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Red Hat's gutsy, green virtualization machine; Will Google CEO shift undermine enterprise efforts?

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Red Hat builds gutsy, green virtualization machine
Three years in the making, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL) 6 is a gutsy, green upgrade that features native support for KVM, the Linux kernel-based virtual machine. Read More


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Defragmentation in Virtualized Environments
Performance corrupting file fragmentation is severely compounded on virtual platforms and threatens to undo most of its efficiency benefits. Coordinating defrag resources between VMs was an insurmountable barrier until recent innovations eliminated conflicts. Learn More

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Take the TwinFin Test Drive. Your site. Your data. Our technology. Experience the high-performance and operational simplicity of the IBM Netezza TwinFin data warehouse appliance first-hand. Our open Proof of Concept allows you to test the TwinFin with your most demanding, real-world analytics challenges. Learn More.

Will Google CEO shift undermine enterprise efforts?
New Google CEO Larry Page lacks the enterprise experience that customers prized in Eric Schmidt. Will it matter? Read More

LTE in 2011: Curb your enthusiasm
So now that both Verizon and AT&T are launching LTE services this year, you should rush out to invest in 4G data plans and devices for your employees, right? Well, not so fast. Read More

Got $500? You can buy a hacked U.S. military website
If you're a criminal looking for full control of the Web used by the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), you can get it for just under $500. Read More

Free BlackBerry Apps: Seven New, Must-Have Downloads
CIO.com's mobile expert Al Sacco recommends another round of great, free BlackBerry smartphone applications to help you locate and download new and obscure music, share files across multiple mobile devices, get a grip on air travel and much more. Read More

How to divorce your tech vendor
Follow these 7 tips to protect your IT assets -- and essential company data -- from a service provider breakup gone bad Read More

UPDATE: Apple App Store hits magical 10 billion app download milestone; UK woman wins $10K
The Apple App Store hit the 10 billion app download mark overnight on Friday, marking a milestone involving an awful lot of Doodle Jump, Tap Tap Revenge and Angry Birds playing, not to mention Facebook and Pandora usage. Read More


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Eliminate the Impact of Distance
Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now!

Panic time quiz: How prepared are you for IPv6?
Probing questions in light of IPv4 addresses running out Read More

Verizon-FCC net neutrality fight only beginning
If you thought the Federal Communications Commission's vote to approve limited net neutrality rules were the end of the dispute, think again. Read More

Cisco: Puppy cams threaten Internet
Network demand will explode, fueled by unexpected growth in ambient video, like puppy cams and surveillance video, according to reports from the 33rd Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference held last week in Hawaii. Read More

IBM rolls out virtual desktop offering
Through its partner program, IBM unveils a virtual desktop offering for small businesses Read More

Why HP changed its board
Hewlett-Packard reshuffled its board this week, adding some prominent tech and business veterans in what may be an effort to escape its turbulent past and give its CEO, Leo Apotheker, some new help. Read More

Microsoft uses karaoke feature on China's Bing Dictionary
Microsoft has added a karaoke-like feature to its Bing Dictionary in China, which provides English language learners a new way of practicing their pronunciation online. Read More


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Top 2 Virtualization Challenges
Virtualized data centers must become more highly available to ensure timely access to data. This paper examines the trends toward server consolidation and how WAN optimization technology can address application performance and information availability issues. Read now!

Enterprise App Stores: A Good Idea?
In theory, an enterprise app store would allow employees to easily download the software they need, but the idea faces many hurdles, a Gartner analyst says. Read More

Mozilla to offer new feature for improved online privacy
Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, is working a feature that will allow users to opt-out of online behavioral advertising. Read More

SolarWinds blows into virtualization and application performance management
The ever-ambitious SolarWinds, a longtime network management fixture, is broadening its reach once again. Read More

Business continuity planning still not widely implemented
The decades following the advent of personal computing fostered the inevitable march of information from centrally stored and professionally managed safe houses consisting of mainframe and minicomputer clusters to the ad hoc world of impulsively managed devices such as microcomputers, tablet computers and smartphones Read More

University at Buffalo brings evolution to Google cloud
NSF-funded project designed to expand teaching of population genetics via Google App Engine Cloud The University at Buffalo is using a $250K National Science Foundation grant to spread the teaching of evolutionary biology across the cloud. Read More

Top 10 Tasks for IPv6 Application Developers
Things to consider when creating dual-protocol applicationsMany IT people, who are unfamiliar with IPv6, believe the responsibility for IPv6 deployment falls on the network-teams. However, those who are knowledgeable about IPv6 realize the migration to IPv6 will involve any system that uses an IP address. As the network teams prepare the infrastructure for the addition of IPv6 we should alert our application developers and make sure they are ready for the... Read More

IP expert finds Google copied Java code for Android
As in "copied without permission"An intellectual property expert says his analysis of Android code found 43 instances in which Google copied Java code without permission. If true, the new findings could undermine Google's defense against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Oracle in 2010. Read More

Sepaton unveils next-gen private cloud OS
Sepaton announced version 6.0 of its grid-based backup and deduplication appliance, which now supports 64-bit architectures and doubles the throughput of the device. Read More



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