Thursday, December 22, 2011

Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after 2012

2011's best mobile devices: The InfoWorld picks | Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013

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Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after 2012
Microsoft announced that next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be its last as an exhibitor. Read More


WHITE PAPER: McAfee

Combating the Insider Risk to Data - McAfee Solution Brief
Protecting your organization against internal data threats is not just about protecting the sensitive information you know could put your company at risk if exposed. It's also about discovering those hidden data sources that you don't even know exist and have not secured. Learn More

WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications
This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more

2011's best mobile devices: The InfoWorld picks
With such a plentiful selection of smartphones and tablets available, picking the best ones is harder than ever. Read More

Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013
After years of stagnant or lackluster growth, Extreme Networks tapped Oscar Rodriguez to bring new life to the switch maker in 2010. He scrutinized global operations, streamlined the product line and brought a new focus that he says will really come through this spring with a new wave of switches. Read More

10 Laptop Alternatives for Working on the Go
With so many recent advances in smartphones and tablets, do you really need to replace your aging laptop with another laptop? Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Eliminate Architectural Limitations of WLANs
Reduce the cost and complexity of wireless networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing. By removing the architectural limitations of traditional WLANs, you can support identity-based access and enable delivery of mission-critical applications and services to any user, on any device, at any time without a single point of failure. Read now!

Amazon's private clouds get more advanced networking features
Amazon Web Services has introduced Elastic Network Interfaces, which are attached to instances in a private cloud to allow for more flexibility when configuring the system. Read More

IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say
This was the year that IPv6 garnered major headlines, but 2012 is expected to be the year when the next-generation Internet protocol gets widely deployed by U.S. carriers and enterprises. Read More

Top 20 Buzzblog posts of 2011
As another year winds to a close, we pause to ask: What did Buzzblog readers actually read when they came to visit Buzzblog in 2011? Here are the top 20 items. Read More


WHITE PAPER: i365

The Keys to Disaster Recovery Planning
Whether you need to recover a single lost file, or implement a comprehensive system restore or a complete site recovery, i365's EVault® Disaster Recovery Solutions provide fast, secure and reliable recovery in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. View Now

Dem PAC buys newtgingrich.com, wallops him with it
The campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has seen the domain name newtgingrich.com fall into enemy hands: a Democratic political action committee called American Bridge 21st Century. Read More

2012: Virtual desktops are all the rage
As budgets are locked in for 2012 it's time to aggressively expand server virtualization, and for those who have been held back by cost, to consider virtual desktops. Read More

Plans to migrate LAPD to Google's cloud apps dropped
After more than two years of trying, the City of Los Angeles has abandoned plans to migrate its police department to Google's hosted email and office application platform saying the service cannot meet certain FBI security requirements. Read More

Mobile Predictions for 2012: Security, Payments, Windows Phone and More
CIO.com's Al Sacco gathers a handful of mobile and wireless predictions from industry experts on subjects like mobile malware, mobile payments and location-based services and offers his take on which predictions will come true--and which will fall through. Read More



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