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	Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape If you think cloud computing is a disruptive force within the enterprise, just imagine what the cloud is doing to the vendor landscape. 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 In this Issue iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Dec. 2 11 Geekiest Doctor Who T-Shirts Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report How stupid can cell carriers be? Really Stupid. Carrier IQ, HTC, Samsung hit with class-action lawsuits 'Server huggers' present obstacle to cloud adoption Citrix targets virtualization, orchestration layers Cell Phone "butt-calling" a pain in the arse for police Facebook announces plans for New York engineering office Cool Yule Favorites: 20 Techie Gifts We Like RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: i365 "Got Your Backup. Recovery. And Back." "Looking for an ultra-reliable, proactive partner? One who's passionate about keeping your critical data safe and available? EVault®, the leader in cloud-connected storage services, always has your back. With on-premise, cloud-based, and seamlessly integrated hybrid solutions. Perfectly optimized for flexible multi-platform, multi-site deployment." Click to continue iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Dec. 2 The iOSsphere is nothing if not detail oriented. Perhaps "detailed obsessed" is more accurate. Read More 11 Geekiest Doctor Who T-Shirts Read More Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report Market research firm Dell'Oro Group recently began tracking the 40G Ethernet market as 10G takes hold and grows, necessitating 40G uplinks, aggregation switches and core modules. And the market leaders are IBM and Extreme Networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nimsoft Leveraging Your Service Desk to Scale Your MSP Business This paper offers tips for offering self-service capabilities to customers, therefor improving customer service levels and satisfaction. Read now! How stupid can cell carriers be? Really Stupid. The recent revelation that most of us are carrying around smartphones with embedded rootkits is both surprising and not so surprising. It's surprising because it makes you wonder, "How stupid can the carriers be?" It's not surprising in that we know the answer to that. Read More Carrier IQ, HTC, Samsung hit with class-action lawsuits In what could be a precursor of legal action to come, mobile software vendor Carrier IQ has been hit with two lawsuits over the use of its controversial tracking technology in tens of millions of mobile phones worldwide. Read More 'Server huggers' present obstacle to cloud adoption Chipita America CIO Scott Martin didn't see a competitive advantage in managing internal systems, believing that moving to the cloud would provide time to focus far more on business needs. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Four Steps to Dynamic Workload Management In the beginning, IT ran on one platform - the mainframe. Workloads were predictable and stable, and we could schedule accordingly. But then came Unix, AS/400, Windows and a multitude of other platforms, all with accompanying workloads. Learn More! Citrix targets virtualization, orchestration layers Were they guilty of "cloudwashing" - slapping the cloud label on existing products? Were they ignoring the cloud and risking getting left in the dust? Were they scrambling to re-invent themselves as cloud service providers? Read More Cell Phone "butt-calling" a pain in the arse for police A report out of Chicago today says inadvertent dialing by one's cellphone to 911 emergency services is becoming a serious safety problem. According to a CBS report officials in Evanston, Ill say that nearly 20% of the wireless calls they get each month are "unintentional" or "abandoned" calls; and they believe the vast majority of those accidental cell phone calls are butt dials. Read More Facebook announces plans for New York engineering office Facebook COO Sherly Sandberg announced the plans in New York on Friday. Read More Cool Yule Favorites: 20 Techie Gifts We Like This holiday season's top picks have been submitted and tested and "Cool Yule Elf" approved. Read More
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