The accidental revolution: How Apple's iPhone transformed enterprise IT

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	The accidental revolution: How Apple's iPhone transformed enterprise IT There's a good article over at Fortune about how Apple's iPhone -- always intended as a consumer device -- opened the floodgates for Apple's invasion of the enterprise with mobile devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Exceptional Application Experience Deliver a consistent and quality end-user experience with application performance management that enables you to: - Measure and analyze application performance for all transactions - Compare the response times against intelligent baselines and thresholds - Identify abnormal latencies in the infrastructure Learn More In this Issue 5 cool tools for cloud management Data center surprises Staying ahead of cloud complexity 5 lessons I've learned about how to create memorable and useful SharePoint governance plans Cyber-espionage attacks threaten corporate data in new unrelenting ways 4 reasons Windows Phone 7 will beat iPhone and Android Build your own camera, launch it like a grenade The data center network transition Freedom and privacy, R.I.P. How to conduct a Linux server security audit WHITE PAPER: F5 Hardware Load Balancing A comprehensive F5 solution readies application infrastructure for a successful implementation of the re-engineered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Learn 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 Data center surprises It isn't surprising that virtualization topped the list of technologies expected to have the biggest impact on data center investments over the next two years, according to a new Network World study, but the survey turned up some surprises as well. Read More Staying ahead of cloud complexity Managing cloud infrastructure and services is similar to traditional network management - only bigger, badder and more complex. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Business Value with Network and Application Visibility In this white paper, IDC analyzes the ROI that customers can expect from Riverbed Cascade, based on interviews with Cascade customers. Additionally, IDC lays out the business case for proactively managing network and application performance. Get the visibility you need to achieve your IT objectives. Read Now. 5 lessons I've learned about how to create memorable and useful SharePoint governance plans I feel like I've worked on a gazillion SharePoint governance plans - or at least half that many - and each time, I think the latest one is the best one. I've definitely learned that the 80-page governance plan document is just that - a document. It doesn't actually help govern a SharePoint deployment, much less provide any type of guidance to SharePoint users. Here are 5 of the lessons I've learned. Read More Cyber-espionage attacks threaten corporate data in new unrelenting ways Stealthy, sometime long-term cyber-espionage attacks to steal sensitive proprietary information -- what some now call "advanced persistent threats" (APT) -- have become a top worry for businesses. Read More 4 reasons Windows Phone 7 will beat iPhone and Android Microsoft has a relatively long history with mobile operating systems, stretching back to the mid-nineties and Windows CE. Developed originally for "embedded systems," Windows CE quickly found its way into PDAs and eventually phones, and while consumers never warmed to the platform, it did achieve a level of success in the enterprise. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Ten Steps to Increasing Data Center Efficiency You can't manage what you don't monitor. That's why infrastructure monitoring is essential to data center optimization. Emerson Network Power outlines what you should be monitoring, how to monitor it and the results you can expect. Take the proactive approach to infrastructure monitoring. Read now 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 The data center network transition Up until a couple of years ago, the data center network was somewhat staid. Today, however, it is anything but staid as the majority of IT organizations are trying to determine how they should evolve their data center networks to support the demands brought about by the ongoing adoption of technologies such as server virtualization. Read More Freedom and privacy, R.I.P. Gibbs sees two kinds of privacy, and if both aren't already lost, they soon will be. Read More How to conduct a Linux server security audit Nowadays many Linux servers are neither initially installed nor maintained by dedicated Linux administrators, yet IT professionals are responsible for their servers' security. If your server is compromised, not only can all your sensitive information be exposed, but your server can also become a tool in the wrong hands. Read More
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