Best of the Tests 2010; Ethernet switch market surges

	Cisco, Juniper, HP drive Ethernet switch market in Q4 | Rutgers researchers warn against rootkit threats to smartphone security
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	Best of the Tests 2010 We tested more than 100 products in 2009 in a wide variety of categories, but 15 of those products stood head and shoulders above the rest and earn our Best of the Tests Award. Here are the categories and winners. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. In this Issue Cisco, Juniper, HP drive Ethernet switch market in Q4 Rutgers researchers warn against rootkit threats to smartphone security Google's gigabit experiment a welcome prod in the side Enterasys enhances Wi-Fi management, 802.11n performance Fallout from Cisco, HP split 2 Apple fans get married inside an Apple Store More Clues Uncovered In Google Hack, Report Says Text donations for Haiti relief spur nonprofits to follow suit Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back VIRTUAL EVENT: IBM NWW Making the Planet Smarter Hear from technology leaders, clients and business partners on today's enterprise data management challenges and how leveraging IBM's data management portfolio can deliver better business outcomes, at lower cost, while providing capabilities that scale across enterprise applications, databases and platforms. Register Today! Cisco, Juniper, HP drive Ethernet switch market in Q4 The Ethernet switch market grew almost 20% sequentially during the fourth quarter, with Cisco, HP and Juniper Networks adding almost $600 million in incremental revenues, according to a recent study by Dell'Oro Group. Read More Rutgers researchers warn against rootkit threats to smartphone security Rutgers University researchers have demonstrated how rootkits can be a threat to smartphones sporting operating systems not much unlike those in full-blown computers. They say those wielding rootkits could do dirty tricks like turning on an infected smartphone's microphone to listen in on a meeting, for example. Read More Google's gigabit experiment a welcome prod in the side What changes when bandwidth is virtually unlimited? That's what Google is hoping to find out with its recently announced plans to deliver 1Gbps to up to 500,000 homes in an ultra-high speed Fiber to the Home (FTTH) experiment. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Enterasys enhances Wi-Fi management, 802.11n performance A new version of Enterasys' Wi-Fi software simplifies network management and operations, and improves client performance in 802.11n enterprise wireless LANs. Read More Fallout from Cisco, HP split The IT world has been abuzz the past week on word that Cisco cut ties to HP as a reseller and integration partner. This had been expected ever since Cisco launched its own data center blade server offering to compete with HP's and IBM's, among others. Read More 2 Apple fans get married inside an Apple Store On Valentines day of this year, 2 star crossed lovebirds decided that their passion for all things Apple was so strong that they felt compelled to get married inside of an Apple Store. Yes, you read that correctly. Inside an Apple Store. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Why BI is Ripe - Now! For Businesses of Any Size. Oracle's range of offerings to mid-size and emerging companies reflects its vision that BI and EPM solutions can be embraced by companies of all sizes. Read Now! More Clues Uncovered In Google Hack, Report Says Investigators have reportedly identified the author of the malicious code used in recent cyberattacks against Google and more than 30 other U.S. companies. Read More Text donations for Haiti relief spur nonprofits to follow suit Nonprofit groups that are desperate to raise donations during the enduring economic downturn are considering text-to-donate campaigns similar to the wildly successful American Red Cross texting effort for Haiti earthquake relief. Read More Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet depending on whom you ask, his tenure will either signal a bold new era for the company or mark the beginning of its terminal decline. Read More
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