10 things we love/hate about the Lenovo ThinkServer

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In this Issue INSIDER Lenovo ThinkServer: Fast, versatile, energy efficient Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn found not guilty of fraud Dire warnings don't yield better critical infrastructure security HP fends off Lenovo, reclaims PC crown VMware one-ups Microsoft with vSphere 5.1 Worldwide IT spending to grow this year, Gartner says HP heads to court as Austin IT staffers jump ship and move to GM Brocade taps industry veteran Carney as CEO IBM cements 20 years of patent dominance Why entrepreneurs innovate better than managers Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks Learn to Securely Enable Apps in Virtualized Data Centers Evolve your network security architecture to address today's virtualized data center challenges, and the new app and threat landscape. Get your 'Network Security in Virtualized Data Centers for Dummies' ebook and learn how to adapt your security architecture to address new challenges, and today's application and threat landscape. INSIDER Lenovo ThinkServer: Fast, versatile, energy efficient We tested the Lenovo ThinkServer RD630 in our network operations center cabinet at nFrame in Carmel, Ind., and found that it fits the bill if you're looking for a powerful, versatile 1/2U server. Read More Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn found not guilty of fraud Three former executives of bankrupt Nortel Networks were acquitted this week of falsifying financial reports in an accounting scandal that precipitated the company's eventual bankruptcy and demise. Read More Dire warnings don't yield better critical infrastructure security The warnings of possible catastrophic cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the U.S. have been issued for more than a decade. They were frequent and insistent in 2012, from high-ranking government officials and others. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom The Art of Teleworking Read this Polycom whitepaper to learn how successful teleworking is about overcoming the distance between teleworkers and the organization. Video technology advancements have improved the quality of experience for teleworkers and enables efficient collaboration between the team. Read Now HP fends off Lenovo, reclaims PC crown In its battle for the top spot in the rocky PC industry, Hewlett-Packard has edged out rival Lenovo to take back its leadership position. Read More VMware one-ups Microsoft with vSphere 5.1 The race for virtualization dominance between Microsoft and VMware has become more interesting with VMware's recent release of vSphere 5.1. We obtained vSphere around the same moment as the final release of Windows Server 2012, whose newly included virtual switch and enhanced Hyper-V features were designed to clobber VMware. Read More Worldwide IT spending to grow this year, Gartner says Enterprises that buy new mobile devices and invest in security and storage management will give worldwide IT spending a boost this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! HP heads to court as Austin IT staffers jump ship and move to GM After seeing 18 key IT staffers suddenly quit to take new jobs at General Motors, Hewlett-Packard has asked a Texas court for permission to depose two former managers to find out if employment contracts were violated. Read More Brocade taps industry veteran Carney as CEO Brocade has named former Xsigo Systems CEO Lloyd Carney as its new top executive effective immediately. Read More IBM cements 20 years of patent dominance IBM earned 6,478 utility patents last year, topping the list of patent winners for the 20th year in a row, according to data from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. With its record haul, Big Blue bested its 2011 patent tally by 5%. Read More Why entrepreneurs innovate better than managers Entrepreneurs may innovate more successfully than do managers not because they try more often - MIT researchers were surprised to find that isn't so -- but rather because when they do try they apply more of their brainpower to the task. From an MIT press release: Read More Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers Wayne Dobson has had all he can take of Sprint customers showing up at his Las Vegas home to demand that he hand over the cell phone of theirs that they are mistakenly certain Dobson possesses because a GPS-based tracking application has led them to his front door. Police corroborate Dobson's professions that he is no phone thief, in part because they, too, have mistakenly responded to the man's address.... Read More
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