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Five needs driving SDNs

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Five needs driving SDNs
Five trends in network are driving the transition to software defined networking and programmability. Read More


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Google's rumored upcoming release of a low-cost Nexus tablet has sparked rampant speculation. Read More

Original iPhone: Why this guy is still using a 5-year-old smartphone
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Ask an IT support pro: When and how to do a screen share session
Among the valuable tools I use to help clients troubleshoot technical problems is screen sharing. It's great because it allows me to not only get right into your machine and fix the problem; it also makes it possible to easily demonstrate how I fixed the problem. This way, customers can learn how to fix the problems themselves, saving them time in the future. Read More

Gartner: 1/3 of consumer data will be stored in the cloud by '16
Consumer adoption of cloud services will continue to increase in the coming years, with one-third of personal data being stored in the cloud by 2016, Gartner predicts. Read More

HP Converged Cloud: the missing (WAN) link
In April, HP announced HP Converged Cloud, clearly targeted at the traditional large enterprise market, with a focus on hybrid environments. Read More


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Verizon beefs up with Juniper's PTX
Juniper Networks has certainly seen its ups and downs over the past few years. The company is trying to move into new areas while its historical base of strength, routers, is under attack from not only arch-rival Cisco but also a number of other vendors trying to crack the router code, such as Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei. While the potential for share loss is always there, routing has always been something... Read More

OpenStack company Piston adds virtual desktop infrastructure
Piston Cloud Computing is the first OpenStack-based company to embrace virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), marking OpenStack's entrance into the VDI market dominated by Citrix. Read More

Quest says 'strategic bidder' now offering $2.3 billion
System management software vendor Quest said Monday that an unnamed "strategic bidder" had submitted an acquisition offer of US$27.50 per share, or approximately $2.3 billion. Read More

Apple boosts wages, discounts for retail store employees
A New York Times story is being credited for jolting Apple into granting some generous raises for the hourly wage workers who staff the company's retail stores. But the raises were apparently already planned, and announced for early-than-expected release, by Apple's new retail store chief. Read More

RIM's rumored breakup is a 'silly fantasy'
Unnamed sources "close" to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion dismissed as a "silly fantasy" a story by The Sunday Times of London claiming that the company was considering splitting its hardware and network services groups in to separate businesses. Read More

Concurrent Connections: The Secret to Buying Scalable IT Gear
IT folk love numbers, so it's somewhat understandable that many buyers may be swept away by the gigabits of WAN capacity a device can saturate and forget about another equally important measurement - connection counts. The number of concurrent connections has grown and continues to grow due to the shift towards Web applications, coupled with the characteristics of mainstream business applications.... Read More


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ICANN suspends Digital Archery contest for gTLD program
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Oracle's Hurd to spell out new 'customer experience' product strategy
Oracle is planning to build on its acquisitions of companies such as ATG, Fatwire and RightNow with a new product strategy centered around "customer experience management," as co-president Mark Hurd will explain on Monday during an event in New York. Read More

First-day buyer of original 2007 iPhone found love and connectivity
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Mozilla's new silent update fails to boost Firefox 13's uptake
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US judge dismisses Apple patents lawsuit against Motorola
A U.S. federal judge Friday ruled that Apple cannot seek an injunction against Motorola Mobility in its smartphone patents lawsuit, tossing out the case "with prejudice," meaning that neither side can refile, although the ruling could be appealed. Read More

How Alan Turing set the rules for computing
On Saturday, British mathematician Alan Turing would have turned 100 years old. It is barely fathomable to think that none of the computing power surrounding us today was around when he was born. Read More

Data center fabrics catching on, slowly
Early adopters say the expense and time spent to revamp a data center's switching gear are well worth it; benefits include killer bandwidth and more flexibility. Read More

 
 
 

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