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	How to make Android faster, more productive and more secure than iPhone IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Remotely manage with LogMeIn Central Central's web-based management console lets you deploy software, proactively monitor and automate tasks. You can even apply all Windows Updates at the same time to keep systems up-to-date and secure. Try it free for 30 days. In this Issue From Facebook to Star Wars: Techies ring the NASDAQ opening bell Largest Illinois healthcare system uproots Cisco to build $40M private cloud Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start Researcher runs IP network over xylophones The fantastic world of steampunk technology Kickstarter lapse leaves 70,000 project ideas exposed Tech managers aren't doing a good job developing IT talent: survey Ethernet switching gets specialized Just months after failed AT&T merger, T-Mobile now champions competitive balance 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. From Facebook to Star Wars: Techies ring the NASDAQ opening bell Next to throwing out the first pitch at a major league baseball game, ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange has got to be one of the most thrilling opening ceremonies to take part in in the United States. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, surrounded by colleagues, did the honors remotely from the company's Silicon Valley headquarters at 6:30 a.m. on May 18, 2012 to celebrate the social network site's roughly $16 billion IPO. Check out this collection of others in the technology industry who have preceded him. Read More Largest Illinois healthcare system uproots Cisco to build $40M private cloud Advocate Health Care replaces Cisco Catalyst 6509 core with 10G Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch fabric Read More Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start When we tested four next-gen firewalls strictly on performance, we found that the products could forward packets at impressive rates, but throughput dropped when advanced security features were turned on. We now dive deep into application identification and control - the defining features of next-gen firewalls - to find out what works and what doesn't. 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 Researcher runs IP network over xylophones Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that underlies all Internet communication. Now a University of California Berkeley researcher has put Cerf's maxim to the test, running an IP network over a set of xylophones, played by human participants. Read More The fantastic world of steampunk technology Steampunk design has taken root in everything from computers to iPhones Read More Kickstarter lapse leaves 70,000 project ideas exposed Crowd-funding website Kickstarter is taking a kick in the public-relations pants today after a revelation by the Wall Street Journal that roughly 70,000 yet-to-be-launched project ideas had been left exposed for more than two weeks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Understanding WAN Challenges What is the secret sauce of WAN Optimization (WAN Op)? First time users are always amazed at the performance results. Long time users know they risk the wrath of their colleagues if they take it out. Read now. 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 Ethernet switching gets specialized Growth in the Ethernet switch market is now being driven by specialized devices for specific applications, rather than evenly across all customer deployments. Read More Just months after failed AT&T merger, T-Mobile now champions competitive balance Given its very recent attempts to merge with AT&T, you would think T-Mobile wouldn't be a vocal proponent of maintaining competitive balance in the wireless industry. Read More
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