Thursday, May 27, 2010

Virtualization changes the buying process

T-Mobile USA's CEO prepares to leave | Oracle buys telecom billing tech from Aussie firm

Network World Wide Area Networking

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Virtualization changes the buying process
In a recent newsletter we expressed our opinion that virtualization and cloud computing change everything. In that newsletter we focused on some of the technology and management changes that are associated with virtualization and cloud computing. In this newsletter we will discuss one of the ways that virtualization changes how IT organizations buys software tools. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Is your WAN designed with your applications in mind?
WAN sourcing has been based on the cost of bandwith and availability. The focus is increasing on sourcing WAN solutions that can meet business needs for application performance. Read about Gartner's structured methodology to design a WAN that both performs well and is cost effective. Read Now

WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems

Minimize Datacenter Costs with Server Offload
This technical guide helps you learn how to reduce your server costs up to 60%. You'll gain valuable information on how Citrix NetScaler helps reduce datacetner costs with server and infrastructure offload. Read More!

T-Mobile USA's CEO prepares to leave
T-Mobile USA's CEO Robert Dotson has decided to leave the mobile phone operator in 2011, according to parent company Deutsche Telekom. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization
How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here!

Oracle buys telecom billing tech from Aussie firm
Oracle announced Wednesday it is acquiring technology for prepaid telecommunications billing from eServGlobal, boosting its hand in the telecom market. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc.

Power Management without Borders
See how Cisco Borderless Networks enables you to extend energy management capabilities throughout your organization with the Cisco EnergyWise portfolio. Read More

Speed up your wireless network
Wi-Fi networks are miraculous and devilish at the same time. They can seem miraculous in their ability to deliver high-speed network and Internet communication through walls and ceilings, and over long distances. But they don't always deliver the speeds they promise. When you're troubleshooting a slower-than-it-should-be network, the devil is in the details. Read More

IT salaries increased two percent last year
IT salaries in the UK rose by two percent between Q1 2009 and Q1 2010, according to a new survey. Read More



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Summer's here and the time is right for looking at gadgets to make the summer days and nights go by easier or more fun at least. If you're going outside to enjoy the sun, hitting the road for a long road trip to a vacation destination, or just staying at home for the perfect "staycation", here are 40 devices or apps we think you'll like.

What if tech companies owned the Wonders of the World?
In this slideshow, we'll take a look into a future where broke governments are forced to sell their most treasured landmarks to the world's richest nerds.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Cisco powers up router, switches for smart grids
  2. Fedora 13 beta released with many goodies for the enterprise
  3. The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)
  4. Work underway to keep Xen support in Fedora 13
  5. Chinese Web site leaks photo of white iPhone 4G
  6. Microsoft's highest paid senior exec to retire
  7. NAC: What went wrong?
  8. Cisco's NAC goes off track, customers taken aback
  9. Six misconceptions about cloud apps
  10. The smart paranoid's guide to using Google

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Microsoft wins 18,000-seat cloud contract; Steve Ballmer as emoticons

Steve Ballmer as emoticons | Is Microsoft an open source company?

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Microsoft wins 18,000-seat cloud contract with University of Arizona
Score one for Microsoft in the cloud. The University of Arizona is moving 18,000 faculty and staff members to Microsoft's online e-mail and collaboration system, the university said. Read More


WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs

Ensure 360-Degree Border Security
Managing the security and availability of Web, email, and IM is complex. This paper will discuss the modern threat of blended attacks from web, email and IM. and highlight how a comprehensive hosted solution by Symantec Hosted Services can secure your networks from these threat vectors. Read Now

WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems

Minimize Datacenter Costs with Server Offload
This technical guide helps you learn how to reduce your server costs up to 60%. You'll gain valuable information on how Citrix NetScaler helps reduce datacetner costs with server and infrastructure offload. Read More!

Steve Ballmer as emoticons
It's not often hard to guess what Steve Ballmer is feeling. The Microsoft CEO has one of the most recognized, and photographed, faces in the IT industry -- and it's also one of the most expressive. Read More

Is Microsoft an open source company?
When thinking about open source, most people immediately think Linux, Apache, Mozilla to name a few of the many projects currently being developed. Of course, there are thousands of open source projects and I wanted to see what platform these projects were running on. To my surprise, I found a great deal of Windows open source projects and was even shocked by my search of the most popular open source projects on SourceForge. Read More

Microsoft's mobile shakeup: Will it unleash Windows Phone?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced some major changes in the company's entertainment and mobile device businesses. Veteran Robbie Balch, who oversaw a combined group, is retiring and won't be replaced. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

SMB: Strategy Guide to Risk Mitigation
This strategy guide offers concrete risk mitigation techniques specifically designed for midsize organizations. Learn how to proactively manage physical and virtual systems and see the early signs of infrastructure trouble to avoid outages. Read Now!

Apple tops Microsoft as world's most valuable tech firm
Apple passed a major milestone, becoming the world's largest technology company as measured by the total value of its shares. Read More

Licensing changes in SQL Server 2008 R2
I am a techie, so I am interested in technology. I love to evaluate new features, new gadgets, new technology. I am less interested in actually paying for it, mainly because I am cheap. I am even less interested in Software licensing agreements mostly because they change like the wind. The word arbitrary comes to mind. As soon as you think you have mastered the latest licensing model, it changes. Read More

Ballmer: Robbie Bach just wanted to retire
The management shakeup at Microsoft doesn't reflect dissatisfaction with the company's mobile and game console strategies, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Novell

File Management Suite
Better track and understand storage patterns, allocate and manage storage based on its relevance and value to the business, while saving money in the administration and procurement of storage resources. Learn to get a handle on the unchecked proliferation of data. Read Now

Remains of the Day: Bach, Allard bid Microsoft bye-bye
Microsoft may be losing two of its shining stars but not everything is looking bleak: the European Parliament is all getting new iPads! And the New York Mets trump their crosstown rivals a second time this week. It's all in the remainders for May 25, 2010. Read More

Salesforce.com CEO says Microsoft is a 'patent troll'
Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff declined to comment on the patent lawsuit brought against his company by Microsoft, but that didn't stop him from calling his rival names. Read More

Businesses lag in moving away from IE6 and its vulnerabilities, study says
Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate corporate browser use more so than it does private use, with its nearest rival, Mozilla's Firefox, lagging far behind with one in seven businesses opting for it, according to data collected by Internet-based security service Zscaler. Read More



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SLIDESHOWS

40 days of summer (gadgets)
Summer's here and the time is right for looking at gadgets to make the summer days and nights go by easier or more fun at least. If you're going outside to enjoy the sun, hitting the road for a long road trip to a vacation destination, or just staying at home for the perfect "staycation", here are 40 devices or apps we think you'll like.

What if tech companies owned the Wonders of the World?
In this slideshow, we'll take a look into a future where broke governments are forced to sell their most treasured landmarks to the world's richest nerds.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Cisco powers up router, switches for smart grids
  2. Fedora 13 beta released with many goodies for the enterprise
  3. The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)
  4. Work underway to keep Xen support in Fedora 13
  5. Chinese Web site leaks photo of white iPhone 4G
  6. Microsoft's highest paid senior exec to retire
  7. NAC: What went wrong?
  8. Cisco's NAC goes off track, customers taken aback
  9. Six misconceptions about cloud apps
  10. The smart paranoid's guide to using Google

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Coraid's NAS gateway products; EMC fined $87.5M

EMC pays $87.5M fine to settle kickback charges | Finally, we get to understand the scale of a zettabyte

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Coraid rolls out NAS gateway products
Coraid, who relaunched earlier this year with an AoE (ATA over Ethernet) appliance line, last Wednesday announced the EtherDrive Z-Series NAS appliance. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Novell

File Management Suite
Better track and understand storage patterns, allocate and manage storage based on its relevance and value to the business, while saving money in the administration and procurement of storage resources. Learn to get a handle on the unchecked proliferation of data. Read Now

WHITE PAPER: Adobe

Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap
Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More

EMC pays $87.5M fine to settle kickback charges
The U.S. Department of Justice said today that EMC has paid the government $87.5 million to settle allegations that it gave kickbacks to consultants and overcharged for hardware and software. Read More


E-GUIDE: Compuware

5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance
This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now

Finally, we get to understand the scale of a zettabyte
A few weeks ago we tried and failed to place into its proper context the scale of a zettabyte -- 1 trillion gigabytes, or a 1 followed by 21 zeroes. EMC had offered a number of comparisons, the densest of which went like this: Read More


WHITE PAPER: Websense

Essential Information Protection
Successful organizations depend upon their ability to collaborate, communicate, and share information online. This paper explains how Essential Information Protection is designed to help organizations make the most of their IT security investments. Read More

Seagate invents new type of laptop hard drive
Seagate is having a second crack at SSD hybrid hard drives, a technology for boosting drive performance by adding flash memory to a conventional hard drive. Read More



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40 days of summer (gadgets)
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What if tech companies owned the Wonders of the World?
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MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Cisco powers up router, switches for smart grids
  2. Fedora 13 beta released with many goodies for the enterprise
  3. The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)
  4. Work underway to keep Xen support in Fedora 13
  5. Chinese Web site leaks photo of white iPhone 4G
  6. Microsoft's highest paid senior exec to retire
  7. NAC: What went wrong?
  8. Cisco's NAC goes off track, customers taken aback
  9. Six misconceptions about cloud apps
  10. The smart paranoid's guide to using Google

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Weekly Update: Cisco IOS, Land Lines, WiFi Hot Spots and more

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Research: Hear About New Tiered Storage with FAST
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Research: Towards a Smarter Enterprise: Driving Business...
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Tcp-ip-l discussion: Cisco 2950 Switch
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/3526172/1/Highlight

Cisco-infrastructure-l discussion: Cisco IOS
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/3525239/1/Highlight

Blog Post: Yet another reason to avoid internet hot spots…..
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Blog Post: 25% of households have no land line
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BEST PRACTICES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKING
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Virtualization, rich multimedia applications, and the need for greater efficiencies are driving the biggest network...
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HEAR ABOUT NEW TIERED STORAGE WITH FAST (Download)
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In this video, Bob Laliberte, senior analyst at ESG, discusses EMC's new Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)...
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TOWARDS A SMARTER ENTERPRISE: DRIVING BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION (Download)
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Forrester's Gene Leganza and IBM on winning with enterprise architecture and BPM.
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PROVEN TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES
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When a business expands an existing facility, adds a new location, incorporates an influx of new users, or upgrades an...
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REAL-TIME PROTECTION FOR MICROSOFT HYPER-V
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REMOTELY SUPPORT PCS, MACS & SMARTPHONES (Download)
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LogMeIn Rescue is a complete tool to provide on-demand remote support for PCs, Macs or smartphones. Now you can access...
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2009 CLOUD COMPUTING TRENDS REPORT
By Hosting.com
This Cloud Computing Trends Report provided insight into the expectations small, medium and large businesses have of...
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BACKUP AND RECOVERY CHALLENGES WITH SHAREPOINT
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I am running a java application using batch file. I want the command prompt window ...
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GET IP FROM OTHER DHCP SERVER (Networkadmin-l)
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I correct my question.we have two domain controller in same network(ski.local with 192 ...
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UNABLE TO GET LINKSYS BEFVP41 ROUTERS WORKING (Linksys-l)
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DEFAULT USERNAME AND PASSWORD (Visualnetworks-l)
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4507R WAKE ON LAN CONFIGURATION (Cisco-infrastructure-l)
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GET IP FROM OTHER DHCP SERVER (Networkadmin-l)
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CISCO 2950 SWITCH (Tcp-ip-l)
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CISCO IOS (Cisco-infrastructure-l)
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Could any one inform me of what IOS will work on a Cisco 1760 and Cisco 1751 which will ...
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MOBILE EXPERT VIDEO SERIES: SANTIAGO BECERRA OF MELLMO
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I attended a session at Sapphire last week with Mellmo founder Santiago Becerra! Here is ...
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YET ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID INTERNET HOT SPOTS…..
Posted by arnoldhf (Network Administrator)
One of the ongoing conflicts I have at work is the request from laptop owners that they ...
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HOW TO USE A COMPUTER... EN ESPANOL??
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M2M MARKET OPPORTUNITIES - AN INTRODUCTION
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Now that SAP has enterprise mobility all figured out, it is time to explore opportunities in the...
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25% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NO LAND LINE
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I always wondered how folks can risk having no land line. What if you lose power and your cell ...
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GEEK PRIDE DAY
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wi-Fi vendors face off; 40 days of summer (gadgets)

40 days of summer (gadgets) | Deeper Windows Phone 7 details continue to surface

Network World Wireless

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Wi-Fi vendors face off
Six Wi-Fi vendors have faced off in the second annual 802.11n Challenge, which recently published at broadband networking resource site Webtorials.. Read More


DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry

Free Download from RIM
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now.

WHITE PAPER: Brocade

Deployment Strategies for 802.11n
Many organizations are looking to reap the benefits of the new 802.11n standard, but what is the best way to deploy wireless technology while minimizing costs? Learn why understanding the "Three Cs"-context, coverage, and capacity-is critical for choosing an optimal network implementation strategy. Read More!

40 days of summer (gadgets)
Our picks for summer gadgety goodness Read More

Deeper Windows Phone 7 details continue to surface
More details emerge about Microsoft's revamped Windows Phone 7 OS, as hackers and programmers dig deeper, and demonstrations show increasing smoothness, integration and power. Read More

BoxTone launches tool for single management view of mobile devices
Mobile management software vendor BoxTone today announced software that's designed to give IT shops a single management view of all of their organizations' devices and mobile networks. Read More

Sybase promises integrated mobile platform
Sybase plans to rework its diverse bundle of mobile offerings into a coherent and, yes, integrated new whole. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc.

Effects of Interference on WLANs
Farpoint Group measures and evaluates the impact of a variety of interferers often seen in the enterprise, and describes the tangible impact of RF interference on WLAN performance. Learn how you can avoid interference that can have a detrimental and even destructive impact on wireless trafficked data. Read More

Wal-Mart cuts iPhone 3GS price to $97
The price of Apple's 16GB iPhone 3GS will be cut to $97 today, according to reports, paving the way for the unveiling next month of next iPhone model. Read More

Zer01 slapped with $43 million judgment
Global Verge, a multilevel marketing firm, has won a US$43 million judgment against Zer01, the company that once promised to deliver an unlimited voice and data cell phone service. Read More

AT&T adds Wi-Fi hot zone to relieve Times Square congestion
Months after admitting to excessive wireless congestion in Manhattan for its iPhone and other wireless customers, AT&T announced the launch of a pilot Wi-Fi hot zone in Times Square. Read More

McAfee to acquire Trust Digital to further mobile security
McAfee Tuesday said it's signed an agreement to acquire privately held Trust Digital as part of its strategy to expand into the mobile security arena, the enterprise sector in particular. The acquisition price for Trust Digital was not disclosed. Read More


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5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance
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Mobility as a managed IT service
BoxTone's next generation of mobility management software is designed to let IT groups treat mobility as an information service. Read More

iPad apps we'd like to see
Macworld's editors recently celebrated some of our favorite iPad apps: 11 paid essentials, nine free ones, and 10 great games. But as anyone who's used an iPad after owning an iPhone or iPod touch can tell you, nearly as notable are those apps that aren't available for the iPad--the ones you've grown to love on Apple's smaller screens that haven't yet seen iPad-optimized versions, leaving you to use them "pixel-doubled" (blown up to fit the iPad's screen). Read More

Steve Jobs sure to spring WWDC surprises, says analyst
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will handle keynote duties at the company's annual developers conference in two weeks, Apple confirmed today. Expect some surprises, says analyst Ezra Gottheil. Read More

Seesmic releases long-awaited iPhone application
After covering just about all the major platforms on both desktop and mobile market, Seesmic has finally arrived for iPhone OS devices. While Seesmic used to be a video-messaging service run by French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, he's since refocused his company's efforts into making Seesmic the most connected social-networking application around. Read More

Wireless Causes Big Rise in IT Anxiety
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