Gartner: How big trends in security, mobile, big data and cloud computing will change IT

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	Gartner: How big trends in security, mobile, big data and cloud computing will change IT When you go to a Gartner conference one of he main things you'll notice is the sheer volume of data they can generate on just about any IT topic. Last week's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., was no different. The conference, attended by some 9,000 executives focused on the changes security challenges, mobile computing, big data and cloud will be bringing to IT in the near future. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now In this Issue Caveats for VPN users in public Wi-Fi hotspot networks SAP goes after Salesforce.com with new social software products, strategy OpenFlow start-up Big Switch lands another big funding round Live Blog: How Enterprise IT is coping with Hurricane Sandy Ubuntu Linux's Amazon integration gets a thumbs-down from the EFF Researcher warns "zombie browsers" are skyrocketing CSU confirms Cisco RFP Can Citrix Make Any Windows App or Desktop a Cloud Service? Rackspace offering lets users build customized virtual networks INSIDER Virtual Instruments CEO: We're the bridge between physical and virtual 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 Caveats for VPN users in public Wi-Fi hotspot networks Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft, data theft, snooping, impersonation and malware infection. That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services, but VPNs are no panacea. Here are five potential gotchas. Read More SAP goes after Salesforce.com with new social software products, strategy SAP on Wednesday made a series of announcements meant to define itself as a major player in the enterprise social software market with a superior approach to rivals such as Salesforce.com. Read More OpenFlow start-up Big Switch lands another big funding round OpenFlow controller start-up Big Switch Networks this week said it closed a $25 million Series B funding round to continue the expansion of the engineering, sales and marketing operations. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. Live Blog: How Enterprise IT is coping with Hurricane Sandy [View the story "Live Blog: Enterprise IT copes with Hurricane Sandy" on Storify] Read More Ubuntu Linux's Amazon integration gets a thumbs-down from the EFF There's been a considerable bit of feather-ruffling caused lately by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux. Read More Researcher warns "zombie browsers" are skyrocketing Some Web browsers can be tricked into using so-called "malicious extensions" that can give hackers the ability to hijack the user's session, spy on webcams, upload and download files, and in the newer mobile-device area, hack into Google Android phones. 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 CSU confirms Cisco RFP Our stories and blog on the California State University network refresh RFP generated many comments - 106 at last count -- both in support of CSU's findings on Cisco's pricing and in disbelief. Read More Can Citrix Make Any Windows App or Desktop a Cloud Service? Citrix is focused on helping enterprises deal with the challenge of running desktops and applications in a new mobile-centric world where tablets and smartphones proliferate. Read More Rackspace offering lets users build customized virtual networks Rackspace says it is now offering customers the ability to create customized virtual networks in a public cloud, using software defined networking-like capabilities. Read More INSIDER Virtual Instruments CEO: We're the bridge between physical and virtual John Thompson, former Symantec CEO, explains why the company he now heads offers a better way to manage the performance of cloud infrastructure Read More
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