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Comcast vs. the FCC: Predictable loss for a fair Internet
Appeals Court ruling against FCC in its move vs. Comcast came as no surprise. But might the FTC now be able to step forward in the name of net neutrality? Read More


WHITE PAPER: MegaPath

Top Considerations in Choosing a VoIP Provider
When SMBs are looking for new ways to reduce telecom costs, why are more of them turning to voice over IP? Get best practices advice for transitioning first to VoIP, and then fully converged services. Read More

WHITE PAPER: N-able

Tackling Top 4 IT Pain Points of Midsize Business
Learn how to address the "big four" pain points for IT managers, the perils of point solutions, the power of services automation , questions to ask before choosing an IT automation solution, key requirements of an IT automation solution, and how to optimize your IT infrastructure. Read now.

Ask yourself this before dropping that Cisco purchase order
Before you opt for a rival's switch due to Cisco's product lead time issues, consider this: Is the switch crucial to your network architecture? Or is it just a tactical low-end/low functionality device for immediate connectivity and not much more? Read More

Hands On: What can Cisco do for and against network neutrality?
Network neutrality has been very much in the news lately, all the sides both for and a Read More


WHITE PAPER: NetApp

Top 5 Hyper-V Best Practices
Read this whitepaper to get advice on everything from making sure you configure enough network connections, especially in iSCSI, to specifying the specific initiator groups and the correct LUN type when provisioning the NetApp LUN for use with Hyper-V. Learn More!

Girls like computers, too
It's hard to deny women are underrepresented in tech fields, though no one seems to be able to agree why that is. Is it nurture or nature? Read More

Zombies are open source; humans are proprietary
Zombies are open source, humans are proprietary. Sounds like the latest self-help relationship book for geeks, but it's actually an interesting analogy. Read More


WHITE PAPER: ArcSight

Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

Giving up a VoIP deal to do the right thing
I was put in a position with a school system in which they wanted to upgrade to VoIP and also upgrade the network. They had already made some poor choices in platforms, telecommunication companies and partners. They were looking for my company to come in and help them spend a lot of money. But the school system was already cash strapped, closing schools and laying off teachers. Read More

A smart approach to crowdsourcing yields brilliant results
I put crowdsourcing to the test to see how quickly and cheaply I could assemble a list of the top 50 US companies' general counsels. This was no academic exercise as my company Black Duck often works with lawyers in large organizations to help them manage open source. Read More

ICND1 and ICND2 vs CCNA
Well today I would like to talk about a topic that has been mentioned or taught somewhere many times. What is the difference between taking the ICND1 & 2 exams against just taking the one CCNA exam? Read More

Want a movie? Buy a hard drive!
Seagate, makers of the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive, and Paramount (makers of movies) today announced a new offering that will let users unlock (and buy) select Paramount movies from pre-loaded FreeAgent Go 500GB hard drives. Read More



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