The year in tech: Biggest fails, flops, and faux pas

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	The year in tech: Biggest fails, flops, and faux pas Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Are you ready for cloud services? If you're thinking about cloud services for your organization, ask yourself this question: Are you ready? According to Forrester Research, Inc., that's the most important thing to consider before moving forward with your cloud initiatives. That's why we'd like to offer you a complimentary copy of the Forrester report: Assess Your Cloud Maturity. Get the report now to start planning your cloud services strategy. In this Issue Cisco uses LISP to articulate programmability iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 21 End of the World Live Blog (for as long as we're alive on Dec. 21) INSIDER Juniper CEO Johnson talks software, the company's recent challenges and key future directions Apple's top stories of 2012 Cloud Sherpas funding, acquisition points to hot SaaS market End of the world: essential apps and gadgets to survive the apocalypse How my Android Touchpad made our holiday The Mayans really predicted the release of E17 YEAR END 2012: Mobile Review YouTube's 7 techiest videos of the year WEBCAST: Oracle A Winning Analytics Formula Watch this Webcast and you will have the opportunity to experience a live demo of the analytics dashboard. It's a great opportunity to see what analytics can do for your business Learn More Cisco uses LISP to articulate programmability Network virtualization is one of the hotter trends in the industry today, and when Cisco speaks to it you hear a distinct LISP. Read More iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 21 The holiday preparations took their toll on the iOSphere this week, as rumorers, distracted by ordering and buying the latest Apple products, cut back on their speculative output about future ones. Read More End of the World Live Blog (for as long as we're alive on Dec. 21) [View the story "End of the World Live Blog (for as long as we're alive)" on Storify] Read More 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 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 Apple's top stories of 2012 Read More Cloud Sherpas funding, acquisition points to hot SaaS market Atlanta-based consultancy Cloud Sherpas today announced $40 million in new funding and the acquisition of another consulting firm in California named Cloud Trigger. 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 End of the world: essential apps and gadgets to survive the apocalypse We want to make sure you are in with the best chance of surviving the upcoming end of the world so we've collected together a few essential apps and gadgets that might come in useful should the worst happen on Friday. Read More How my Android Touchpad made our holiday I am hearing from a lot of family and friends that they just "don't feel it" about the Christmas spirit this year. In a way who can blame them. The awful events in Newtown have I think been a blow to the spirit of all of us. Read More The Mayans really predicted the release of E17 On Friday, December 21st, 2012, the world won't be ending. But something far, far more surprising will be happening. In fact, the most improbable event, in human history, will occur on December 21st. That's right. I'm talking about the release of Enlightenment 17 (aka "E17"). Not familiar with E17? Here's a quick overview. *Clears throat* Read More YEAR END 2012: Mobile Review YEAR END 2012: Mobile Review Smartphones dominated the cell market in 2012-- though the growing trend in the importance of operating system has kept things interesting. This is a look back at mobile for 2012. From: networkworld Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 03:50 More in Science & Technology Read More YouTube's 7 techiest videos of the year Our highlights from Google's year-end video roundup. Read More
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