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	7 outsourcing nightmares -- and how to avoid them Poor communication, shortsighted contracts -- don't get derailed by an IT outsourcing agreement gone awry Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! In this Issue 10 top colleges for tech CEOs Mozilla bakes Facebook features into Firefox 17 Who really has the most 4G wireless coverage? Why Your Data Center TCO and Location Matter The 4G ad wars: Evaluating AT&T and Verizon Wireless Meraki buy more than cloud Wi-Fi to Cisco Delays beset the Linux Foundation's Secure Boot workaround PROTECT: Cases for your smartphone or tablet 'Bring your own services' is the next big thing not to worry about WHITE PAPER: HP Five Steps to a Private Cloud This paper sets out five fundamental steps, ranging from standardization to virtualization to automation, that can help you establish the underpinnings of a successful cloud environment and arrive at the place where the benefits of cloud computing are possible. The benefits of cloud computing can be transformative for an enterprise. With these goals in mind, many enterprises are realizing the advantages of building a private cloud environment while they also draw from external cloud services. Before setting a co 10 top colleges for tech CEOs Surprise: The No. 1 pick isn't Harvard, Stanford or MIT Read More Mozilla bakes Facebook features into Firefox 17 Mozilla Tuesday released Firefox 17, which debuts technology that lets developers integrate social networks -- for now, Facebook -- with the browser. Read More Who really has the most 4G wireless coverage? That's a deceptively simple question. And the answer to it is an unsatisfying but accurate, "It depends." It depends on what one means by "4G," by "coverage" and even "most." Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee 6 Steps to Defend Business-Critical Social Media 80 percent of organizations with over 1,000 employees allow access to social media sites. Yet the stakes of reputation loss and data loss are very high-averaging USD $2M per incident. Dive into 6 Best Practice considerations for safe & productive social media use. Get this solution guide now. Learn more. Why Your Data Center TCO and Location Matter From tax incentives to energy rates, there are several key factors that directly impact the total cost of ownership over the lifetime of your data center. Building your facility in the right place, then, is no small task. Here's what you need to know to keep costs down. Read More The 4G ad wars: Evaluating AT&T and Verizon Wireless Wireless carriers are battling in print, TV and Web commercials that focus on having the biggest 4G network or the most 4G coverage. All these commercials create a phony issue that doesn't relate to the actual reasons for choosing 4G service or choosing a given carrier to provide it. Read More Meraki buy more than cloud Wi-Fi to Cisco Even though Meraki made a name for itself in cloud-based WLANs, Cisco's long-term goals for its new acquisition go beyond just Wi-Fi. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec 8 Reasons to Use One Backup Solution Read this whitepaper to find what the right Virtualization application is for your business and why one backup product is better than two for cost, uptime. Read Now! Delays beset the Linux Foundation's Secure Boot workaround Linux aficionados who have been watching the Windows 8 Secure Boot saga unfold in recent months will likely remember that the Linux Foundation itself last month unveiled plans for a workaround that would help Linux users get past the problem. Read More PROTECT: Cases for your smartphone or tablet These days, cases for your new smartphone, tablet or e-reader are just as important as the device itself. Whether it's to fit a specific style, taste or customization, there are hundreds of different options for dressing your tablet up. Read More 'Bring your own services' is the next big thing not to worry about CIOs often complain that the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement is undermining their ability to keep their infrastructure and data secure. Every employee who comes to work with his or her smartphone or tablet and pulls up sales reports, help tickets and other corporate data creates a small hole in the armor companies have spent billions to build. Over time, the argument goes, the holes become a dangerous sieve. Read More
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