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	Verizon Wireless outage outraging customers Verizon Wireless customers have taken to the carrier's support forums and social media sites such as Twitter to complain about what appears to be a nationwide 3G/4G wireless data outage. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference R U ready for the consumerization of corporate IT? Social media. Mobile devices. Web apps. Desktop virtualization. They're transforming corporate computing. R U ready? Attend Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) March 4-6, 2012 in San Francisco and learn how to manage this major trend to unleash productivity, while mitigating risk and safeguarding enterprise security. Learn more. In this Issue 25 useful iPad business apps Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts Timeline: The birth and death of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger Cisco a WLAN market "champion" AT&T to give T-Mobile spectrum, roaming deal Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012 Patent win will boost Apple fight against Android I Want IPv6 for Christmas - Part II 10 Hot IT Jobs for Managers and Executives in 2012 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Alcatel-Lucent Discover the new currency for the networked-community age Alcatel-Lucent's Allison Cerra and Christina James spent a year pursuing the essence of identity in the virtual world and beyond. With Identity Shift, they examine how technology, identity and expectations intersect, offering a compelling look at how we present and protect ourselves, build trust, and find value in the networked-community age. Click to continue 25 useful iPad business apps Need to take care of business? These iPad apps will help you get the job done. They can do it all -- provide remote access to a Mac or PC, let you edit documents and synchronize files, turn your tablet into a spare monitor, set you up to attend online meetings with colleagues, and even take dictation. Read More Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee's security predictions for 2012. Read More Timeline: The birth and death of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger In retrospect, it's not hard to see why AT&T thought its proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile would sail through with relatively no issues. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD The Accelerated SMB: Moving at the Speed of Virtualization Mid-market corporations increasingly rely on technology to serve as the enablers and accelerators of the business—not just to reduce costs but also to empower new business initiatives and increase the top line. Learn More! Cisco a WLAN market "champion" Cisco, along with HP and Aruba, was listed as a market "champion" in WLANs this week by Canadian market research firm Info-Tech Group. And in the "just a remarkable coincidence" dept., the three champions are the three market leaders in Dell'Oro Group's Q3, 2011, WLAN tabulations. Read More AT&T to give T-Mobile spectrum, roaming deal T-Mobile USA will receive spectrum licenses in 128 U.S. markets and a seven-year roaming agreement that will expand its reach by 50 million potential subscribers, in addition to US$3 billion cash, after AT&T dropped its deal to merge with T-Mobile. Read More Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012 The mobile user interface is set for a range of changes in the next 12-24 months, creating new modes for users to interact with their devices, and with other devices nearby and network-based services. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye 5 Methods to Disrupt Next- Gen Threats Relying on signatures and lists are ineffective when trying to combat advanced malware threats. Discover how to augment existing firewalls, IPS and Web gateways with technology that recognizes new attacks in real-time without requiring prior knowledge of vulnerability, exploit or variant and then prevents system compromise and data theft. Read now. Patent win will boost Apple fight against Android The partial legal victory that Apple won Monday against HTC won't affect either company's short-term sales but could play an important part in Apple's long-range attempt to stymie Android's march, expert said today. Read More I Want IPv6 for Christmas - Part II Many years ago I wrote about the items that a person could buy for Christmas that include IPv6. The results were fairly sparse three years ago. Unfortunately, not much has changed. It is not easy to find IPv6-related gifts to give to your loved-ones this holiday season. Even if you have been extremely good this year, you may get a lump of coal in your IPv6 stocking. Read More 10 Hot IT Jobs for Managers and Executives in 2012 The overall market for management and executive-level IT jobs in 2012 may not be much better than it was in 2011, but certain IT leadership jobs are expected to be in high demand. Here's a list of the 10 hottest IT leadership jobs for 2012. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 Things We Love and Hate about Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot. 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 Cisco impresses with UCS AT&T kills $39 billion T-Mobile deal Juniper vs. Palo Alto: Next-gen firewall legal brawl Cloud activity to explode in 2012 IBM goes out on a limb to predict next 5 big things iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Dec. 16 Cisco continues to restructure internally IT groups reveal their best enterprise tablet trick Why Eric Schmidt's prediction about Android vs. iOS development is wrong Is it over at RIM?
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