VMworld 2012: VMware Faces Critical Turning Point

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	VMworld 2012: VMware Faces Critical Turning Point Great VMworld 2012! Please catch the highlights in a video blog highlighting some complexities that lie on the table and explore some of the market dynamics in an ESG research brief on private cloud usgae trends. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Elevate to Intelligent Application Delivery Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss the benefits of an updated ADC. Learn more. In this Issue 5 things we love/hate about Linux Mint 13 (Maya) Dell joins the ranks of systems pre-configured for VDI Highest paid engineers in mobile tech Products of the week 9.3.12 Software that lies (so you don't have to!) Cisco eyeing Acme Packet? Is HP Committed to IT Outsourcing? IBM and Oracle present rival chips for 'big iron' servers Cisco modifies licensing for unified communications platform Enlisting the help of infrastructure to cope with the BYOD explosion The Security Skills Shortage Is Worse Than You Think Java security threats: What you need to know WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. 5 things we love/hate about Linux Mint 13 (Maya) Read More Dell joins the ranks of systems pre-configured for VDI Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a rack-mountable pre-configured system to support VDI environments. Read More Highest paid engineers in mobile tech Engineers working on communications technology were paid the highest in the profession last year, according to new IEEE-USA survey data. Read More Products of the week 9.3.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Cisco Bring Your Own Device This paper explores the challenges mobile devices create for IT, offers key considerations before adopting a BYOD strategy and highlights a comprehensive architecture from Cisco that enables freedom of choice for users while affording IT security and control. Learn more. Software that lies (so you don't have to!) Mike Elgan uncovers a massive lies-for-sale industry in the mobile and social networking world. Read More Cisco eyeing Acme Packet? Rumors were circulating this week that Cisco was eyeing Acme Packet as a potential acquisition and it goosed Acme Packet's stock. Benzinga.com, citing unnamed sources, said Cisco was considering a bid for the Bedford, MA., session border controller leader and that Acme Packet has hired an advisor to handle potential bids. Read More Is HP Committed to IT Outsourcing? HP had little to offer in the way of good news last week. The company reported an $8.9 billion loss --the largest in the company's 73-year history --driven by a $10.8 billion write-down related to its 2008 acquisition of IT service provider EDS and severance costs associated with recent layoffs. Read More IBM and Oracle present rival chips for 'big iron' servers IBM and Oracle shared more details this week about new RISC chips they're building for server customers, the Power7+ in the case of IBM and the T5 for Oracle. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Cisco modifies licensing for unified communications platform Cisco Systems is modifying the licensing options for its Unified Communications Manager's UC Release 9.0 in an attempt to simplify the process and make the use of a variety of client devices easier, the company said on Thursday. Read More Enlisting the help of infrastructure to cope with the BYOD explosion Mobility is one of the key drivers of technology today, but now users are not only connecting corporate-issued laptops, but also a bevvy of bring-your-own devices. Over 80% of workers surveyed bring personal devices to work, and 80% of those users are connecting them to the corporate network for work-related activities. Read More The Security Skills Shortage Is Worse Than You Think I've written a lot about the security skills shortage but it is worth reviewing a bit of data here for context. According to ESG Research, 55% of enterprise organizations (i.e. those with more than 1,000 employees) plan to hire additional security professionals in 2012 but they are extremely hard to find. In fact, 83% of enterprises claim that it is "extremely difficult" or "somewhat difficult"... Read More Java security threats: What you need to know First, the bad news. Once again, Mac users are at risk due to a flaw in Java, similar to the one that enabled the Flashback Trojan. Even worse, there isn't (yet) a patch to fix that vulnerability. But don't worry: This time around, there's good news for Mac users: Thanks to changes Apple has made, most of us are likely to be safe from this threat. Read More
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