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Watch out for FOSS advertising
The appeal of free and open source software is undeniable - after all, who doesn't want to take advantage of OPM (other people's money) to develop a finished software product or platform that would otherwise require long lead times, dedicated programming resources and significant cost? But hidden costs, licensing issues and other risks can create unexpected roadblocks for commercial enterprises. Read More


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Cash in on Your Old PBX and Cut Costs
Replace your old PBX system and gain the immediate cost savings and productivity benefits of a Cisco Unified Communications solution. Cisco can help reduce monthly management and operating expenses, increase efficiency, and add new services for your business. Learn about the significant but limited time savings when you upgrade to Cisco. Click to continue

WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook
This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. 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

iOS 5 and iCloud: The InfoWorld visual tour
Apple's new iPad and iPhone OS and its new iCloud syncing service up the ante for mobile computing -- again. 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. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Citrix

Scale the Data Tier: NetScaler Intelligent Load Balancing
Citrix® NetScaler® SQL Intelligent Load Balancing is an intelligent SQL proxy that offloads database servers, routes SQL requests to the best server and enforces and logs user access. The result: better scalability, availability and security in the data tier. Download this free Citrix white paper. Read now

With Skype, Microsoft gains about 50 communications patents
So Microsoft has officially spent $8.5 billion on Skype and announced that the deal closed today. This is another "Hotmail" type acquisition in that it didn't seem to need the technology. All it gained was users. Or did it? With Skype, Microsoft added about 50 patents covering networking, speech recognition, user interface, too. Hmm. Read More

Bing and Yahoo sponsored results lead to hard-to-remove rootkit
Searching for Flash Player on Bing and Yahoo can lead to rogue pages distributing a hard-to-remove rootkit, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor GFI Software. Read More

Page looks to 'transform' company with Google+
Forget about building a popular social network. Google CEO Larry Page wants to use Google+ to transform the entire Google experience. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Fine-Tune Your IT Performance
Learn how to bridge the gap between application performance management solutions that don't understand the underlying network and network management products that don't know how to map network traffic to applications. Learn more!

AT&T and Sprint see record breaking iPhone 4S sales
Apple has never been a company to ever cater to the pundits. It doesn't sell a product exclusively based on features but rather sells an all encapsulating user experience. So when Apple introduced the iPhone 4S two weeks ago, a number of analysts and pundits expressed disappointment over the features Apple didn't include as opposed to paying attention to what the iPhone 4S brought to the table. Read More

Graduate schools report decline in full-time MBA applications
Returning to graduate school to earn a master's of business administration (MBA) is no easy decision for IT pros. Read More

Cheap power: An overnight revolution
In a couple of weeks the world could be forever changed by power too cheap to meter. Or not. Read More

Intel CEO faults recent evolution of PCs
Intel CEO Paul Otellini came to the defense of PCs at an industry conference Friday, while outlining his belief that the so-called ultrabook will do more to meet consumer and business needs. Read More



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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.

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