Gartner: Top 10 emerging infrastructure trends

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	Gartner: Top 10 emerging infrastructure trends Gartner kicked off its Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit here today with a "top 10" list of the most significant emerging trends that will impact data centers and information technology used by businesses and government from now into the next four or five years. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass Google Quickoffice buy takes aim at Windows 8 Nonexistent Apple iPad Mini biggest threat to iPad's tablet dominance Who knew Linus Torvalds had an LOLcats side? INSIDER Egenera CEO stresses openness in competing with 'Cisco, Cisco, Cisco' AT&T bolsters green credentials with new eco-friendly smartphone Egenera jumps into cloud management New HTML5 control blends Web with native mobile apps Tech Debate: Dictate the mobile device or let the user decide? Facebook hires noted iOS jailbreaker Chpwn BYOD: Time to Adjust Your Privacy Expectations WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Effectively Manage IT Compliance IT compliance is mandatory for your business – but it doesn't have to be difficult, and when properly controlled is a boon for your company. In this four-part eBook, see how the many parts of IT compliance can be effectively managed throughout the business. Read Now! Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass Company touts multi-device capabilities … and other Xbox news at E3 Read More Google Quickoffice buy takes aim at Windows 8 Google Tuesday announced it has acquired Quickoffice, whose software could bolster Google Apps on tablets and smartphones. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Read More Nonexistent Apple iPad Mini biggest threat to iPad's tablet dominance Amazon, with its Kindle Fire tablet, made a brief run at Apple and its iPad late last year, but the latest ChangeWave survey results show that Apple survived that challenge and continues to dominate the tablet market. Read More Who knew Linus Torvalds had an LOLcats side? You might think that the kind of people who follow Linux guru Linus Torvalds on Google+ -- or follow him anyplace online, for that matter - would not be LOLcats type of people. A clash of stereotypes, if ever there was one. And, of course, you might think that Torvalds, a notorious crankypants, would not be an LOLcats type of person himself. Turns out you'd be wrong on all counts. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue INSIDER Egenera CEO stresses openness in competing with 'Cisco, Cisco, Cisco' Egenera CEO Pete Manca says the company was 10 years ahead of its time in targeting the converged data center infrastructure, but its smooth transition from a hardware-focused company to a software-oriented one in recent years has enabled it to stay in the thick of what's now a booming market pursued aggressively by Cisco, HP and others. As part of our ongoing IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant spoke recently with Manca about Egenera's strategic shift, its partners and competitors, and a big new product announcement. Read More AT&T bolsters green credentials with new eco-friendly smartphone AT&T says it will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate -- an Android device designed with an emphasis on sustainability -- on Sunday, June 10, in the U.S. Read More Egenera jumps into cloud management Egenera is launching two cloud-management platforms that enable more efficient use of server infrastructure by provisioning resources through an abstraction layer regardless of who made the underlying infrastructure and whether it is physical, virtual or a mix. Read More New HTML5 control blends Web with native mobile apps A new HTML5 Browser Control lets enterprise mobile app developers quickly blend dynamic Web content with native and hybrid apps, using the cross-platform tools and middleware from Verivo Software. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppSense A User Managed Applications Solution Provide the ability for users to install and manage their own critical applications into an isolated environment and then access these applications in a seamless manner while also paving the way for technology trends like bring your own device (BYOD). Learn more about how you can empower users to securely manager their own application portfolio. Learn More Tech Debate: Dictate the mobile device or let the user decide? The list of benefits for the Bring Your Own Device movement is long, but so is the list of associated risks. Is the time right to connect employee gadgets to the company network, or should we be more circumspect? Moderator JOHN DIX, Network World Editor in Chief, sets up the debates and recruits the experts. Contact him with thoughts and ideas, jdix@nww.com. The experts ROBERT RHODES, CIO of Houston Healthcare says the risks of BYOD are enormous, allowing employees to use their own devices to access core resources raises serious questions for employer and employee alike. EVAN KAPLAN, CEO of iPass says we are better off letting users select the devices that will make them most productive, and trying to control the process just ends up making us less secure anyway. Read More Facebook hires noted iOS jailbreaker Chpwn Nothing gets the hacker community buzzing more than one of its own going corporate, and the latest to stir things up is new Facebook intern Grant Paul, whose iOS jailbreaking exploits as "Chpwn" have given iPad, iPhone and iPod users more freedom. Read More BYOD: Time to Adjust Your Privacy Expectations Employees who want to use their smartphones and tablets for work better be prepared to sign on IT's dotted line and essentially give away their privacy rights. Read More
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