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	Microsoft confirms cloud outage User complaints began rolling in today that Microsoft's cloud, BPOS, was down with users unable to sign in to the service. Plus, as part of the outage, the BPOS Health Dashboard was also down, leaving IT administrators completely in the dark. Microsoft confirmed the outage via its msonline Twitter account. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Discover the Mishaps of Digital Channels Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels - Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches - has often occurred in a piecemeal way. Read More In this Issue Why I dumped my 4G Android for an iPhone Metro Ethernet Forum celebrates 10 years of key network accomplishments New bill would require mobile carriers to detail 4G speeds 10 Upcoming Android Devices We Just Can't Wait For Innovation Final: Vint Cerf vs. Steve Jobs When Will Data Center Networks Gain Cloud Intelligence? Forrester: No End in Sight for IE Enterprise Slide Virtualization Industry Shakeup Review: A Tale of Three Tablets Air Force: Unmanned aircraft hit 1 million combat hours WHITE PAPER: Raritan Best Practices: KVM Smart Card Authentication Systems Selecting a smart card-enabled KVM system? Choose one that supports PKI authentication to multiple servers from a single location and makes the necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. This White Paper examines best practices when evaluating a Smart Card solution. Learn More Why I dumped my 4G Android for an iPhone I'm a big fan of Android. When it works properly, it opens possibilities that aren't available to iPhone users because Google allows installation of third-party applications not available in the Android Market. But I've run through two Android phones, which proved to be less reliable than any Windows computer I've owned, and I finally made the switch I was hoping to avoid: I bought an iPhone. Read More Metro Ethernet Forum celebrates 10 years of key network accomplishments When the Metro Ethernet Forum celebrates its tenth anniversary next month, it can tick off quite a list of accomplishments for the ways it has shaped the Layer 2 Ethernet standard. Read More New bill would require mobile carriers to detail 4G speeds A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would require mobile providers to detail minimum data speeds and give other information to customers. Read More WEBCAST: AirMagnet, Aruba Networks, Cisco, Enterasys Networks, HP, and Motorola As AP Density Goes Up, Power Must Go Down Start with the site survey - it's critical to success then learn how to strike a balance between the need to install more APs in order to reuse spectrum and increase capacity without resulting in added co-channel interference. Learn more! 10 Upcoming Android Devices We Just Can't Wait For We use our time machine to take a look at upcoming Android devices. Read More Innovation Final: Vint Cerf vs. Steve Jobs In what will be a two-day open voting, it is the Father of the Internet vs. the person who has brought consumerization into the enterprise. Vint Cerf and Steve Jobs have steamrolled their way through the field to get to the finals. It is now a chicken-and-egg situation: without the Internet would Apple's products be as popular today? Or did Apple's products push the Internet to new heights? Vote now! Read More When Will Data Center Networks Gain Cloud Intelligence? It seems like networking vendors and IT professionals should be prepared for a lot of one-off software integration projects, spotty support for server virtualization and cloud platforms, and perhaps a few cloud computing project delays in the future. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn 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 Virtualization Industry Shakeup Attempting to be a reporter today... Simon Crosby, previously the CTO of Citrix System announced today that himself, Ian Pratt, previously VP of Engineering of Citrix Systems and Chairman of Xen.org, and Gaurav Banga, creator of Phoenix Hyperspace are launching a new startup, Bromium, Inc. Read More Review: A Tale of Three Tablets As the popularity of Apple's iPad continues to grow, we're seeing more competitors jumping into the space with their versions, all with the hopes of duplicating or getting close to the tablet experience offered by the iPad. Over the past few weeks I've had the opportunity to test out three different tablet systems. Read More Air Force: Unmanned aircraft hit 1 million combat hours If you needed any more evidence as to how important unmanned aircraft have become to the US military operations, the US Air Force today said drones have amassed over one million combat hours flown.  Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Microsoft Subnet: A set of classes for a Microsoft Cert from Webucator and Polycom videoconferencing system. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS The 7 worst tech merger ideas ever In this slideshow, we'll take a look at seven proposed mergers that we hope will never see the light of day, as their consummation would likely mean the end of the entire tech industry and possibly even the entire world. MOST-READ STORIES iPhone 5 rumored to sport 'radical new case design' We've already reached 'peak Android,' says analyst 10 must-have Firefox extensions 12 ways the cloud changes everything Northrop Grumman constantly under attack by cyber-gangs A Cisco engineer says changes at Cisco are good Gartner: IT should be planning, moving to private clouds Most IT pros don't fear losing their jobs to the cloud Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support NSA wants bulletproof smartphone, tablet security
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