Why Google's GPhone won't kill iPhone; Vonage settles suit; 5 IT projects that need your attention

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Eaton Corporation Top 10 Ways to Save Energy in Your Data Center Get IT managers or CIOs together, and the topic will quickly turn to the biggest potential bottleneck in data center expansion: power. Although data centers can now pack more processing power into less real estate, high-density computing environments can be a huge drain on operating budgets, for several key reasons. Read about them in this whitepaper. Network World Daily News: AM, 10/09/07 Why Google’s GPhone won’t kill Apple’s iPhone Google is putting the final touches on a mobile phone project, but unlike Apple’s iPhone the so-called GPhone is all about software for mobile carriers and mobile advertisers. Vonage settles Sprint-Nextel patent suit Vonage announced that it has come to an $80 million settlement agreement with Sprint-Nextel to resolve a long-running patent dispute. 5 IT projects that need your attention right now There's always too much to do. If you had an infinite budget and project schedule, or at least more resources than you have now, you could accomplish impressive things for your company. Performing triage means you need to pick IT projects that can deliver the most bang for the buck. Accordingly, we discuss five projects that deserve a CIO's immediate attention Executive Guide: Stay ahead of the data growth curve Get real-world advice on how to best deal with the explosion of data across nearly every enterprise today. This informative executive guide offers IT professionals detailed information on new technologies such as ILM and FANs, specific pitfalls to avoid when deploying ILM, as well as solid case studies. Download This Executive Guide Microsoft’s open source chief takes on Windows server marketing The leader of Microsoft’s integration efforts around open source software and its proprietary technologies is expanding his role by adding the title "general manager of Windows server marketing," further indication that Microsoft plans to crank up the volume on its Windows/Linux story. Hackers at Microsoft?! Now wait a minute .. For the record, there are hackers at Microsoft. Just don't call them hackers. SAP and Business Objects explain strategy shifts Executives from Business Objects and SAP each tried to explain Monday why their companies have parted with long-time strategies by agreeing to merge. VMware adds muscle to virtualization offerings VMware on Monday unveiled a new version of its server-virtualization suite that provides increased automation, availability and performance, the company says. LIVE CHAT Got career questions? National IT recruiter Matt Colarusso will be available for a live text chat Today, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Matt will discuss the IT job market and you. Got questions about the IT job market in the months to come? What should you do to manage your own career? How hard will it be for your department to fill vacancies? Certifications vs. degrees; hot job skills and weak ones - Matt, a prominent national IT recruiting expert that manages the Sapphire National Recruiting & Strategic Accounts Team will answer these questions for you and more. No registration necessary. Just go to the Network World Chat page at the appointed time and log in. IT JOB OUTLOOK America's second techiest city may surprise some The highest concentration of IT professionals in the U.S. is -- you guessed it -- in Silicon Valley. But naming the No 2 spot isn't as easy, and ... CASE STUDY How American Heart Association manages its Cisco network American Heart Association is using various application and Web management tools to optimize its Cisco network. BLOGS Today at Cisco Subnet HearMe VoIP targets itself as a WebEx alternative. Cisco trainer Wendell Odom takes it up a notch and discusses switch forwarding with a twist. Continuing his series on router basics, Raj Tolani covers connectivity essentials. Ken Presti delves into Cisco's WebEx channel strategy and asks, is it too complex?  Plus: Cisco NAC rival ConSentry gets $21M in fourth round funding. Buzzblog: Researchers ping through first full ‘Net in 25 years No door-to-door canvassing here: This census involved the direction of some 3 billion pings toward 2.8 million allocated Internet addresses from three machines over the course of two months. … Oh, and they got help from a popular Web comic strip. Today on Microsoft Subnet SAP/Microsoft relationship hurt by SAP's acquisition; The Microsoft ZunePhone parody video; Restoring Active Directory onto a virtual machine.

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