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	Bye-bye, mouse. Hello, mind control When workplace computers moved beyond command-line interfaces to the mouse-and-windows-based graphical user interface, that was a major advance in usability. And the command line itself was a big improvement over the punch cards and tape that came before. 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 12 Sweet Cyber Monday Tech Deals School district opts for VDI in computer labs NW's Products of the week 11.26.12 Windows XP countdown clock ticks under 500 days Technology built into mannequins helping stores track customers Mozilla suspends work on 64-bit Firefox for Windows HP says its products sold unknowingly to Syria by partner Three Common Strategies to Support BYOD Experts question guilty verdict for AT&T 'hackers' Cyber Monday shoppers ditch poorly performing sites WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now 12 Sweet Cyber Monday Tech Deals The blur of in-store and online Black Friday deals came at us since October, but Cyber Monday offerings really only started to trickle out over the weekend and are in full force today, Nov. 26. Read More School district opts for VDI in computer labs As technical director for the Rocori School District in Stearns County, Minn., Brian Michalski was looking into virtual desktop infrastructure as a way to cut costs in the schools' 13 computer labs. Read More NW's Products of the week 11.26.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as HP and Blue Coat. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now Windows XP countdown clock ticks under 500 days The Windows XP operating system will exit support April 8, 2014, when Microsoft serves users with their final security updates. Read More Technology built into mannequins helping stores track customers Facebook and Google aren't the only companies with the ability to spy on you. Brick-and-mortar stores can too a thanks to some creepy technology. Read More Mozilla suspends work on 64-bit Firefox for Windows Mozilla this week suspended development of a 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows, citing add-on incompatibilities and low priority for the project. 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. HP says its products sold unknowingly to Syria by partner Hewlett-Packard said in a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it had determined that its products were procured from a partner that was not informed that their ultimate destination was Syria. Read More Three Common Strategies to Support BYOD The easiest way to secure the network and protect company data is to simply not allow mobile devices to access company resources at all. Of course, that's a highly impractical policy, and one that ignores the many benefits mobile devices bring to the table. You can block non-managed devices from connecting to the network, and you can lock down USB ports on company PCs, but it's virtually impossible to ban employee-owned devices altogether. Read More Experts question guilty verdict for AT&T 'hackers' After verdict in iPad email address case, experts say Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 needs major update. Read More Cyber Monday shoppers ditch poorly performing sites Cyber Monday can be a gold mine for an online merchant, but sometimes the opportunity is lost because their websites turn consumers away instead of welcoming them with a good user experience. Read More
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