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	First Look: New Firefox mobile OS Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. Learn more at blackberry.com/mobilefusion In this Issue Massachusetts: Cloud is taxed when there's a software license Apple not most valuable firm ever, says press watchdog SDNs: Love 'em or Leave 'em? 10 Word Table Secrets General Dynamics buying Fidelis Security for DLP expertise Open Source Vets Bring Real Time Processing To Hadoop Server virtualization and Next-generation Enterprise WAN architecture What does the PC need to do in order to survive? Oracle Team USA uses sensors and wifi for sailing in the America's Cup Quest extends access control to unstructured data Smart spending: Saving on IT is easier than you think WHITE PAPER: Endace Measurement Systems Ltd Pssst! Your NOC Is Flying Blind How long did it take you to get a permanent fix for your last network problem? If your answer is "Too long!" or "We never did get one!" your organization is leaking real money in network and business downtime. But you can stem the flow. View Now Massachusetts: Cloud is taxed when there's a software license When are cloud computing services taxed and when are they not? It's a question that many states across the country are tackling, and Massachusetts is the latest to rule on the issue. Read More Apple not most valuable firm ever, says press watchdog Contrary to most reports, Apple is not yet the most valuable company of all time, according to calculations made by the Columbia Journalism Review. Read More SDNs: Love 'em or Leave 'em? Are Software Defined Networks (SDN) on your short list yet? Two recent surveys suggest it depends on where you work. I say that given our recent experiences with SDN, within five years and everyone will adopt or have definitive plans to adopt SDN technology. Here's why: Read More WEBCAST: VCE/VMware Demystifying Desktop Virtualization Organizations faced with the growing costs and security concerns created by the quantity and diversity of personal computers and devices need a more secure, cost effective, flexible desktop environment. Now organizations can rapidly deploy a more secure, cost effective and flexible desktop environment. View Now 10 Word Table Secrets Read More General Dynamics buying Fidelis Security for DLP expertise General Dynamics Monday announced plans to acquire Fidelis Security Systems for an undisclosed amount in an effort to bolster the former's expertise in data-loss prevention (DLP) technologies. Read More Open Source Vets Bring Real Time Processing To Hadoop Big Data is certainly on a lot of people's lips these days. There is no doubt that we are certainly generating lots of data. Analyzing that data and making ti useful is fueling literally millions of dollars of investment in companies around Hadoop, NoSQL, etc. One area where Big Data has some challenges is real time analysis. With all of that data, analyzing in real time to get actionable intelligence... 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 Server virtualization and Next-generation Enterprise WAN architecture Having covered over the last several columns the key WAN factors affecting application performance as well as the "chattiness" issues of certain applications, a lot of the history of the Enterprise WAN and Read More What does the PC need to do in order to survive? In a recent interview with BusinessWeek, Intel CEO Paul Otellini stated the obvious: we will always have a personal computer. "The PC is not going to go away anytime soon, if ever. It's going to continue to evolve. Right now, it's the most powerful tool you can have, but it doesn't mean that there won't be tablets or phones or even connected cars," said the chief. Read More Oracle Team USA uses sensors and wifi for sailing in the America's Cup The team's 72-foot catamaran is being built with sensors that detect wind speed and other factors, then crunches the data and pushes it via wifi to sailors. Sensors aren't new but Oracle says says the new system is its best, ever. Read More Quest extends access control to unstructured data Extending its line of identity management software, Quest Software has released an application to help administrators more easily control who accesses documents on the corporate network. Read More Smart spending: Saving on IT is easier than you think Companies are always looking for new ways to cut costs, and two key strategies for saving on IT are to extract optimal value from your current contracts and to invest money now to reduce future expenses. Read More
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