CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets Galore

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	TOP STORY: CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets Galore The holidays may be over, but for gadget freaks the real treat is starting soon, as the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off this week in Las Vegas. Get a sneak peek at some of the gadgets set to make a splash at this year's show. Read More WHITE PAPER: Enabling a Flexible Infrastructure (Oracle) Virtualization enables organizations to extract value maximum value from IT assets while creating an infrastructure capable of rapidly adapting to today's dynamic business environment. Learn More Today! Will there be a jobless recovery for IT in 2011? Ask any IT pro who is out of work right now, and the answer to this question is a resounding yes. They'll point out that more IT infrastructure and support jobs are being outsourced, and that it's harder than ever to find full-time employment. Talk to recruiters and placement firms, and a different picture emerges. Read More Lenovo to show first tablets at CES Lenovo will show its first tablets this week as it moves to make a mark in the fast-growing market led by Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Read More WHITE PAPER: Yankee Group: Accelerate UC Deployments (Level 3) Unified Communications holds tremendous promise, but deployments have fallen short of the hype. This Yankee Group report analyzes the reasons behind the gap between the UC vision and deployment such as sticking with a TDM network architecture instead of IP. Yankee discusses the value of SIP trunking and offers a SIP trunking vendor checklist. Read More 2011 tech priorities: Embrace social media As tempting as it may be to block employee access to social networks and social media sites, it's not a long-term play. IT departments across many industries are under pressure to relax bans and enable access to sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Read More iPhone alarm problems still being reported Despite reports that the problem would right itself on 3 January, some iPhone users are still claiming that one-off alarms are not working on their handsets. Read More WHITE PAPER: Changing the Way You Purchase Storage (NetApp) Most organizations are still buying storage based on outmoded ways of thinking. Find out why it's time to modernize your approach and the key criteria you need to consider before making your next IT investment. Read now! The complicated new face of personal computing New platforms such as tablets and smartphones, loads of new virtualization technologies, and the need to access the desktop from any device, anywhere, forever change personal computing. Read More FCC waffles over wireless Just prior to the 2010 holiday break, the FCC voted to adopt three basic rules in the hopes of preserving an open Internet. But the agency focused its "net neutrality" order mostly on fixed broadband pipes, leaving rules about operating mobile broadband networks largely up to interpretation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce (NeuStar, Inc.) This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More Google takes heat over Android tablet OS Android device makers around the world are anticipating great things from the next version of Google's mobile software, and they need the boost. Apple has a strong head start with sales of its popular iPad, while the App Store and iTunes give it apps and content, to boot. Read More Reminder: Some CES Android Tablets will be Bad Here's a reality check as some electronics makers blurt out their Android tablet plans: Not every tablet revealed at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show will be fit for consumption. Read More Report: Asustek to unveil tablet PC with sliding keyboard Asustek Computer will introduce two tablet PCs this month, one with a detachable keyboard and another with a sliding keyboard, Taiwan's semi-official Central News Agency reported. The products will join a tough market dominated now by giants such as Dell and Acer. Read More Will There Be A Shortage of Cyber Security Professionals in 2011? In my last blog of 2010, I wrote about the multitude of opportunities for skilled security professionals. According to ESG Research, cyber security jobs should continue to grow at a healthy pace in 2011. Read More
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