10 free router and IP admin tools you should know about

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	10 free router and IP admin tools you should know about With the help of GFI.com's Talk Tech To Me blog, we've compiled a list of 10 free software downloads designed to help router and IP administrators handle their tasks with as little cost as possible. Read More WEBCAST: Meru Networks Impact of 802.11ac on WLAN In this webinar, industry expert Craig Mathias and Robert Crisp from Meru Networks will discuss the impact 802.11ac will have on enterprise WLAN networks and how to best prepare for it. Learn more. In this Issue DOD saves $100M a year with new Microsoft licensing deal CES 2013: Products to watch for Chicago's CIO doesn't believe in 'good enough' 10 third-party alternatives for 'missing' Windows 8 apps Video about ESD both shocking and funny Future Tech 2013: The PCs, tablets and cutting-edge hardware of tomorrow Windows 8 discounts end in three weeks Thinking of a counterattack? Deception is better, say experts SaaS in 2013: Companies and trends to watch IE shocker: Microsoft's browser gains share in 2012 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 DOD saves $100M a year with new Microsoft licensing deal The Department of Defense says it will save more than $100 million per year over the course of a three-year joint enterprise licensing agreement it has signed with Microsoft. Read More CES 2013: Products to watch for The stuff we're eager to get our grubby little hands on at this year's CES. Read More Chicago's CIO doesn't believe in 'good enough' Brett Goldstein brings a deep background and big plans for the city's IT. 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 10 third-party alternatives for 'missing' Windows 8 apps We've sifted through the Windows Store to identify the best Band-aids for the most painful Windows Store no-shows. Read More Video about ESD both shocking and funny You've heard the Mythbusters say it a thousand times: Do not try this at home. But such words to the wise are nowhere near as effective as actually showing what could go wrong. A fellow by the name of Mehdi Sadaghdar demonstrates the concept in this YouTube video entitled: 'Don't worry, it's just ESD! (Electrostatic Discharge).' Read More Future Tech 2013: The PCs, tablets and cutting-edge hardware of tomorrow The forward march of technology moves at a dizzying pace. Yesterday's gadgets look like quaint antiques. Today's gadgets are already tainted by the mark of familiarity. And tomorrow's gadgets appear to be magical,A enchanting, engineering wonders. 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 Windows 8 discounts end in three weeks Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro upgrade discount will expire in about three weeks, at which point the company will triple or even quintuple the current price of the new operating system, according to several online retailers. Read More Thinking of a counterattack? Deception is better, say experts Security experts say counterattacks are simply asking for more trouble, since they could promote an escalating series of attacks, and it is possible to attack the wrong villain because of the attribution problem. Read More SaaS in 2013: Companies and trends to watch As 2013 begins, the SaaS (software as a service) market is set to heat up even more, as well as potentially undergo a number of key shifts. Here's a look at a series of key SaaS vendors and trends to watch as the year unfolds. Read More IE shocker: Microsoft's browser gains share in 2012 Microsoft's Internet Explorer posted an annual usage share gain in 2012 for the first time in eight years, according to data by a Web analytics firm Net Applications. Read More
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