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	Allow social media vs. ban social media at work The pull of social media is proving hard to resist. Even some of the most buttoned-down institutions are rethinking bans and relaxing access to social networks and social media sites. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Unified Communications Business Edition 5000 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 5000 is designed to deliver enterprise-level unified communications and collaboration performance to your employees to help you serve your customers and achieve your long-term business goals. Read now! In this Issue Chrome gains market share as IE drops nearly 2 percentage points Virtualization wars: VMware vs. Hyper-V vs. XenServer vs. KVM IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS Corporate-owned vs. employee-owned mobile devices US energy agency demos blazingly fast network How to have real risk management IT's guide to managing Macs in the OS X Lion era Optimizing license management for the data center Google to let users see the 'Why?' behind Gmail, search ads They are the 11 percent (or less) who really get security 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! Chrome gains market share as IE drops nearly 2 percentage points It won't be long before Microsoft's share of the desktop browser market dips below 50%, if Internet Explorer continues to lose usage share at its current clip. In the month of October, IE lost nearly two percentage points, falling to 52.63% of the desktop browser market from 54.39% in September, according to data from NetApplications.com. Read More Virtualization wars: VMware vs. Hyper-V vs. XenServer vs. KVM Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat (KVM). Read More IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS Several different flavors have sprung up in cloud computing and each has their pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronyms and it can be confusing to figure out the best option. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Three steps to agile change Comprehensive IT change configuration and release management (CCRM) continues to confound and frustrate both IT and the business units for which it provides services. But by first instituting the appropriate foundational processes and supporting tools, many enterprises are experiencing renewed CCRM success. Read Now Corporate-owned vs. employee-owned mobile devices If an employee walked into work one day clutching his shiny new iPhone, iPad, Android or other mobile smartphone or tablet, wanting to use it for official corporate business, would you say yes? Read More US energy agency demos blazingly fast network The U.S. Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields. Read More How to have real risk management Akamai Technologies CSO Andy Ellis talks about some of the things organizations need to consider in order to better manage risk. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Customer Lifetime Value for IT With technology underpinning much of the customer experience, IT and marketing must adopt new technologies to innovate and grow revenues. Watch the video to learn how IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics enables marketers while reducing the burden on IT. View Now IT's guide to managing Macs in the OS X Lion era No longer relegated to the fringe, Macs are fast becoming integral to today's business organization. As a result, IT can no longer rely on one or two dedicated "Mac guys" to maintain its Mac fleet. Instead, Mac management has become an issue that any CIO or systems administrator may be faced with on any given day. Read More Optimizing license management for the data center Optimizing data center license management is a key to decreasing application costs, but meeting the challenge requires technology and processes that can deal with heterogeneous, complex license environments that are made all the more complicated by adoption of virtualization. Read More Google to let users see the 'Why?' behind Gmail, search ads Help is on the way for anyone who has ever been puzzled by Google's choice of ads in their Gmail messages and their search results pages. Read More They are the 11 percent (or less) who really get security Our survey shows only a small percentage of respondents making a top priority of data protection, strengthened governance and risk-based investments. Read More
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