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	Telework controversy: Are 17% of teleworkers unabashed slackers? A recent report claims that 17% of telecommuters work less than one hour a day. That's bogus, say telework advocates who are taking to web sites, blogs and other social media to refute the findings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Deploy 10GbE 10GBASE-T with Dell & Intel Virtualization, server and application technologies are shifting bottlenecks from the data center to network I/O. This paper describes how to use 10GBase-T to broadly deploy 10 Gigabit Ethernet and help avoid I/O networking bottlenecks. Click to continue In this Issue My collision with Andy Rooney's ethical blind spot Science and religion can and do mix, mostly 10 excellent IT how-to videos He's baaaaack: Larry Page again posts publicly on Google+ VMware networking exec leaves VMware for OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks: Here's why To virtualize or not to virtualize? That is the question for ADCs WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Storage Technologies for Virtual Server Environments This Evaluator Group report discusses the need for next generation storage technologies in order to maximize the value of server virtualization. Learn how to meet the high random I/O performance needs of virtual server environments with a scalable architecture that can cost-effectively grow with virtualized workloads. Learn More Today! My collision with Andy Rooney's ethical blind spot You've likely heard that Sunday will mark Andy Rooney's final appearance on "60 Minutes." And perhaps you've also read some of the accolades pouring in about the man's remarkable career, which began as a war correspondent during World War II. Rooney is revered by many, especially those with whom he has worked over the years. Read More Science and religion can and do mix, mostly An interesting study by Rice University recently found that in one of the one of the more voracious social (and increasingly political) battlegrounds, science v. religion there is more common ground that most folks believe. In fact, according to the study, only 15% of scientists at major US research universities see religion and science as always in conflict. 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 10 excellent IT how-to videos Videos get a bad rap among IT staffs. The perception is that most videos flying around the Internet depict morons falling off their skateboards or teenagers mangling pop songs. Plus, they eat up lots of bandwidth. And most IT professionals don't have the time to watch videos even if they weren't fluff. However, often there is good information delivered via video. Read More He's baaaaack: Larry Page again posts publicly on Google+ It had become one of those media-driven tempests - "Hey, look, Google CEO Larry Page has stopped using Google+" -- and, truth be told, this one got rolling right here on Buzzblog when I noted Sept. 16 that Page had not posted publicly on his fledgling social network for a full month. Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Saving cloud computing users from evil doers This video panel discussion delves into IT's current and future security threats. Topics include web application security, vulnerabilities, threats and mitigation/defense strategies, and tactics with individual perspectives on the magnitude and direction of threats. Learn more VMware networking exec leaves VMware for OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks: Here's why Howie Xu has been at VMware since he co-invented and helped to launch the vSwitch. Since that time Howie has lead the development efforts for VMware's networking strategy until this past week when he joined OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks. I had the chance to sit down with Howie to discuss his new role as VP of Engineering for Big Switch Networks, why he left VMware, and his take on the future. Read More To virtualize or not to virtualize? That is the question for ADCs Without sounding sarcastic, the primary benefit of a virtual application delivery controller (ADC) is that, well, it's virtual. It requires no hardware to deploy making it low cost. It's mobile so the ADC can be moved from one location to another in real time and it can be self provisioned by anyone, including an application developer. But virtual ADCs have their drawbacks, too. Read More
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