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	The best of Mobile World Congress 2010 MWC is the premier global event for the mobile phone industry. Here's the latest in mobile innovations, from Barcelona this week. Read More WEBCAST: MainSoft Drive SharePoint Adoption Lotus customers that have adopted Microsoft SharePoint are struggling to meet their collaboration goals. Mainsoft collaboration experts and featured guest Rob Koplowitz, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, discuss how to promote SharePoint adoption by integrating it with email and delivering a natural, contextual user experience. Register Now! In this Issue Windows Phone 7: Microsoft gets serious about mobile Standardize This! 10 Technology Messes That Need Fixing Highlights from Macworld Expo 2010 New one-stop shop for data center, network needs: Staples? Making Things Worse With IT Security Technology Hold vendors liable for buggy software, group says Can US get tough on intellectual property crime? Making Cross-carrier QoS Work for Real-time Apps: Why it's hard Smartphones, the Next Great Open Source Battleground Oracle's Larry Ellison sailing team wins America's Cup WHITE PAPER: Avocent Four tools for successful power reduction. Discover how you can reduce energy consumption in the data center and on the desktop for significant cost savings. This independent report outlines the best approaches to developing, deploying and managing an effective power management solution, as well as tools for successful power reduction. Read now! Windows Phone 7: Microsoft gets serious about mobile Microsoft Monday announced the new version of its phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. It's a sweeping redesign, coupled with an aggressive new partnership with handset makers and mobile carriers. Read More Standardize This! 10 Technology Messes That Need Fixing Enough with bickering cell phone technologies, messaging systems that won't talk, incompatible file formats, and TV remotes that spread like kudzu across your coffee table. We've been dealing with some of these problems for more than a decade, and it's time for things to improve. Read More Highlights from Macworld Expo 2010 A closer look at the gear, gadgets, speakers, and software from Macworld Expo 2010. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Optimizing and Protecting Storage This document focuses on key Oracle Database 11g capabilities that help IT departments better optimize their storage infrastructure, enabling administrators to deliver a cost effective, scalable information management platform. Read Now New one-stop shop for data center, network needs: Staples? Maybe someone at Staples believes the Easy Button is real technology. Not sure how else to explain the office supply chain's announcement this morning that it is branching out to become a "one-stop" provider of data center and network services for corporate customers of all sizes. Read More Making Things Worse With IT Security Technology Companies are widening their security holes by haphazardly installing all the technological defenses they've purchased. Read More Hold vendors liable for buggy software, group says A consortium of security experts today is slated to release draft procurement documents that would leave software developers liable for defects in software sold to large companies and organizations. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetScout Virtualization Simplified Industry analyst Jim Metzler helps identify how to overcome the challenges of managing virtualized server environments in this in-depth whitepaper. Read now. Can US get tough on intellectual property crime? Critics have long said the US needs to do something to put a crimp in intellectual property crime -- an over $200 billion counterfeit and pirated goods industry. Read More Making Cross-carrier QoS Work for Real-time Apps: Why it's hard With all the lip service paid to standardizing QoS techniques, one would think QoS would work well across carriers--but don't bet on it says our NetForecast colleague John Bartlett. QoS implementations are not standardized enough across carriers to adequately satisfy the needs of discerning real-time application users without a lot of effort. Read More Smartphones, the Next Great Open Source Battleground The biggest prize in the technology sector today is the battle over which smartphone OS will you use. There are major players lined up to do battle for this multi-billion dollar market. The surprise is that multiple open source entrants are poised to dominate. Read More Oracle's Larry Ellison sailing team wins America's Cup Between the acquisition of Sun and winning the America's Cup, Larry Ellison has already accomplished more in 2010 than most people do in a lifetime. Read More
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