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	Cisco reaches agreement with Innovatio over Wi-Fi patents Cisco Systems has come to an agreement with patent firm Innovatio IP Ventures in a dispute over Wi-Fi standards-essential patents that targeted its customers. Read More WEBCAST: Mitel Networks Realizing the Value of Unified Communications This Knowledge Vault Exchange, sponsored by Mitel, is your one-stop resource center for everything UC—from scoping the landscape to building a winning business case and choosing the right solution. You'll find videos, social media and a host of other resources. Learn More In this Issue Polycom Strengthens Microsoft Partnership, Now with 40+ Interoperable Solutions FBI: Stolen copper gang cuts its way to prison Cybercriminals compromise home routers to attack online banking users 11 Ways to Improve Your IT Team's Productivity Top 5 ways that IT wastes money How Technology Gives the Sports Industry a Winning Edge So you think you know networking? Quiz II 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geeks at heart WHITE PAPER: VCE Rompetrol Case Study After a successful acquisition and growth phase, Rompetrol turned its energy into improving global operations by consolidating IT operations and launching a series of IT initiatives including an SAP rollout and a move toward private cloud. Learn More Polycom Strengthens Microsoft Partnership, Now with 40+ Interoperable Solutions Polycom expanded its ongoing partnership with Microsoft to include the new Polycom CX8000 room system, integrating an HD video conferencing system with Microsoft Lync. The Polycom CX8000 solution also includes presence, contact search, instant messaging, HD audio, virtual white boarding, touch display-powered presentations, application sharing, and shared document editing. Read More FBI: Stolen copper gang cuts its way to prison You don't hear about this often enough - the FBI today said the last in a group of seven men was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal copper from two dozen First Energy Corp. and or Cleveland Public Power substations in Northeast Ohio. Read More WHITE PAPER: CommVault Vendor Landscape: Content and Email Archiving Read the Info-Tech Email Archiving Vendor Landscape and learn why CommVault ranks as a 'Champion'. Learn More Cybercriminals compromise home routers to attack online banking users Attacks recently observed in Poland involved cybercriminals hacking into home routers and changing their DNS settings so they can intercept user connections to online banking sites. Read More 11 Ways to Improve Your IT Team's Productivity How can CIOs and IT executives help their teams be more productive (besides providing them with free food)? Here are the top 11 tips -- from CIOs, IT executives, productivity and leadership experts and project managers -- for getting the most out of your IT team. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Why IT Operations Managers Should Care About the Cloud Download the Executive Brief DevOps: Why IT Operations Managers Should Care About the Cloud— prepared by Frost & Sullivan and sponsored by IBM—to learn how IBM SmartCloud Application services provide a robust platform that streamlines the end-to-end process and ongoing management of applications. Learn More Top 5 ways that IT wastes money The role of the CIO has changed more in the past five years than any other position in the business world. Success for the CIO used to be based on bits and bytes, and is now measured by business metrics. Today's CIO needs to think of IT more strategically and focus on projects that lower cost, improve productivity, or both, ideally. However, many IT projects seem to be a waste of time and money.... Read More How Technology Gives the Sports Industry a Winning Edge The inside story on how the Washington Redskins, Indianapolis Colts, Georgia Dome, International Speedway, PGA Tour and Trump National Doral Miami are playing the tech game to win. Read More So you think you know networking? Quiz II There's a lot to know from Ethernet to Wi-Fi. How much do you know? Read More 25 Valentine's Day gifts for geeks at heart Treat your sweetheart to a Valentine's Day gift with a techie vibe Read More
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