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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Virtualization changes the buying process
Microsoft wins 18,000-seat cloud contract; Steve Ballmer as emoticons
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| Microsoft wins 18,000-seat cloud contract with University of Arizona 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 In this Issue
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 Is Microsoft an open source company? Microsoft's mobile shakeup: Will it unleash Windows Phone? 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 Licensing changes in SQL Server 2008 R2 Ballmer: Robbie Bach just wanted to retire 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 Salesforce.com CEO says Microsoft is a 'patent troll' Businesses lag in moving away from IE6 and its vulnerabilities, study says | ||||||||||
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Coraid's NAS gateway products; EMC fined $87.5M
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| Coraid rolls out NAS gateway products 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 In this Issue 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 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 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 | ||||||||||
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Weekly Update: Cisco IOS, Land Lines, WiFi Hot Spots and more
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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
By Fluke Networks
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
By Double-Take Software
Read this white paper to learn how Double-Take Availability lets you build high availability and disaster recovery...
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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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One of the main challenges with SharePoint is the recovery of information from backup. SharePoint has become easier to...
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GET IP FROM OTHER DHCP SERVER (Networkadmin-l)
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4507R WAKE ON LAN CONFIGURATION (Cisco-infrastructure-l)
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CISCO 2950 SWITCH (Tcp-ip-l)
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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…..
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25% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NO LAND LINE
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wi-Fi vendors face off; 40 days of summer (gadgets)
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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) Deeper Windows Phone 7 details continue to surface BoxTone launches tool for single management view of mobile devices Sybase promises integrated mobile platform 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 Zer01 slapped with $43 million judgment AT&T adds Wi-Fi hot zone to relieve Times Square congestion McAfee to acquire Trust Digital to further mobile security 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 Mobility as a managed IT service iPad apps we'd like to see Steve Jobs sure to spring WWDC surprises, says analyst Seesmic releases long-awaited iPhone application Wireless Causes Big Rise in IT Anxiety Microsoft's mobile shakeup: Will it unleash Windows Phone? | ||||||||||
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