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Windows Phone 8 "sneak peak" due today
Microsoft later today is expected to unveil at least some of the next version of its Windows Phone mobile operating system. But given the platform's miniscule market share, will anyone really care? Read More


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Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN)
The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more.

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6 Best Practices to Ensure a Thorough Evaluation
Identify 6 key situations that demonstrate when it's time to consider managed network services, plus 6 best practices to ensure your evaluation of managed network service providers is thorough enough to support your decision. View Now

20 surefire IT mistakes
Beware these all-to-common IT blunders before they derail your career Read More

Cisco has some more company in SDNs
Stealthy data center start-up Plexxi is revealing a tiny bit more about itself. The company blogged this week that it is now entering "private beta" with its products, the substance of which Plexxi is still tight-lipped about. In the blog, it describes them as a "networking system from the ground up" for enterprise data centers, addressing current pain points of network automation and scale: Read More

Forrester CEO: Facebook is toast
Apple and Google will dominate the emerging digital economy while Facebook 'is toast,' claimed George Colony, CEO of Forrester, in the opening key note of the analyst group's European forum in Paris. Read More


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2012 WAN Optimization Magic Quadrant
Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now.

Products of the week 6.18.12
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Microsoft, Google, IBM and SalesForce.com heat up PaaS
What do you get when you get four of the biggest cloud vendors in a room to talk about one of the hottest emerging trends in the industry? Not a whole lot of agreement for one thing. Read More

US wants inventive ways to get research out of university labs and into the real world
The federal government funded some $135 billion in research and development (R&D) for all manner of science and technology and is now looking for a way to get a faster return on such investments. Or at least that was the focus of a congressional Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation hearing this week looking for ways to improve collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations,... Read More


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AD Disasters and Solutions for Preventing them
Are you prepared for an Active Directory disaster? If you don't have a solid recovery plan and the right tools, your business will suffer. In this Quest Software white paper, learn about five dreaded Active Directory disasters, and how you can quickly recover from them – or avoid them altogether. Read Now!

Google Apps admins can now enforce use of two-step log-in process
Two-step verification, which adds a second layer of security to a log-in process, has been available since 2010 in Google Apps, but now IT administrators will be able to enforce it for all their users as a requirement. Read More

Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 Event: 5 Questions That Need Answers
Microsoft is expected to share details Wednesday about the next version of Windows Phone--dubbed Windows Phone 8 and codenamed Apollo--during the Windows Phone developer Summit. Read More

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Is Cisco getting squeezed by SDNs?
The latest buzzword in the tech industry is undoubtedly software-defined networking. SDNs are touted as being able to extend virtual LANs, create security zones as well as establish Bring Your Own Device policies. Read More

Gartner downgrades enterprise application revenue forecast
Analyst firm Gartner on Wednesday said it has lowered its 2012 growth estimate for the global enterprise applications market to US$120.4 billion, citing "limited signs" of economic improvement in the short term. Read More

 
 
 

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