4 reasons Windows Phone 7 will beat iPhone and Android

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	4 reasons Windows Phone 7 will beat iPhone and Android IDC predicts that once the next version of Windows Phone 7 arrives in products later this year, Microsoft will be on firmer footing. In fact, IDC is so bullish on the future of Windows smartphones that it predicts Microsoft will capture more than 20% of the market by 2015, moving ahead of Apple. Here are four reasons why Microsoft will be a major smartphone player in a few years. And three reasons it won't. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Effective Storage and Data Protection for Cloud Computing Reduces the complexity of managing cloud environments with automated solutions for managing data and storage infrastructure, enabling better efficiency for business resiliency, and helping to reduce costs and improve security, all while increasing visibility, control and automation of the cloud storage infrastructure. Read now In this Issue Black Hat: Researcher picks apart Sophos antivirus package 5 cool tools for cloud management Start-up to release 'stone-like' optical disc that lasts forever Build your own camera, launch it like a grenade Four entering Wireless Hall of Fame this fall Sprint's first sub-$100 4G smartphone set for Aug. 21 sale Cisco nabs Juniper sales execs 15 Incredibly Useful (and Free) Microsoft Tools for IT Pros WEBCAST: CA Technologies Managing Service Quality Across the Infrastructure With zero tolerance for latency of web applications and a near total dependence on technology in the workplace as the norm, an unpredictable and unreliable infrastructure is too big a risk for today's speed of business. View Now Black Hat: Researcher picks apart Sophos antivirus package A researcher presenting at Black Hat picked apart Sophos Antivirus software and found it lacking in several areas that leave it vulnerable to attack or circumvention - something he says might apply to other antivirus vendors' products as well, but he just hasn't looked. Read More 5 cool tools for cloud management Cloud management tools are as varied as cloud uses. For this test, we chose five tools that each attack cloud management from a different perspective. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Moving to a Cloud-based Delivery Model Help Desk software as a service is attractive to many IT departments. It offers the same benefits of traditional IT help desk solutions, in addition to reducing capital expenses, accelerating implementation, and providing easier upgrades. This paper explores considerations for implementing IT service management in-house or as a service. Read Now! Start-up to release 'stone-like' optical disc that lasts forever Start-up Millenniata is planning to introduce a new optical disc and player that etches bits of data into a stone-like material that it claims lasts forever and can be played on any moden DVD or Blu-ray player. Read More Build your own camera, launch it like a grenade Meet the Firefly. Israeli defense contractor Rafael Armament Development Authority calls it a "revolutionary concept in tactical intelligence," but really it's a wireless camera that's shot 500 feet in the air by a grenade launcher. And if a couple of hackers here at the [Defcon] hacking convention get their way, soon anyone will be able to buy this type of military grade technology for only $500. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™ The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more Four entering Wireless Hall of Fame this fall The Wireless History Foundation this fall will induct four new members into its Wireless Hall of Fame. Read More Sprint's first sub-$100 4G smartphone set for Aug. 21 sale Sprint's first sub-$100 4G smartphone, the Samsung Conquer 4G, goes on sale Aug. 21. Read More Cisco nabs Juniper sales execs Cisco has nabbed a couple of Juniper Networks sales executives for its own service provider sales force. Read More 15 Incredibly Useful (and Free) Microsoft Tools for IT Pros We've dug through the jungle that is Microsoft Downloads and found 15 of the best free tools you've probably never heard of. Read More
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