How to handle virtual desktops, wireless, network performance issues

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	Tips from IT professionals on how to handle virtual desktops, wireless, network performance issues Schools are for learning, and the IT and security professionals who support networks and applications in the nation's K-12 and university systems are discovering new tactics in what can be challenging IT environments. Here we talk to four professionals in the education realm to get a sense of their top IT issues and what they do to handle them. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Effectively Virtualizing Tier-1 Application Workloads This ESG Report presents test results of the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant DL980 server, and how it can be used to lower costs, increase scalability, and provide high performance while maintaining the reliability and availability required by tier-1 applications. Learn more In this Issue Cisco rival facing a mixed quarter? Survey shows we need a better definition of paperless Quick Windows networking fixes NASA on 2012: It's really NOT the end of the world as we know it 10 programming languages that could shake up IT How Waste Management's CIO turned trash into treasure The real force behind the consumerization of IT With great privilege comes great responsibility Up-and-coming tech jobs -- and how to land one IBM acquiring software testing vendor Green Hat WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase IQ Supercharges Predictive Analytics This white paper introduces you to Sybase® IQ—a high-performance, scalable column-store database engine which has been repeatedly proven to meet the predictive analytics needs for a wide variety of businesses. Read now. Cisco rival facing a mixed quarter? Juniper's enterprise business is tracking well but the company still may face some challenges in 2012 as four major new products ramp. For Cisco, this is good news - enterprises are spending, which means they'll buy Cisco stuff as well as Juniper's - and its rival's product transition may also open up some opportunity. Read More Survey shows we need a better definition of paperless A literal reading of this survey question leads inevitably to a pair of correct answers: absolutely yes and absolutely not. The question: "Do you think the United States will ever be a paperless society?" Ever? That's a long time, so my answer is absolutely yes; everything happens sooner or later. But a paperless society? As in no paper? None? Read More Quick Windows networking fixes Setting up and maintaining your home PC network is easier than ever before in Windows 7--but that's not saying much. Many networking issues still aren't easily addressed from Windows 7's control panels. That's why we've compiled a list of common networking problems and quick fixes. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Learn More! NASA on 2012: It's really NOT the end of the world as we know it Insidious unknown planets lurking behind the sun ready to slam into Earth, supernova set to engulf the planet, and giant, unseen asteroids screaming toward our globe are all theories espoused across the Internet as to how we will meet our demise in 2012. Read More 10 programming languages that could shake up IT Do we really need another programming language? There is certainly no shortage of choices already. Between imperative languages, functional languages, object-oriented languages, dynamic languages, compiled languages, interpreted languages, and scripting languages, no developer could ever learn all of the options available today. Read More How Waste Management's CIO turned trash into treasure Waste Management's new e-commerce site creates additional revenue streams for the company and gives its IT team sales quotas to fill. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Virtualized for Agility Server virtualization is a transformative technology offering a myriad of benefits to companies of all sizes. By consolidating hardware and placing multiple virtual machines on a single server, organizations can decrease both capital and operational expenses while boosting server utilization rates and easing management. Learn More! The real force behind the consumerization of IT You can blame the iPhone, Salesforce.com, and Facebook, but the truth is that business itself has driven the shift to employee-directed tech. Read More With great privilege comes great responsibility While additional IT privileges are part of IT management, recent incidents and a number of surveys show many organizations don't do what's necessary to ensure such access isn't abused. Read More Up-and-coming tech jobs -- and how to land one Forecasts for IT hiring are almost universally predicting that project managers and business analysts will be in demand in 2012, but what about cloud transformation officers? Read More IBM acquiring software testing vendor Green Hat IBM is buying Green Hat, maker of automated testing tools for integration, SOA (service oriented architecture) implementations and cloud-based deployments, the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not provided. Read More
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