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Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Most wild, wacky & wonderful Wi-Fi installations

Alphabet soup: Brocade adds ADCs to its SDN strategy | Survey finds most networks are out of control

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Most wild, wacky & wonderful Wi-Fi installations
There's something about Wi-Fi that gets the creative juices going. Here's a selection that shows the breadth of Wi-Fi creativity and innovation, some based on commercial products and some decidedly not. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Cisco

Cisco Bring Your Own Device
This paper explores the challenges mobile devices create for IT, offers key considerations before adopting a BYOD strategy and highlights a comprehensive architecture from Cisco that enables freedom of choice for users while affording IT security and control. Learn more.

WHITE PAPER: HP

Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School
In today's educational environments, more and more students, guests, and faculty are bringing in their own Wi-Fi devices into the school's network. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions IT administrators are facing and how to address the security and management of the multiple devices being introduced into the wireless/wired network. Learn more.

Alphabet soup: Brocade adds ADCs to its SDN strategy
Amid all the noise of last week's VMworld event, data center specialist Brocade augmented its vision for software defined networks (SDN) by announcing support for VXLAN to its ADX application delivery controllers (ADCs). Read More

Survey finds most networks are out of control
Do you know what software is in use on your network? A survey released today by Avecto found that three out of four IT professionals have no idea what unauthorized software might be running on their networks. Read More

How to find out if your iPhone or iPad has been compromised
Yesterday, a hacker claiming an affiliation with AntiSec released 1 million Apple unique device identification numbers (UDIDs) from iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. The Pastebin post with the data claims it was stolen from the FBI. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Xirrus

Tablets in the Enterprise
Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more.

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CDW CEO: On growing services, cloud applications and reshaping IT
In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, CDW CEO Thomas Richards spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how CDW is expanding its strategic services offering, and how mobility and consumerization are expanding growth opportunities for the company. He also talked about the rollout of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet, and why CDW is in an ideal position to capitalize on the big changes reshaping IT. Read More

How BYOD has changed the IT landscape
It may be hard for some to just say 'no' to the growing "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) crowd, but that was the initial reaction manager of information at certified public accounting firm Burr, Pilger, Mayer Anthony Peters had when senior executives starting purchasing iPhones, asking them to be supported. Read More

Fiber optic "magic carpet" network could help predict falling injuries
Scientists have demonstrated a fiber optic-based "magic carpet" that can detect when someone has fallen and could be used to help predict health problems that lead to other accidents in the future. Read More


WEBCAST: IBM

Changing the Competitive Dynamics of the Business
Date/Time: June 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m., EDT, 4:00 p.m. BST / 3:00 p.m. UTC Please join us for this webcast, as Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting, describes what operational analytics can do for your business and reviews an architectural approach that will enable you to make it a reality. Register Now

The benefits of colocation facilities for the next-generation enterprise WAN
Last time we began our discussion of colocation and how it relates to the next-generation enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture. Read More

As Chrome turns 4, Google's browser in flux
As Google touted Chrome's fourth launch anniversary on Tuesday, a pair of Web measurement firms continued to argue about whether the browser is still gaining ground or has stalled. Read More

Mozilla exits iOS as it retires Firefox Home
Two years after it managed to place a browser-related app on the iOS App Store, Mozilla has retired Firefox Home and yanked it from Apple's market. Read More

Mac virtualization face-off: VMware Fusion 5 vs. Parallels Desktop 8
Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion support are promoted, but existed already in the previous versions. So what else is new? Read More



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