Sunday, December 02, 2012

12 Network World stories worth reading this weekend

  Father of the iPod says ousted Forstall 'got what he deserved' | Be a hero for the holidays
 
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3 Steps HP Should Take to Turn Itself Around
Hewlett-Packard has problems that need fixing, and they go deeper than Autonomy. CIO.com's Rob Enderle says HP can learn from Chrysler, IBM and Apple -- each of which took the time to repair its image while deciding which parts of the business were worth saving. Read More


WEBCAST: IBM

Business Intelligence Market Trends and Adoption Patterns
Date and Time: December 11th at 12:00 PM EST A valuable examination of the state of the BI marketplace, this report is the culmination of data from 859 users over topics such as quality and usefulness of product, sales experience, quality of technical support, quality and value of consulting services, integrity and recommendations. Register Now

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LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs.
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Father of the iPod says ousted Forstall 'got what he deserved'
Former Apple executive, known as the father of the iPad, Tony Fadell has suggested that Scott Forstall "got what he deserved" when he was ousted from Apple. Read More

Be a hero for the holidays
Peruse through Network World's 2012 version of the cool yule tools. Read More

IDC's 2013 tech predictions: Mobile devices, emerging markets drive growth
Worldwide IT spending in 2013 will exceed $2.1 trillion, up 5.7% from 2012, predicts IDC. Mobility and emerging markets play dominant roles in the industry's growth. Read More


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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!

Innovative CIOs Show How to Make Money With IT
A select few CIOs are generating cold hard cash through innovation and collaboration. We rounded up examples of CIOs who generate revenue with IT, either by boosting sales or developing a product or service sold externally. Read More

iPhones Chipping Away at BlackBerry Enterprise Stronghold
iPhones will beat out BlackBerries in the enterprise this year, IDC says, thanks in part to the "Bring Your Own Device" trend. But judging from your corporate-issued BlackBerry sitting idle in your desk drawer, has it happened already? Read More

Alcatel-Lucent to take on Cisco, VMware in crowding SDN field
Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability and virtualization. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Trusteer

Dealing with Advanced and Targeted Attacks
This whitepaper explains how advanced malware challenges traditional defenses to take advantage of the increased exposure of employee endpoints. It reviews the evolution of advanced targeted attacks and the various approaches used to address them. Learn More.

Google offers 10 times as many cloud computing options, plus drops prices
Google on Monday announced a significant ramp-up of its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud offering, upping the number of virtual machine sizes available on its platform across the United States and Europe from four to 40. Read More

BYOD could drive more MDM-focused mergers and acquisitions
There's no hotter IT initiative today than "bring your own device." A recent survey ZK Research conducted shows that 82% of organizations now in some way support the use of consumer devices in the workplace. This is a marked difference from just a couple of years ago, when very few organizations supported it. For those companies that do not support it yet, get ready because the heat's going to... Read More

Questioning Microsoft's relevance is nonsense
Over the last few years, Microsoft has been bombarded from nearly every direction. Whether it be the vicious assault from Apple and iOS, the unstoppable force that is Google, or the ever-increasing array of quality open-source operating systems and applications, it seems Microsoft is in a constant battle for its life on multiple fronts. I may be dramaticizing a bit, but all of that is true—no doubt... Read More

Cisco's internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment
Many organizations have a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) that swoops into action to battle malware outbreaks, other types of cyberattacks and possible insider threats, and at networking giant Cisco, that CSIRT team is made up of about 60 people trying to protect a business with about 75,000 employees. Read More

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MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Chinese media attack Cisco
  2. Consumer Reports names AT&T worst mobile service provider
  3. Cisco's internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment
  4. Microsoft tweaks, then silences IE haters
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