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	5 reasons Android users won't switch to the iPhone 5 The hype around the upcoming iPhone 5 - which is rapidly approaching the hysterical peak that we've all come to expect every time Apple rolls out a new model - has already generated a number of possible reasons for Google and its Android partners to worry about the device's impact. Read More WEBCAST: HP Why IPv6? Why Now? Learn how your company can minimize the risks, costs, and complexities of transitioning to IPv6. Expert Yanick Pouffary, CTO within HP Technology Services. discusses how you can meet the challenges of today's dual-protocol world and how to develop a plan for phased deployment that meets your specific needs. Learn more. In this Issue Hot Products at VMworld 2012 How the cloud changes the virtual desktop landscape Is your iPad keeping you up at night? Republican National Convention Info Wars: Anonymous, Anarchists, Protesters & Police FAA to reevaluate inflight portable electronic device use – no cell phones though Postini competitors go after Google's customers Apple's early iPhone prototypes IBM to buy cloud HR software vendor Kenexa for $1.3B Samsung wants Galaxy Tab ban lifted in the US after Apple patent verdict 12 IT Certifications That Deliver Career Advancement Microsoft keeps customers in the dark over Windows 8 prices Career Watch: New ways to find a job 'Big Security' a Natural, Necessary Extension of Big Data WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 3 Main Factors Lowering WAN Throughput Upgrading bandwidth does not help improve effective throughput when transferring large amounts of data over a high-capacity WAN. This NetForecast report details the problem's culprits and discusses the effectiveness of TCP acceleration, FEC, packet order correction, and WAN optimization. Learn more. Hot Products at VMworld 2012 Click through all the products being released at VMworld in San Francisco this week Read More How the cloud changes the virtual desktop landscape While cloud computing and virtualization, along with a focus on small and midsize businesses, are expected to be major trends at this year's VMworld show, the virtual desktop infrastructure players are looking to make some news this week as well. Read More Is your iPad keeping you up at night? Researchers have discovered that relatively little exposure to tablets and other electronics with backlit displays can keep people up at night by messing with their circadian rhythms. Read More Republican National Convention Info Wars: Anonymous, Anarchists, Protesters & Police The 2012 Republican National Convention is being held in Tampa, Florida, with a slightly revised schedule due to the tropical storm. All of downtown Tampa is within the RNC security perimeter. There are about 90 high-definition cameras connected via a wireless network, according to Indybay. 31 surveillance cameras are fixed-point and about 63 surveillance cameras have pan/tilt/zoom capabilities that... Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Proven Techniques to Cope with Packet Loss If you have a WAN link with an RTT of 100 ms and packet loss of 1% the throughput is virtually nil. Learn how to overcome this issue in this paper that highlights: - Key WAN characteristics of out of order and lost packets - Packet loss impact on data replication - How MPLS statistics fool network professionals Learn more. FAA to reevaluate inflight portable electronic device use – no cell phones though If you have been on a commercial airline, the phrase "The use of any portable electronic equipment while the aircraft is taxiing, during takeoff and climb, or during approach and landing," is as ubiquitous but not quite as tedious as "make sure your tray tables are in the secure locked upright position." Read More Postini competitors go after Google's customers E-mail security vendors are trying to lure Postini customers now that Google has announced plans to shut down the unit and migrate its customers to Google Apps. Read More Apple's early iPhone prototypes Among the more interesting products of the Apple-Samsung trial are Apple's early iPhone prototypes that never saw the light of day ... until now Read More IBM to buy cloud HR software vendor Kenexa for $1.3B IBM plans to boost its enterprise social line of software by acquiring Kenexa, a maker of cloud-based human resources applications, the companies said on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Advanced Global Name Recognition Technology Despite advances in automation, matching of personal names in databases has languished. The IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management platform is designed to address challenges posed by large, multicultural databases in which both predictable and random name-spelling variations are present. Learn More. Samsung wants Galaxy Tab ban lifted in the US after Apple patent verdict Samsung Electronics asked a Californian court on Sunday to lift a preliminary ban on sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S., after a jury found that Samsung does not infringe on an Apple design patent. Samsung also said it wants Apple to pay damages for lost sales. Read More 12 IT Certifications That Deliver Career Advancement In today's competitive IT job market having the right certification can help push your resume to the top of the stack or push you ahead of your colleagues when the opportunity for a promotion arises. Read More Microsoft keeps customers in the dark over Windows 8 prices With just two months to go before the retail launch of Windows 8, Microsoft has yet to price the new OS. Read More Career Watch: New ways to find a job Most jobs available today in the U.S. are posted to social networking sites; and the 'eHarmony of jobs.' Read More 'Big Security' a Natural, Necessary Extension of Big Data Big data is poised to grow well beyond the enterprise - and anything we can imagine today. Think of how the assembly line changed the automobile and, consequently, our lives. Keeping big data secure will require an equally innovative approach. CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden calls it 'big security,' and he doesn't think the industry is ready for it yet. Read More
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