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Tuesday, June 02, 2015

VMware 6.0: Faster, smarter, more resilient

7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac | 4 new access points deliver super-fast Wi-Fi

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VMware 6.0: Faster, smarter, more resilient
VMware 6 pays more attention to high availability and large deployment than prior editions, 0with a kick to the throttle in terms of overall speed of scale, not just size of scale. This comes with a mixture of incremental upgrades, and a bit of administrative thoughtfulness.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Advanced Case Management Leadership Guide
A guide that examines how IBM Case Manager offers an extensible platform for enhancing capabilities and protecting investments with additional value-added ECM capabilities from IBM, as well as industry-specific case management applications and best practices from IBM Business Partners. Read Now

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The IT Budget Line Item Ripe for Reduction
The resources in this eBook explain how to identify a number of different reduction opportunities where changes will result in lowering peak usage and therefore reducing MLC costs. Learn More.

7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac
Here are 7 tools that provide important details on known and unknown aspects of your WiFi network. Each of these tools gives you the basic wireless details: SSIDs, signal strength, channels, MAC addresses, and security status. Some can even reveal hidden or non-broadcasted SSIDs, display the noise levels, or display statistics on successful and failed packets of your wireless connection. Two of the tools include Wi-Fi password cracking tools as well, useful for educational or penetration testing purposes. (Read the full review.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


WHITE PAPER: Red Hat

Architects Lead the Way for Data-Driven Apps
Application architects are facing the challenges of keeping up with social, mobile and big data applications as business demands increase. To successfully meet these demands, they must identify, build and deliver modern apps while supporting IT. Learn how application architects can deliver long-lasting apps while reducing risk, complexity and cost. Learn more >>

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4 new access points deliver super-fast Wi-Fi
Continuing our ongoing series of 802.11ac reviews, we put four new access points to the test, bringing our total to 13. This time around, we looked at products from Linksys, Xclaim, Amped and ZyXel, using the same test-bed and methods as our last review.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

IBM Digital Experience Patterns
IBM Digital Experience Patterns for WebSphere Portal Server V8.5 and IBM Web Content Manager V8.5 help deliver rapid, optimized response to the demands for newly deployed digital experience systems. Learn More>>

Anti-virus shootout: 7 old-school vendors show off new tricks
In an era when businesses are scrambling to defend against sophisticated advanced persistent threats (APT), signature-based anti-virus may seem like a relic. But traditional anti-virus companies are changing with the times, delivering defense-in-depth for a BYOD world. In this review, we looked at products from seven of the original anti-virus vendors: AVG, ESET, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec, Panda Software and Trend Micro. We found that these companies have added a slew of new features, including privacy scanners, social media link monitoring, behavioral analysis, tune-up software and anti-phishing protection. (Read the full product review.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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Windows 10: Which classic Microsoft default apps should be killed?

Based on what we've seen in Microsoft's Windows 10 preview editions, here's our take on which classic apps should be kept and which should be killed when the final version of Windows 10 ships.

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