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	Gasp! Cisco and HP collaborate on blade switch Perhaps it's a matter of keeping your friends close but your enemies closer: Bitter data center and networking rivals Cisco and HP collaborated to develop a switch for HP's blade server systems to address the needs of joint customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More In this Issue 2011 tech industry graveyard Enterasys looks to take on Cisco, HP in fabrics Keys to successful data center consolidation Dell as a services company? Maybe, say customers Social Security agency leaks thousands of SSNs every year, report says At Dell World, Ballmer steers clear of tablets, phones and Apple Table salt found to boost data storage density Michael Dell sends memo, of sorts, to HP Dell puts recent acquisitions to work U.S. Commerce Dept mum on Huawei block, citing security NASA CTO says help desks will soon be thing of past BlackBerry maker hangs head, extends bouquet of flowers WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! 2011 tech industry graveyard WebOS, Cisco Flip camera, Google Labs and the rest: Our list of IT companies, technologies and ideas killed off or headed for the end of life Read More Enterasys looks to take on Cisco, HP in fabrics Enterasys Networks this week unveiled a switching fabric designed to unify the data center, campus and wired and wireless enterprise edge. Read More Keys to successful data center consolidation Data center consolidation continues to be a hot topic, and with good reason. It has proven to be an effective way to reduce costs and complexity, setting organizations on a course for more efficient IT management. But while the benefits are proven, the path to success takes careful navigation. Read More Dell as a services company? Maybe, say customers Dell's decision to hold its first-ever enterprise conference this week may have helped some of its customers see it as more than just a hardware company. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Eliminate Architectural Limitations of WLANs Reduce the cost and complexity of wireless networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing. By removing the architectural limitations of traditional WLANs, you can support identity-based access and enable delivery of mission-critical applications and services to any user, on any device, at any time without a single point of failure. Read now! Social Security agency leaks thousands of SSNs every year, report says The Social Security Administration puts thousands of Americans at risk of identity theft each year by accidentally leaking their Social Security Numbers and other data, according to an investigative report by the Scripps Howard New Service. Read More At Dell World, Ballmer steers clear of tablets, phones and Apple With many still reflecting on the contributions of Steve Jobs, being at Dell World this week almost feels like living in an alternative universe. Read More Table salt found to boost data storage density The National University of Singapore and the Data Storage Institute have come up with a way to use NaCl (salt) to increase bit storage density on hard drive platters to 3.3 Tbit/in. or more than five times what a Seagate 4TB hard drive has today. Read More Michael Dell sends memo, of sorts, to HP Laced throughout Dell's first enterprise user conference, either directly or indirectly, will be talk about HP and its very public consideration of either spinning off or selling its personal systems group. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Building the Next Generation Data Center Virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. Learn More Dell puts recent acquisitions to work Dell is implementing networking, storage, software and hardware technologies it has gained from recent acquisitions in products that can help it move beyond servers to deliver more end-to-end solutions. Read More U.S. Commerce Dept mum on Huawei block, citing security The U.S. Department of Commerce will not explain why it is blocking Chinese company Huawei from participating in a project to build a national wireless network, citing security reasons, a department official said. Read More NASA CTO says help desks will soon be thing of past As far as NASA's IT CTO is concerned, mobile technology and public and private cloud infrastructures will soon make help desks as we know them pointless. Read More BlackBerry maker hangs head, extends bouquet of flowers In an attempt to make more concrete its apology for last week's disastrous service outage, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion this morning is offering users a dozen free applications and enterprise customers a month's worth of free technical support. The applications include: 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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