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How Fortune 500 companies are managing BYOD | Knocking down MPLS myths, concluded

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TechEd: Microsoft preps system software for cloud usage
Microsoft is updating a number of its IT infrastructure and development tools to work more seamlessly with its Azure hosted cloud services, including Windows Server, System Center, Visual Studio and SQL Server. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc.

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How Fortune 500 companies are managing BYOD
Like it or not, IT departments are accepting the fact that employees are bringing smartphones, tablets, and personal laptops to work – and that they will use these devices while on the job. Read More

Knocking down MPLS myths, concluded
We've now spent a number of columns covering the issues surrounding the myths of why enterprises "need" MPLS. We'll conclude this topic by addressing the issue of having a single place to point the finger when something goes wrong with the WAN. Read More

Wacky low- and high-tech wheels of the world
From cars made of firewood and bamboo to camouflaged vehicles, these are some cool cars Read More

WEBCAST: Fluke Networks

Redefining Performance Management Video
See Jim Frey, Managing Research Director, Enterprise Management Assoc., Doug Roberts, Managing Director of Product Strategy, and Bruce Kosbab, CTO, Fluke Networks discussing how TruView redefines enterprise performance monitoring and troubleshooting. Learn More

10 surprising things from my 20 years with Network World
Yep, I've been writing for Network World for 20 years and a lot has happened in that time ... here are 10 of the most surprising Read More

I'm ditching Windows Phone 8 again, but not without reservations
Back in January, I got my hands on a Nokia Lumia 920 and decided to give Windows Phone 8 an honest try. I'm a fan of Windows 8 and I own a Surface tablet, so I thought it might be cool to somewhat unify all of my computing platforms and immerse myself in all things Microsoft. As you can read in the original post, my experiment did not end well. I found the actual device and OS to be nice, but the... Read More

Interop and SDN: Overall disappointment, but some points of light
For anyone who read my pre-show blog (Top Ten Advancements I Want to See at Interop Las Vegas) outlining my hopes (and, admitted, dreams) for SDN at Interop, you know I set the bar very high for a technology that represents a dramatic change from the status quo in networking. After all, in networking, evolution trumps revolution every time. Quite frankly, I actually expected to be disappointed. And... Read More

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Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT
This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

A perspective on IP traffic growth
IT professionals, perhaps more than anyone, have a sense of just how fast things are changing in this information-driven world. But Cisco's latest Visual Networking Index, an ongoing study of global IP traffic, adds perspective that may influence some of your thinking when it comes to long-range capacity planning. Read More

Defending against exploit kits
Exploit kits comprised of malicious programs that identify and then attack cyber-vulnerabilities and spread malware represent the dark but massively profitable side of cybersecurity attacks. Read More

10 Hottest Healthcare IT Developer and Programming Skills
A convergence of technology, legislation and mandated migration to ICD-10 medical classifications make healthcare one of the hottest areas within IT. Here's a look at the skills most in demand, who's hiring and where the jobs are. Read More

VMware vCenter Operations Manager: An InfoWorld visual tour
VMware's smartly designed and extremely useful monitoring tool puts virtualization performance, health, and capacity planning at your fingertips Read More

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