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	The fantastic world of steampunk technology Steampunk design has taken root in everything from computers to iPhones Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks How to Choose a Datacenter OTDR This white paper helps fiber installers and network technicians understand the key parameters for selecting an OTDR. Choosing the right device not only solves this new generation of datacenter testing requirements, but also helps professionals work efficiently, and increase the reliability and value of the enterprise fiber network. Learn More! In this Issue Tech managers aren't doing a good job developing IT talent: survey Q4 challenges not a downturn, Cisco CEO says How to surf safely with a VPN-for-hire Angry Birds tops companies' app blacklist A Secure BYOD Policy at MasterCard? Priceless. No tablet comes close to touching iPad, reports iSuppli Red Hat preps RHEL 7 for second half of 2013 This is why people pirate Windows 12 Cool LinkedIn Features You Never Knew About Debut of Cut-Rate Mobile Plan Marred by Alleged Malicious Attack Verizon LTE expansion continues with 28 more cities Video highlights from Interop 2012 Can a New Analyst Firm Take Down Gartner? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SonicWALL SonicWALL earns NSS Labs Recommend rating. The SonicWALL® SuperMassive™ E10800 running SonicOS 6.0 is the highest overall protection Next-Gen Firewall Recommend by NSS Labs, the global leader in independent security product testing. Learn more Tech managers aren't doing a good job developing IT talent: survey Tech managers need to do a better job developing talent, IT pros say. There's too much judgment and not enough instruction, according to new poll data from Dice.com. Read More Q4 challenges not a downturn, Cisco CEO says After marked improvement in its business following the wrenching restructuring and "reinvention" Cisco's gone though over the past year, the company - and perhaps the industry - are not out of the woods yet. Read More How to surf safely with a VPN-for-hire "When your data passes through a public network--such as the Wi-Fi at the coffee shop or airport--it is at risk." I've been writing variations on that sentence for 10 years now, and I expect I'll be writing it for many more. That's because it's easy to snoop on such networks, and the data on them isn't safeguarded against those prying eyes. You have to take action to keep your data safe. Fortunately, doing so doesn't have to be hard. Read More Angry Birds tops companies' app blacklist It seems that your boss doesn't want you to launch digital birds at evil green pigs during office hours. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Top 8 WAN Optimization Vendors Rated and Ranked Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now. A Secure BYOD Policy at MasterCard? Priceless. More than a year into its bring-your-own-device program, MasterCard Worldwide continuously assesses the security technology and policies that allow 30 percent of its employees worldwide to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices at work. Read More No tablet comes close to touching iPad, reports iSuppli After a brief dip in late 2011, the Apple iPad has firmly reasserted its position as the dominant player in the tablet market. Read More Red Hat preps RHEL 7 for second half of 2013 The next major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), version 7, is targeted for release in the second half of 2013, Red Hat said on Tuesday, as it also celebrated the tenth anniversary of its enterprise OS. Read More This is why people pirate Windows Once upon a time during college and working IT, running a computer repair shop on the side, and then later corporate world days, Microsoft Windows pretty much guaranteed plenty of work what with the constant world of updating Windows patches, testing then pushing out updates, and installing or reinstalling Microsoft software after poor user input to name but a few reasons. I could not even begin to... Read More WEBCAST: Dell Today's NAS: A Solution Beyond Old Limits Traditional NAS systems don't scale beyond fixed limits. Proliferation of NAS systems leads to management challenges. Many organizations also use traditional block-based SAN solutions for transactional systems like databases and email. Having separate block and file storage also adds to management challenges. Learn More 12 Cool LinkedIn Features You Never Knew About There's a lot more to LinkedIn than just connecting with the people you know. Here's a look at 12 features, from a business card digitizer to a resume builder, that enhance your LinkedIn experience. Read More Debut of Cut-Rate Mobile Plan Marred by Alleged Malicious Attack The launch of a cut-rate unlimited $39-a-month mobile plan offered by upstart Voyager Mobile was marred Tuesday by what the company claims is "a malicious network attack to its primary website." The company now says it's postponing the launch of its budget plan until an unspecified date. Read More Verizon LTE expansion continues with 28 more cities Verizon Wireless will add 28 more cities to its nationwide LTE network on Thursday, bringing the total to 258 markets. Read More Video highlights from Interop 2012 Here's a roundup of the videos I conducted while at last week's Interop 2012 conference and trade show in Las Vegas. The show featured a mixture of technology discussions and new product demonstrations, and some entertaining distractions as well: Read More Can a New Analyst Firm Take Down Gartner? For more than 30 years, Gartner has dominated the IT analyst market. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle sees Ombud, a new analyst firm focusing on social CRM and pulling member profiles from LinkedIn, as a viable challenge to a firm founded before there were even PCs. Read More
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