Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES

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	Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week Cisco unveiled extensions to its Internet TV platform and strategy that enable "video in the cloud" services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Avaya The business of customer experience Today's customers want to reach you using more than just the phone. But economic challenges may impact how your contact center addresses the need for multiple contact methods. How do you deliver superior customer experiences without sacrificing profitability? We've elevated the conversation to the strategic level. Read the Contact Center Consumer Preference eBook: Solutions for Balancing Business Objectives Against Customer Demands. In this Issue Cisco, others may see a 4% hike in IT spending Virtual-security appliances winning users over traditional messaging-security software X Prize offers $10M competiton to build Star Trek-like medical tricorder Who are the go-to cybersecurity help groups? 10 questions for Palo Alto Networks CFO Michael Lehman The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now Cisco, others may see a 4% hike in IT spending Gartner has lowered its IT spending forecast for 2012 down to 3.7% from 4.6%, meaning companies like Cisco and its competitors will be fighting harder for fewer bucks. Gartner says that growth rates in computing hardware, enterprise software, IT services and telecom equipment and services, will slow this year due to a series of factors: Read More Virtual-security appliances winning users over traditional messaging-security software There's no question enterprises want messaging security -- the market for products and services worldwide reached almost $3.2 billion last year, up from $2.7 billion in 2010, and will grow to $4.78 billion in 2015, according to research firm IDC. But a fundamental shift is occurring that foresees businesses favoring virtual-security appliances over more traditional messaging security software. Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive Wi-Fi Management Moves to the Cloud Once you've enabled your people to work from virtually anywhere, anytime, and on any device, you need to maintain essential security and control under the constant pressure to drive down cost, while increasing productivity and growth. Enter the Cloud. Learn more. X Prize offers $10M competiton to build Star Trek-like medical tricorder The X Prize Foundation is out to dramatically change the medical industry by offering a $10 million prize for the company that can build a mobile platform that can accurately diagnoses 15 diseases from 30 consumers in three days. Read More Who are the go-to cybersecurity help groups? There are a ton of groups out there that offer cybersecurity help and guidance, the trick, it seems is finding the right one for your organization. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Rethink Your Branch Network Strategy In today's virtual enterprise, access to corporate resources must be secure, reliable, and manageable, with consistently enforced policy while simultaneously allowing access from anywhere at any time. This is why access network strategies have become critical to business growth. View Now 10 questions for Palo Alto Networks CFO Michael Lehman Name: Michael Lehman Read More The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services InfoWorld's Test Center unveils the 2012 Technology of the Year Awards Read More
	SLIDESHOWS CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy! 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 Will Microsoft's WiFi-NC set new network standard? IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 CES: Gigabit Wi-Fi takes center stage Samsung plans smart TVs with face recognition, voice and gesture control 5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Cautious optimism: Details of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 IPad 3 to sport HD camera on front, upgraded camera on back 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012 30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES
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