25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011

	School shuns Apple servers for Windows | Q&A: Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley touts new 'supply chain of IT'
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	25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 2011 will be remembered for Jobs' death, Cisco's refocusing, IPv6's coming out party and more Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Proactive Performance Management for Enterprise Databases In this Quest Software white paper, read about the inherent challenges of proactive database management, and the what to look for when choosing the right management tool for your company. Read it today. Read now! In this Issue School shuns Apple servers for Windows Q&A: Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley touts new 'supply chain of IT' Googler's LAN-party house sparks awe and envy 10 must-have tools for cloud power users New Cisco initiative addresses growth in cloud-based services 10 hot IT jobs for managers and executives in 2012 Most overused LinkedIn profile words of 2011: creative, organizational, effective Testing shows IPv6 is becoming deployable in customer edge routers SDN company helps build clouds WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Data Protection Solutions The simpler a backup plan is to plan and execute, the more likely it is to be done. Read Now! School shuns Apple servers for Windows For a self-described "Mac person" working as a technology manager in a college preparatory school that had been a "Mac school" for as long as he could remember, it was a hard thing to have to face but he said it out loud: "Apple never took enterprise computing seriously," says a somewhat disillusioned Adam Gerson, co-director of technology at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City. Read More Q&A: Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley touts new 'supply chain of IT' Systems monitoring and management may be headed to the cloud as management-as-a-service. Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley explains what that means and how it will affect IT in this Q&A -- part of the ongoing IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series. Read More Googler's LAN-party house sparks awe and envy Attention gamers: If Google software engineer Kenton Varda invites you to a LAN party, there is no need to bring your own computer. He's got you covered. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More 10 must-have tools for cloud power users Turn your cloud power up a notch with these 10 awesome add-ons for Gmail, Dropbox and other online services. Read More New Cisco initiative addresses growth in cloud-based services Cisco has introduced CloudVerse as a framework designed to help organizations build, manage and connect public, private and hybrid clouds. Cisco CloudVerse combines three elements -- Unified Data Center, Cloud Intelligent Network, and Cloud Applications and Services. Read More 10 hot IT jobs for managers and executives in 2012 If you had to pick two words to describe how the market for management- and executive- level IT jobs is shaping up for 2012, you might channel Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David and say "pretty good. Pri-tay, pri-tay, pri-tay, pri-tay good." Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Solaris on the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud This paper provides a high level overview of the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and then describes the value that Oracle Solaris brings to the Oracle Exalogic offering. Learn More! Most overused LinkedIn profile words of 2011: creative, organizational, effective If you were really as "creative" as your resume claims, you'd use different terminology to showcase your skills, according to LinkedIn's 2011 list of most overused words and phrases. Read More Testing shows IPv6 is becoming deployable in customer edge routers The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted its third IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Router Interoperability Test Event the week of November 7-11, 2011. The event brought together users and suppliers of CE Router equipment in order to gain perspective on the current status of interoperability against the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF) Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers. Read More SDN company helps build clouds Contextream, a developer of network virtualization software for cloud computing, this week announced the availability of Contextream Grid for cloud and managed hosting providers. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 8 Free Wi-Fi security tools Here are several free programs you can use to do Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying on all the popular platforms - Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. You'll be able see all the nearby wireless access points (APs) and their details, including channels, signal levels, and MAC address. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Lulzlover hacked coalition of law enforcement School shuns Apple servers for Windows Start-up founded by ex-Cisco execs pushes SDN 8 free Wi-Fi security tools Microsoft: 5 smart, 5 dumb moves the company made in 2011 What's next with hypervisors? Microsoft releases first Office app for iPad No interference: Will the cloud take my job? 5 IT security breakthroughs promise to thwart threats Google pulls 22 more malicious android apps from Market
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