Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Guess who's scrapping its telework program now?

Images from the dawn of the PC era

This company ditched its landlines and iPhones in favor of iPad Minis

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March 06, 2013
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Guess who's scrapping its telework program now?

Yahoo not the only one ditching remote work program

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Issue highlights

1. Images from the dawn of the PC era

2. This company ditched its landlines and iPhones in favor of iPad Minis

3. Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program

4. 'Sandboxing' leader FireEye seen moving toward an IPO

5. INSIDER Four enterprise software products you might not need anymore

6. Hockey sticks, pocket knives and billiard cues among carry-on items TSA will soon let onboard planes

7. The rise of the Internet and the resurgence of Apple

8. U.S. lawmaker introduces bill to legalize cellphone unlocking

9. CeBIT2013: Augmented reality smartphone app to help shoppers

10. How different tech degrees measure up by salary

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Update on 802.11-2012

The 802.11 protocol, or simply Wi-Fi as most users know it, is constantly under development. For every "public" change there are many background changes, some of which have pretty significant impacts, especially for device manufacturers, OEMs, and network engineers who must understand the nuances and the interactions of change to the protocol. In 802.11-2012 Update webinar WildPackets will cover what's in 802.11-2012, overall descriptions of each amendment, potential applications for each amendment and functional overlap, inconsistencies, or conflicts.

Images from the dawn of the PC era

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This company ditched its landlines and iPhones in favor of iPad Minis

Jim Pond is a techie and an Apple lover. He always needs the newest Apple product at his small suburban Boston creative agency, whether it's the latest iPad, MacBook, iPhone or iPod Touch. "If it's Apple, we've gotta have it," he proudly states. READ MORE

Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program

Intel has expanded its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program, which has been a resounding success, providing around 5 million hours of annual productivity gains last year, the company said. READ MORE

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Top Ten Reasons to Use Steelhead Cloud Accelerator

Steelhead Cloud Accelerator is a unique technology integration that can offer performance improvement for SaaS applications consumed by enterprises. It combines the best of WAN optimization with the best of Internet optimization to provide a seamless transition for users between private and public clouds. Learn more. Learn more.

'Sandboxing' leader FireEye seen moving toward an IPO

Though still privately held, FireEye is getting plenty of attention right now because its anti-malware sandboxing technology is something a number of other vendors want to emulate -- and FireEye's growing commercial success is inching it toward possibly going public later this year. READ MORE

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Four enterprise software products you might not need anymore

No two businesses are exactly alike. Therefore, not all companies will be equally effective with the same software products. READ MORE

Hockey sticks, pocket knives and billiard cues among carry-on items TSA will soon let onboard planes

As of April 25th the Transportation Security Administration will let a bunch of previously prohibited items such as small pocket knives and what it calls "novelty" or toy bats to be taken on aircraft as carry-ons. The idea the agency said was to let Transportation Security Officers better focus their efforts on spot higher threat items such as explosives and guns (see more on that topic below). Read... READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc.

Is Your App Getting Used? Understanding UX and Your Audience

Want your app to be one of the 70 percent that is opened but never used again? If not, then you need to know the ins and outs of User Experience (UX). Good app design requires a deep understanding of the audience plus easy-to-operate, easy-to-understand options. Find out more. Learn more.

The rise of the Internet and the resurgence of Apple

There's been quite a bit of talk over the past few days regarding the factors which led to Windows absolutely crushing the Mac in the 1990's and Apple's subsequent resurgence under the helm of Steve Jobs. READ MORE

U.S. lawmaker introduces bill to legalize cellphone unlocking

A U.S. senator has proposed a bill that will allow consumers to unlock cellphones for use in other networks, after the administration of President Barack Obama backed over 114,000 petitioners who asked the government to legalize the unlocking of smartphones. READ MORE

CeBIT2013: Augmented reality smartphone app to help shoppers

CeBIT2013: Augmented reality smartphone app to help shoppers IBM's augmented reality personal shopping assistant recognizes boxes of goods on shelves and offers more information to consumers. Follow reporter Nick Barbe... From: networkworld Views: 23 4 ratings Time: 01:17 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

How different tech degrees measure up by salary

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WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

EMA Advanced Performance Analytics report

Advanced Performance Analytics (APA), as Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) defines it, brings real-time or near real-time "big data" to IT operations, architects, service managers and even applications development, as well as IT executives and non-IT business stakeholders. Read Now

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How different tech degrees measure up

Here's our list of lucrative tech degrees, ranked from lowest to highest starting salary.

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