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	5 years ago, these pundits said iPhone would flop ... Now? Eight writers who got it wrong explain why ... or deny that they did. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Consolidate All of Your Event Logs in One Place for FREE! Tired of having to log on to each Windows system to see event logs? Looking for a centralized view? Organize all of your event logs from all of your Windows systems in one location with Event Log Consolidator. View, consolidate, and dismiss event logs and correlate issues among multiple Windows systems quickly and easily from one central location! Download the free Event Log Consolidator tool today! In this Issue Extreme Networks next up with SDN strategy Avaya expands mobile, social media support for call center software Security Services Continue to Grow -- In the Enterprise Don't tread on me…or Google, either Newest Creepy Way to Frame Your Boss on Facebook? US retires famous Red Storm supercomputer Wrong about iPhone? Not him. 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Read More Avaya expands mobile, social media support for call center software Avaya today introduced new mobile device and social media features aimed at improving customer call centers. Read More Security Services Continue to Grow -- In the Enterprise In my last blog, I presented some data about the extremely critical but often ignored security skills shortage. While 55% of enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) plan to add information security headcount this year, 83% say it is "extremely difficult" or "somewhat difficult" to recruit and hire these folks. So if you need help and can't hire anyone new, what do you do? What... Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Tablets in the Enterprise Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more. Don't tread on me…or Google, either Recently, the European Union's telecommunications lobbying group, ETNO, started a campaign to influence the upcoming International Telecommunications Union (ITU) meeting this December in Dubai. At the heart of their campaign is an extension of the so-called "sending party network pays" principle, in which they want content providers outside of the European Union – think Google, Apple, Facebook... Read More Newest Creepy Way to Frame Your Boss on Facebook? Ever drink and drive a keyboard? How would you like to see your most embarrassing Facebook updates shared with the world? Your "secrets" are "safe" so long as your Facebook status is not public . . . well not really as nothing online is truly private and privacy invasion via big data is an entirely different subject, but a new site only exploits public Facebook drama updates. Read More US retires famous Red Storm supercomputer The supercomputer at Sandia National Lab with a vast and hugely successful history is now history itself. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Changing the Competitive Dynamics of the Business Date/Time: June 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m., EDT, 4:00 p.m. BST / 3:00 p.m. UTC Please join us for this webcast, as Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting, describes what operational analytics can do for your business and reviews an architectural approach that will enable you to make it a reality. Register Now Wrong about iPhone? Not him. 'The article was prescient' With Friday being the 5th anniversary of the public release of the iPhone, I contacted a number of pundits who prior to that event had predicted that Apple's new gadget would be a failure, a flop, or at least hugely disappointing. Their 2007 predictions and their replies to my question - "What do you have to say for yourself?" -- are featured in this slideshow: Read More Wrong? Dvorak blames his 'getting screwed over' by Apple With Friday being the 5th anniversary of the public release of the iPhone, I contacted a number of pundits who prior to that event had predicted that Apple's new gadget would be a failure, a flop, or at least hugely disappointing. Their 2007 predictions and their replies to my question - "What do you have to say for yourself?" -- are featured in this slideshow: Read More Wrong about the iPhone? Yes, but ... With Friday being the 5th anniversary of the public release of the iPhone, I contacted a number of pundits who prior to that event had predicted that Apple's new gadget would be a failure, a flop, or at least hugely disappointing. Their 2007 predictions and their replies to my question - "What do you have to say for yourself?" -- are featured in this slideshow: Read More 3 Ways You Can Be the Manager No One Wants to Leave The most common reason employees voluntarily leave their jobs is not the company or not the work--it's the boss. The most decisive factor in employee retention is the quality of the employee-manager relationship. Here are three simple practices that any IT manager can adopt to make them the type of manager IT professionals will want to work for. Read More
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