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	CES: Gigabit Wi-Fi takes center stage Vendors at CES 2012 will show the future of Wi-Fi: multi-gigabit data rates. First products are expected as early as mid-year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan What to Look for in Smart Card Readers Deploy servers with PKI authentication without sacrificing convenience or security. Learn how modern KVM switches with smart card capabilities go beyond simply integrating card readers as an additional peripheral at the KVM workstation, but rather make necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. Learn More In this Issue 30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam Consumerization creates IT management blind spots, increases business risk: survey MediaTek lays groundwork for gigabit WLANs Prepare Ye the Way of the Intercloud Cool graphene breakthrough could keep laptops from overheating Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Apple CEO Cook receives $376 million stock award Social engineering attacks on the enterprise are trending upward The CIO's lament: 20-something techies who quit after 1 year 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More 30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam It was 30 years ago yesterday - Jan. 8, 1982 - that AT&T agreed under extreme antitrust duress to divest itself of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies, the so-called Baby Bells. Read More Consumerization creates IT management blind spots, increases business risk: survey As end users bring their own devices to work, download apps and sign up for cloud services, it's getting harder for IT to maintain application visibility and control performance. Trends such as consumerization, mobility and cloud computing are also increasing business risk, CIOs say. Read More MediaTek lays groundwork for gigabit WLANs Semiconductor company MediaTek has introduced a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that will be used to power wireless routers based on the 802.11ac wireless networking standard, which promises gigabit speeds, the company said on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel The Best Way to Build a Cloud Learn how HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage provide a solid, flexible foundation for your cloud environment. Read Now! Prepare Ye the Way of the Intercloud The term Intercloud describes the future interconnectedness--or federation--of clouds, similar to the network of networks that is today's Internet. Like the electrical grid, in which a utility is shared based on supply and demand, the Intercloud will be a mesh of cloud computing resources owned by many, and interconnected and shared via open standards. Read More Cool graphene breakthrough could keep laptops from overheating Graphene is starting to sound like a potential wonder material for the electronics business. Read More Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Gartner says global IT spending growth will be essentially flat in 2012. IDC is more bullish, estimating 6.9% growth, driven by investments in smartphones, media tablets, mobile networks, social networking, and big data analytics. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more Apple CEO Cook receives $376 million stock award Apple granted Tim Cook a 'promotion and retention award' valued at $376 million when he took over as CEO in August, the company revealed in its 2012 proxy statement, filed Monday with the SEC. Read More Social engineering attacks on the enterprise are trending upward Amit Klein, CTO of the security firm Trusteer, predicts that social engineering attacks against enterprises will be on the rise in 2012. The problem is that too many people disclose too much personal information on social networks, and this gives thieves the leverage they need to gain and then abuse people's trust. Read More The CIO's lament: 20-something techies who quit after 1 year Louis Trebino, CIO and senior vice president at the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) in New York City, is experiencing significant turnover on his Web development team. Read More 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 essential data center appliances With all of the noise in data center networking focused on switches, fabrics and lossless Ethernet standards, appliances like WAN optimizers and application accelerators are often overlooked. But they are important components of the data center/cloud infrastructure, especially as organizations virtualize desktop applications for remote sites. Here's a listing of 10 of the top players, and their products, in data center appliances. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES iPad 3 to sport HD camera on front, upgraded camera on back 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012 FBI warns of new Zeus-based malware in phishing scam Six CES 2012 stories to watch When open source doesn't do it anymore IPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 3 IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 Avaya: Top 10 pitfalls with UC implementations Passwords aren't dead but they need fixing Microsoft patch blows 'perfect game' but sends important message
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