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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

VMware opens up on Cisco

Review: Gigabit Wi-Fi access points for SMBs | Cisco, HP run the cloud

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VMware opens up on Cisco
As Cisco and VMware run virtually neck-and-neck in the SDN market, the two continue the war of words on the mindshare battlefield. Read More


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Information Governance Best Practices
When should you implement integration governance? According to this Gartner research note, you should start now if you are an IT professional considering an initiative like master data management (MDM), e-discovery, information archiving or cloud migration. Learn More

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3 Guiding Principles to Improve Data Security and Compliance
Data security is a moving target—as data grows, more sophisticated threats emerge; the number of regulations increase; and changing economic times make it difficult to secure and protect data. Learn More

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Review: Gigabit Wi-Fi access points for SMBs
Last year we reviewed five of the first Gigabit Wi-Fi access points to hit the market. This time around, we're testing three new entrants: the Cisco WAP371, D-Link's DAP-2695, and the Edimax WAP-1750. (Insider Story) Read More

Cisco, HP run the cloud
Which companies supply the most hardware that runs the cloud? According to new figures from Synergy Research Group, Cisco is the leading arms dealer for hardware that runs public clouds and HP gear is the most prevalent hardware for private clouds. Read More

Researchers find same RSA encryption key used 28,000 times
What if the key to your house was shared with 28,000 other homes? That's essentially what researchers with Royal Holloway of the University of London discovered last week while scanning the Internet to see how many servers and devices are still vulnerable to the Web security flaw known as FREAK. Read More


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eBook: 67 Tips for Building Live Chat Success
Expert tips to help agents and administrators alike provide superior service via live chat. Filled with practical tips, tweets and actionable items, these best practices will help businesses take chat to the next level. Read More.

Microsoft, Cisco extend their cloud and data center relationship
Microsoft and Cisco have expanded on their cloud relationship to provide new services and hardware. Dubbed the Cisco Cloud Architecture for the Microsoft Cloud Platform (yes, that is a mouthful), it combines Windows Azure Pack and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) to help cloud providers deliver hybrid cloud services faster while simplifying operations and reducing costs. Read More

Google services disrupted by routing error
Google's services were disrupted briefly on Thursday after a broadband provider in India made a network routing error. Read More

INSIDER
American Cancer Society embraces Big Data
In 2012, the American Cancer Society, one of the largest non-profit groups in the country, realized that its de-centralized organizational structure had to change. So, the ACS consolidated 13 locations (a national home office and 12 separate locations, each its own charity) into one company based in Atlanta with a dozen divisions. Read More


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Infographic: Mobile is Transforming Customer Engagement
This infographic provides a glimpse of the global research we gathered in our Effective Mobile Engagement report and highlights the current state of mobile engagement and how mobile habits are changing for both shopping and support interactions. Learn More

VCE expands its converged infrastructure portfolio
Targeting the complexity of SDN deployments, VCE recently announced upgrades to its VxBlock systems. Read More

Xiaomi's fitness tech to help power smart shoes
After releasing a fitness smartband, China's Xiaomi is helping to bring the technology to smart shoes. Read More

Why companies opt to insource for IT innovation
Companies are increasingly taking a multisourcing approach to IT outsourcing, signing shorter, smaller deals with a mix of providers. At the same time, some are pulling certain pieces of the IT portfolio back in-house. Read More


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Google Inbox: A guided tour

This guide compares and contrasts Gmail with Inbox to help you get started with what could become Google's next-generation email service.

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