10 technologies that disappointed in 2012

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	10 technologies that disappointed in 2012 Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point MS Exchange Deployment Guide This Deployment Guide provides detailed instruction for running Exchange 2010 with Coyote Point's Equalizer®, a qualified hardware vendor for load balancing Exchange Server 2010 View Now In this Issue INSIDER Juniper CEO Johnson talks software, the company's recent challenges and key future directions Perl programming language turns 25 today With blue-chip backing, joint venture firm looks to embed crypto technology in mobile devices, electronic payments Prediction time: 2013 will not be the year of SDN Dear Nokia: Please make better Windows phones FTC hits up 9 data brokers for info on how they collect and use private data AT&T vs. Verizon Wireless: 4G-LTE coverage Avaya upgrades its video collaboration What Does a Cloud IT Career Really Mean? Amazon allows users to spread workloads more broadly now Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 WEBCAST: HP Storage in the Cloud Cloud will impact your storage environment. Hear what a HP Storage expert has to say. View Now! INSIDER Juniper CEO Johnson talks software, the company's recent challenges and key future directions Juniper Networks had a challenging 2012 as new product cycles were slow to take hold and global economic conditions took a toll on sales. The company also undertook a restructuring that saw 500 positions cut and the departure of four executive vice presidents. As the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company looks to re-energize its business, particularly with an eye towards enterprises and data centers, CEO Kevin Johnson shared his lessons learned in leading Juniper since 2008, as well as what's ahead for the company in a discussion with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Johnson also shared his thoughts on the hot topic of software-defined networks (SDN), Juniper's role in enabling cloud and competing against the industry's 800-pound gorilla, Cisco. Read More Perl programming language turns 25 today Feel free to light 25 candles today for "the duct tape of the Internet," or if you prefer, "the Swiss Army chainsaw." By either of its future nicknames, version 1.0 of the Perl programming language was released on Dec. 18, 1987 by its creator Larry Wall. Read More With blue-chip backing, joint venture firm looks to embed crypto technology in mobile devices, electronic payments The London-based firm Trustonic made its official debut today to provide crypto-based technology for use in chips for a wide variety of purposes, including enterprise security such as VPNs, mobile-device security, payment services, and control over how content can be delivered for entertainment. 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So, drum roll please… Read More Dear Nokia: Please make better Windows phones For some time, I have sought alternatives to my iPhone. Not out of any anti-Apple sentiment, but simply because I was getting tired of the comparatively tiny screen. While the industry has been moving to four-inch and larger screens, Apple had stubbornly stuck to the 3.5-inch, and the iPhone 5 only stretched it one way, not both ways. But the fact was my alternatives always stunk, because I don't... Read More FTC hits up 9 data brokers for info on how they collect and use private data The Federal Trade Commission today said it orders to nine data brokerage companies to report how they collect and use data about consumers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. AT&T vs. Verizon Wireless: 4G-LTE coverage If ever there was a "phony war" in mobility, this is it. Read More Avaya upgrades its video collaboration Following on the heels of its support for a virtual environment, Avaya also announced enhancements to its video collaboration solutions, designed to improve simplicity for the mobile SME and enterprise user. The new and expanded capabilities include features affecting mobile consumer devices, desktop and room-based systems -- building on Avaya's acquisition of Radvision in June. Read More What Does a Cloud IT Career Really Mean? The push is on to put more infrastructure and services in the cloud, but what does that mean for the cloud technology job market? Read More Amazon allows users to spread workloads more broadly now Amazon Web Services today announced a new feature that allows users to replicate block storage volumes across regions of the world, which will make it easier for systems to stay up in case of a cloud outage. Read More Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 The cloud, tablets, software-defined networking, IPv6 and 4G wireless reshape the enterprise IT landscape in 2012 Read More
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