3 tips for avoiding tablet management headaches

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	3 tips for avoiding tablet management headaches Tablets are a tricky proposition for many IT departments since they have many of the content creation capabilities of laptops but lack mature security software. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks Overlay vs. Integrated Wireless Security Look at the pros and cons of different approaches to wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS). There are a few different ways to deploy monitoring systems that scan the airwaves for unauthorized devices and intrusion attempts. Each approach has its merits. It's up to the enterprise IT department to understand the tradeoffs. Click to continue In this Issue Timeline: RIM's very bad year Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2011 Intel reorganizes mobile business to speed and improve development Road warrior roadkill: 2011's mobile technology losers The best of Network World's Gift Guide 2011 RIM delays new phone launch, takes a hit on tablets Microsoft dissecting Windows Phone messaging bug Android users embrace Facebook, Google apps FCC doles out $100K to open source community apps challenge winners WHITE PAPER: AMD Make Virtual Desktops a Valuable Reality with AMD This paper will explore how the fast-emerging trend of "desktop virtualization" is giving IT managers a potent solution for tackling the problems associated with PC sprawl. Read More! Timeline: RIM's very bad year You get the feeling that executives in Research in Motion will especially relish singing "Should old acquaintance be forgot" this year. Read More Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2011 Scarlett Johansson, Justin Bieber, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga and Alec Baldwin all make tech news, voluntarily or not Read More Intel reorganizes mobile business to speed and improve development In a reorganization of its mobile business, Intel said Wednesday it has formed a new group, called the Mobile and Communications Group (MCG) that will focus on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A New Look at Payment Security Akamai Edge Tokenization takes much of the cost and complexity out of eCommerce. By tokenizing critical payment data before it reaches your PCI-regulated infrastructure, Akamai relieves your organization from what experts consider the most important and challenging PCI requirement. Read more Road warrior roadkill: 2011's mobile technology losers Spectacular flameouts and products that simply ran out of gas litter the road to the mobile future we're all traveling Read More The best of Network World's Gift Guide 2011 Network World's own Indiana Shaw goes through more than just the temple of doom to find gifts suitable for you or other techies on your list. Just like his more famous archeologist cousin who digs up ancient artifacts and treasures from around the globe, Indiana Shaw scours the globe and the Internet to dig up the greatest technology treasures. Read More RIM delays new phone launch, takes a hit on tablets Research In Motion said it won't start selling phones with its new software platform until the "later part" of 2012 and had to take a US$485 million inventory-related charge on its PlayBook tablet as part of another poor earnings report for the struggling smartphone maker. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! Microsoft dissecting Windows Phone messaging bug Microsoft Windows Phone engineers are reviewing a report that various messaging technologies can be used to send the phone into a reboot and then freeze its messaging center, or hub. Read More Android users embrace Facebook, Google apps Google must be pleased to know that Android users aged 18-44 tend to keep their apps all in the family – the Google family, that is. Read More FCC doles out $100K to open source community apps challenge winners The $100,000 challenge: Develop useful, localized open source apps that make local public information more personalized and usable. 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 Why Eric Schmidt's prediction about Android vs. iOS development is wrong LAN-party house guy spills important cost details 30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011 Microsoft to start automatic updates of IE without asking users Apple in 2012: 5 reasons it will be a tough year 3 tips for avoiding tablet management headaches Ubiquitous surveillance from Big Brother's wayback machine iBahn, supplier of hotel Internet services, denies breach 8 free Wi-Fi security tools Googler's LAN-party house sparks awe and envy
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