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	Windows Server 2012 cannot be ignored Windows Server 2012 packs so many new features large and small that any Microsoft shop looking to gain advantages in cost and functionality will have to seriously consider upgrading this year. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar One Day Tech Seminar - BYOD & Mobility Management Attend and learn how to implement the top five corporate policies and security tactics that organizations must adopt to ensure they can mitigate risk while empowering a mobile workforce. BYOD & Mobility Management Tech Seminar. 2/12 - Westin Hotel, Long Beach, CA Click to continue In this Issue Programmer picks: 6 tools for rapid mobile development Apple's fix for Do Not Disturb 2013 woes: Wait until Jan 7 Cloud security to be most disruptive technology of 2013 INSIDER Get ahead of the BYOD wave Megaupload claims it was asked by US to keep infringing files 9 Common Spanning Tree Mistakes BYOD keeps expanding, and IT just has to deal with it Why Amazon's apologies all sound the same Court sides with Amazon regarding Apple's allegation of false advertising The gifts you didn't get: 2012 geek gadget guide WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Standards-Based Platforms are Transforming IT More and more businesses are saving time and money by transforming proprietary, siloed computer environments for resource-intensive workloads into consolidated IT infrastructures built on industry standards and open systems. Learn More Programmer picks: 6 tools for rapid mobile development No-code, low-code, and cloud-based offerings give developers even more options for rapid prototyping and deployment of mobile apps Read More Apple's fix for Do Not Disturb 2013 woes: Wait until Jan 7 Many iOS device owners rang in the new year quietly--since Do Not Disturb didn't seem to work properly on the first day of 2013. Or the second, for that matter. Apple now has posted the "fix"--which is, essentially, wait until January 7, 2013. Read More Cloud security to be most disruptive technology of 2013 The Security for Business Innovation Council, comprised of IT security professionals from 19 companies worldwide, called cloud computing the main disruptive force for 2013. In its report, "Information Security Shake-Up," the group said it was evident many organizations are preparing to move more business processes to the cloud. This year, it will even be "mission-critical apps and regulated data" consigned to the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Universities Face Big Data Test Big Data will help university stakeholders make better-informed decisions across the board, from student recruitment to day-to-day operations. To carry that Big Data, Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networks are stepping up to help institutions build flexible and resilient network topologies. Learn more. INSIDER Get ahead of the BYOD wave Why fight employees' constant barrage of bringing in their own devices. We are far past that point, it is time to accept it and find a way to make it BYOD work within the confines of your network. Read More Megaupload claims it was asked by US to keep infringing files The U.S. government misrepresented facts when it approached a court for search warrants against Megaupload, according to a filing Wednesday by counsels of the file-sharing site. Read More 9 Common Spanning Tree Mistakes Ethernet devices running the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) have been implemented in networks since the early 1990s. Many organizations take STP for granted and do not configure it per industry best practices. STP errors are very common and during the past 15 years we have witnessed the same errors being made over-and-over again. For such a well established protocol, it is surprising that we have... Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Meeting Campus LAN Challenges IT administrators serving K-12 and higher education institutions face a host of daunting challenges managing today's campus networks. These challenges include large and unpredictable user populations, complex and antiquated network infrastructures. Learn more. BYOD keeps expanding, and IT just has to deal with it With BYOD expanding, most enterprises the question is not whether to encourage or block it, but how best to cope with it. Read More Why Amazon's apologies all sound the same When a company is compelled to apologize as often as Amazon Web Services has been of late, perhaps expediency does dictate a cut-and-paste approach to the process. But that doesn't exactly exude sincerity. From Amazon's response to its latest outage, which hit on Christmas Eve: Read More Court sides with Amazon regarding Apple's allegation of false advertising Apple's efforts to protect its intellectual property sometimes result in lawsuits that leave even the most ardent of Apple fans scratching their heads. One such suit was Apple's March 2011 lawsuit against Amazon over the retailer's use of the phrase "app store" as used in its Amazon Appstore for Android. Read More The gifts you didn't get: 2012 geek gadget guide Here are 12 cool gadgets and 8 books you may have wanted but didn't get -- or you didn't even know you wanted Read More
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