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	Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012 | 8 cool Google Labs projects spared the axe
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	Cisco unveils latest Nexus data center switch Cisco this week unveiled a raft of networking enhancements and extensions designed to scale data centers to securely support increasing amounts of data. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sprint Sprint 4G Enterprise WAN Easily connect new branch locations using a wireless network that is quick and affordable. It doesn't matter if it's one location or one hundred; a flexible WAN solution will help get you up and running faster. Together, we can help you grow as big as you want to be. Click to continue In this Issue Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012 8 cool Google Labs projects spared the axe Death to Firewalls; Long Live Firewalls Forget FOSS Advertising, Watch Out For FUD-Mongering Twitter and Google 'just can't agree' on Realtime Search deal Hell Has Frozen Over: HP and Cisco Collaborate in the Data Center Transition to IPv6 is inevitable for companies envisioning long-term presence on the Internet GOP's tech visa bill copies, literally, Democrat's bill NEC to sell mini computer with eye projection screen Cloud CIO: What "Consumerization of IT" Really Means to CIOs RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Zyrion CIOs demand visibility to IT service performance Cloud, Virtualization, Mobility, Unified Computing and more, are all creating new, complex IT management challenges. Organizations want integrated service-centric monitoring solutions for service impact visibility and SLA compliance, executive dashboards, datacenter manager operational reporting, and service problem analysis. Read More. Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012 If you had to pick 10 technology-related trends that will impact your enterprise infrastructure in the coming year, Gartner says you'd do well to start with virtualization and move to other issues such as social media influence, energy issues and flat networks to name a few. Read More 8 cool Google Labs projects spared the axe fter Google announced in July that Google Labs would be closing, several experimental products under development were killed. But Google has spared others (for now) from the executioner's axe, and these have been "graduated" into their own sites or are in the process of being spun off. Here are the ones that we think are worthy of your attention. Read More Death to Firewalls; Long Live Firewalls Firewalls have been slowly changing over the years as their network architectures have been evolving. Firewalls are becoming more decentralized and becoming increasingly virtualized. As firewalls move from solely located at the perimeter inward toward the servers, many other changes are taking place. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks 10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do Choosing a next-generation firewall is more than a simple comparison of technical features. It's about balancing the needs of the business with the risks associated with modern applications. Gain access to valuable information in one location- read articles and watch videos that will empower you to make the right decision. Learn more! Forget FOSS Advertising, Watch Out For FUD-Mongering Susan Perschke wrote a column in Network World yesterday called "Watch Out for FOSS Advertising". Since it was the "top pick" in the open source subnet, I thought I would have a read. I have to say that I haven't seen such FUD around open source since Steve Ballmer called Linux a cancer. Read More Twitter and Google 'just can't agree' on Realtime Search deal Twitter and Google can't reach an agreement on Realtime Search, but Twitter's CEO isn't giving up. Read More Hell Has Frozen Over: HP and Cisco Collaborate in the Data Center Despite the on going feud between Cisco and HP, the two IT giants put aside their difference and jointly collaborated to co-engineer a Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) blade that will be the network inside an HP BladeSystem chassis. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Most Important Metric for your VMs The management tools selected to support virtualization is essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Learn More Transition to IPv6 is inevitable for companies envisioning long-term presence on the Internet Transition to IPv6 is inevitable for companies envisioning long-term presence on the Internet, but the mode and length of the transition remains very much a mystery. Read More GOP's tech visa bill copies, literally, Democrat's bill A Republican lawmaker has submitted legislation that would make foreign students who earn advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math at U.S. universities automatically eligible for a green card or permanent residency if they have a job offer. Read More NEC to sell mini computer with eye projection screen NEC said Tuesday it will sell a wearable mini computer with a head-mounted display that projects its screen onto the naked eye. Read More Cloud CIO: What "Consumerization of IT" Really Means to CIOs The consumerization of IT isn't just about employees using consumer devices and apps at work. It's about consumers becoming the primary users of internal IT applications, and it has serious ramifications for how CIOs operate and scale their IT infrastructures. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Gasp! Cisco and HP collaborate on blade switch iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 14 Cheap power: An overnight revolution Should tech pros get an MBA? 2011 tech industry graveyard BlackBerry maker hangs head, extends bouquet of flowers 10 tech-centric MBA programs Security roundup for Oct. 14 7 'MBA preferred' IT jobs Apple sees record breaking iPhone 4S sales
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