware mogul Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Symantec security software. Read More Share Netflix? Share a jail cell The leaden hand of Big Media and the fact that it has got any number of politicians well and truly bought was once again revealed this week when the state of Tennessee, "The Volunteer State," volunteered its legal infrastructure to do the bidding of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Read More In wake of breach, RSA names chief security officer Eddie Schwartz, former chief security officer at Netwitness Corp., which was recently bought by EMC, has been named chief security officer of the storage vendor's RSA security division. Read More Samsung ships 1TB internal hard drive for laptops Samsung this week announced the Spinpoint M8 internal hard drive with 1TB capacity, which could raise the bar in storage available on laptops. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility KnowledgeVault The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault provide expert guidance, peer advice, survey results and best practices to help you protect your mobile infrastructure. From determining a policy for employee-owned devices and data encryption to supporting the six major mobile operating systems, securing mobile devices and data is a top priority. View now Network Management using IPv6 It's not always a straightforward matter to extend IPv4 tools to manage dual-stack IPv4-IPv6 networks. In this blog we'll look at network device management tasks within the "FCAPS" model framework to help determine IPv6 readiness. Read More 20 NYC parks score free AT&T Wi-Fi The next time you get mugged in Central Park, you'll be able to tell the world about it in real time. Read More 1B smartphones to ship in 2015, IDC says Nearly 1 billion smartphones will be shipped globally in 2015, almost double the amount for all of 2011, as millions of people seek out the more powerful mobile phones that are dropping in average price. Read More Sprint gives up majority vote at Clearwire Sprint Nextel has given up its majority voting power at Clearwire to defuse investors' concerns about the danger to Sprint if Clearwire defaulted on its debt. Read More HP's TouchPad tablet with Wi-Fi coming July 1 The HP TouchPad tablet running WebOS will be available in the U.S. on July 1, starting at $499.99 for a 16 GB, Wi-Fi version, Hewlett-Packard said. Read More
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