Essential Intranets by James Robertson: Essential reading for intranet planning and design

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	Essential Intranets by James Robertson: Essential reading for intranet planning and design I was lucky enough to get a copy of Essential Intranets by the always brilliant James Robertson to review. If he hadn't given it to me, I would have bought a copy, and you should too, because this book is a must read for intranet designers and the executives who sponsor intranet projects! Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Managing Essential tools for greater productivity People are interacting with software from the moment they wake up (hearing an alarm on a smartphone) to the time they relax in the evening (reading or shopping online). And in between, software affects virtually every work function in some way, whether in the executive suite or on the shipping dock. Read Now In this Issue Why IBM is phasing out SmartCloud Enterprise in favor of SoftLayer Making sense of the Internet of Things Dell's CIO and CMO: Can't we all just get along? Microsoft cybersecurity report warns users about the evils of clinging to XP Raspberry Pi as a Network Monitoring Node Microsoft just doesn't learn how to keep customers happy Six questions to ask your SDN supplier WEBCAST: HP Reignite Innovation with the SDN Open Ecosystem Programmable network aligned to business applications delivers agility Read Now Why IBM is phasing out SmartCloud Enterprise in favor of SoftLayer News broke today that IBM will be phasing out SmartCloud Enterprise and migrating customers over to SoftLayer, which is an IaaS company Big Blue purchased over the summer. [: IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to SoftLayer ] Read More Making sense of the Internet of Things This week, Cisco hosted the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum in Barcelona, Spain. The event had a little under 800 attendees, which I thought was a great turnout for a first year event. There was a very diverse set of vendors at the event, ranging from traditional IT companies like Cisco, Oracle and SAP to a number of companies that IT people have likely never heard of, such as Grundfos, QnetiQ... Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Why App-Centric Policies May Be Best Application-centric firewall policy management is a new approach to managing firewall policy that is gaining traction in the IT community because it offers better performance, manageability, and visibility. Read more>> Dell's CIO and CMO: Can't we all just get along? At a small lunch with reporters yesterday in San Francisco, Dell's CIO Adriana Karaboutis and CMO Karen Quintos shared their thoughts on the rising battles between the two functions at many companies. They told tales from Forrester's Forum For CMOs And CIOs of the two sides arguing over trivial issues like who's allowed to pull website traffic data! Read More Microsoft cybersecurity report warns users about the evils of clinging to XP After analyzing online security threats encountered across the globe from January to June 2013, on more than 1 billion systems, Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report volume 15 is broken down into "in-depth perspectives" on vulnerabilities, exploits, malware, email threats, malicious websites, cloud security and best tips for mitigating risk. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Mobile User Experience - It's All About Your Audience 70% of mobile apps get dropped after their first use. Great user experience can avoid that and keep them coming back. Check out Mobiquity's white paper to learn how to engage your mobile audience. Learn More Raspberry Pi as a Network Monitoring Node Read More Microsoft just doesn't learn how to keep customers happy For all of the talk recently that Microsoft is listening to its customers, the company just doesn't seem to get it. There are a number of reasons I say that, but two recent events in particular have me scratching my head. The first had to do with Windows 8.1's unceremonious arrival in my TechNet account a few weeks back, although Microsoft publically claimed it wouldn't release final 8.1 code... Read More Six questions to ask your SDN supplier Let's face it - real-world deployments of SDN are currently few and far between. While deployments have started to reach beyond the leading-edge Googles and Microsofts of the world, most enterprises and service providers are still in research mode with respect to SDN and the related Open Networking and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) movements. The good news is that suppliers – even the leading-edge... Read More
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