Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Is Cisco Valet right for you?

Top 12 Weirdest Notebooks | Cisco baiter Vyatta rolls out new software

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Is Cisco Valet right for you?
Cisco Valet is an attempt by the company to simplify wireless home networking even further than it has been. But is the simplification worth the higher price? Read More


WHITE PAPER: 3Com

Building Mission-Critical Data Centers
The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation and core switching has turned into an operational nightmare. However, an IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework) based network can extend the control plane across multiple active switches, increasing resiliency and reducing complexity. Learn More.

WHITE PAPER: HP

Networking Redefined
Consolidation, virtualization, green Initiatives, cloud computing, etc., the state of the data center has never been more in flux. Is it time for a network overhaul built on the concepts of open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwiths of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and beyond? Read this Network World Executive Guide to learn more. . Read now.

Top 12 Weirdest Notebooks
A dozen of the strangest and most outlandish notebook computers. Read More

Cisco baiter Vyatta rolls out new software
Vyatta, the open source networking vendor that makes its living tweaking Cisco's nose, this week rolled out a new release of its operating system software. Vyatta 6.0  features a remote access API that enables customers to control large scale Vyatta systems using in-house and third-party network management and provisioning systems.  Read More

4G Essentials
There is plenty of hype around 4G technologies but beyond the rhetoric are happening. 4G technologies basically represent the next stage of wireless data technologies and generally deliver average download rates of 3Mbps or greater. In contrast, today's 3G networks typically deliver average download speeds about one-tenth of that rate. Here's a roundup of the latest coverage of the 4G world. Read More

Are iPad killers lurking?
With the iPad's launch just days away, the Internet is rife with rumors, speculation, guesses about possible "iPad Killers" lurking just out of sight. Prominent among them: the Google Pad. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW

A Cure for Server Sprawl
Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting helps DeKalb Medical create a virtualized server environment to eliminate up to 90 servers and reduce power consumption by an anticipated 20 percent. Read more

As Verizon iPhone rumors flare, AT&T customers ponder change
Although AT&T has been aggressively improving its 3G network in recent months, the company could still struggle to retain iPhone users if rival Verizon began offering the device on its network. Read More

Companies create alliance to push open source clouds
IELO, Mandriva, and Nexedi this week joined forces and formed the Free Cloud Alliance, which will work to push open source products for cloud computing. Read More

E-mail accounts of foreign journalists in China hacked
The e-mail accounts of eight foreign journalists working in China and Taiwan were hacked recently, leading Yahoo to suspend several of the accounts last week, the Foreign Correspondent's Club of China (FCCC) said Wednesday. Read More

McAfee: 'Amateur' malware not used in Google attacks
A misstep by McAfee security researchers apparently helped confuse the security research community about the hackers who targeted Google and many other major corporations in cyber attacks last year. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Adobe

Collaboration Study: user Trends, IT Opportunities
A recent survey of knowledge workers shows they still rely on familiar collaboration tools such as email and telephone calls, but desire new ways to be more productive. See all the results and find out how IT can embrace current work habits and easily adapt as new technologies emerge. Read More

News podcast: Network World 360
Microsoft Tuesday released an out-of-band security update addressing 10 vulnerabilities in versions of Internet Explorer, one of which is being exploited in the wild against IE 6. Also, a survey showed an increase last year in the massive number of Chinese Internet users that don't run anti-virus software, even though online security risks continued to multiply in the country. (5:10) Read More

Greenpeace says the cloud is a carbon polluter
A new report from Greenpeace warns that the growth in cloud computing will be accompanied by a sharp rise in greenhouse gas emissions, and calls on big companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Google to do more to help the environment. Read More

7 performance tips for faster SQL queries
It's easy to create database code that slows down query results or ties up the database unnecessarily -- unless you follow these tips. Read More

NASA essentials
This is a time of big changes for NASA. The space agency is trying to reshape itself and decide where it wants to go next. Here's a roundup of the latest NASA happenings that will shape its future. Read More



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The Future of Big Iron
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Today from the Subnet communities

Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too.

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5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio
Users might have a love/hate relationship with Novell's SUSE Studio. Here are five things we love and five things we disliked about the product.

CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
The recession took its toll on tech CEOs' compensation in 2009, but not everyone lost.

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  4. CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
  5. JC Penney tried to block publication of data breach
  6. Fozzie Bear discovers cloud computing
  7. Microsoft out-of-band patch demands immediate action
  8. Verizon iPhone: A reality check
  9. 7 April Fool's Day iPhone apps
  10. Apple delivers record monster security update

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Virtual systems management for the masses

Microsoft out-of-band patch demands immediate action | Microsoft OCS update promises to replace PBX

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Virtual systems management for the masses
Virtual systems management capabilities come to product suites aimed at giving IT departments enterprise-level features at SMB costs. Read More


WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

IT Service Management: Beyond the Myths
Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More!

WHITE PAPER: Virtela

Overcoming Single Provider MPLS Limitations
Frost & Sullivan review the limitations associated with a single-provider approach to MPLS networks and its impact on the enterprise. They then examine Virtela's Global Service Fabric - a multi-carrier network approach that provides a best-of-breed global MPLS network solution. Read More!

Microsoft out-of-band patch demands immediate action
Microsoft releases a cumulative update that addresses 10 reported vulnerabilities, one requiring immediate attention as targeted and widespread attacks could impact Microsoft 6 users. Read More

Microsoft OCS update promises to replace PBX
Microsoft previews the next version of its unified communications software, Communications Server "14," at VoiceCon Orlando 2010 conference. Read More

IT managers could avoid grief by curtailing admin rights in Windows
Microsoft endures a lot of criticism for its Patch Tuesdays, frequent vulnerabilities and security weaknesses, but many times, users bring those problems on themselves by not using the access management tools they have at their disposal, say two people in the access management field. Read More


WHITE PAPER: PC Mall

Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance Barriers
Server virtualization reduces cost, increases availability and enhances business agility. But for many companies, a focus only on cost reduction can become a problem. Download this HP white paper to learn how to reap virtualization's additional benefits, including built-in, cost-effective high availability & disaster recovery. Learn More

Ipswitch enters VM management arena
Ipswitch has launched its first management product for virtual machines Read More

Veeam verifies virtual machine recovery
Veeam Software this week expanded the capabilities of it Veeam Backup & Replication data protection package with the ability to test and verify the recoverability of virtual machines. Read More

NetScout integrates management software with Cisco
NetScout has intgrated its nGenius monitoring software with Cisco branch office routers Read More


WHITE PAPER: Neustar

Best Practices for Monitoring Your Cloud
Join Neustar and NetworkWorld to learn how to manage your holistic ecosystem effectively and learn five creative strategies for managing the performance challenges inherent in today's world. View Now

Capacity management challenges persist in virtual environments
A study by Forrester Consulting shows capacity management continues to limit companies hoping to expand their virtual system deployments. Read More

Lack of IT skills keeps virtual deployments small
Forrester Consulting conducted a study commissioned by IT management software maker CA to learn how IT organizations are adopting virtualization and if challenges hinder the technology's expansion in enterprise companies. Read More

Virtual appliances – A reality check
In our last newsletter we discussed one of the reasons why we think that virtual application delivery appliances are important. We will use this newsletter to discuss a recent announcement about virtualized appliances and talk about what you can expect to see happen over the next twelve to eighteen months. Read More



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Today from the Subnet communities

Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too.

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5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio
Users might have a love/hate relationship with Novell's SUSE Studio. Here are five things we love and five things we disliked about the product.

CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
The recession took its toll on tech CEOs' compensation in 2009, but not everyone lost.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
  2. Microsoft to patch IE zero-day with emergency fix Tuesday
  3. Apple now shipping iPads
  4. Video surveillance deployed inside London public bathrooms
  5. N.Y. man sues McAfee over antivirus auto-renewal fees
  6. Sprint readies big internal announcement?
  7. Is Cisco 'too big to fail?'
  8. Yahoo proposes 'really ugly hack' to DNS
  9. Microsoft defends Windows 7 security after Pwn20wn hacks
  10. IT managers could avoid grief by curtailing admin rights in Windows

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Open source is harder for mobile platforms: Cheap Linux netbooks

IBM, Canonical, Simmtronics Offer Cheap Netbooks For Emerging Markets | 5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio

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Open Source is harder for mobile platforms
Mark Murphy: The Symbian Foundation keeps kicking off developer-focused initiatives like a "test day." But open source coding for the mobile OS isn't that easy. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Networking Redefined
Consolidation, virtualization, green Initiatives, cloud computing, etc., the state of the data center has never been more in flux. Is it time for a network overhaul built on the concepts of open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwiths of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and beyond? Read this Network World Executive Guide to learn more. . Read now.

WHITE PAPER: Neustar

Best Practices for Monitoring Your Cloud
Join Neustar and NetworkWorld to learn how to manage your holistic ecosystem effectively and learn five creative strategies for managing the performance challenges inherent in today's world. View Now

IBM, Canonical, Simmtronics Offer Cheap Netbooks For Emerging Markets
Amy Vernon: IBM, Canonical and Simmtronics are using the lower price point of open source to help businesses in emerging markets get the technology they need to compete. Read More

5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio
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How Much to Charge for Cloud Based Open Source?
Alan Shimel: One of the challenges ISVs have is what to charge for these cloud apps? Many are offering free services and plan to charge, but are not forthcoming about how much they'll charge and when. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Adobe

Collaboration Study: user Trends, IT Opportunities
A recent survey of knowledge workers shows they still rely on familiar collaboration tools such as email and telephone calls, but desire new ways to be more productive. See all the results and find out how IT can embrace current work habits and easily adapt as new technologies emerge. Read More

A peek behind the curtain at Google's best unkept secret
Phil Odence: How Google gets traffic data has been to me a mystery. Truth is, they get it from us. Read More

Google Joins the Web Application Scanning Scene with Ultrafast Skipfish
Alan Shimel:Google's Skipfish is a web application vulnerability scanner. Google recently released Skipfish to combat one of the biggest problems in information security today, web application vulnerabilities. Read More

Microsoft Newly Embracing Open Source Makes Sense
Amy Vernon: Microsoft seems to be spending a lot of time lately trying to convince the open source world it really means it no harm. And, just maybe, it's true. Read More


WHITE PAPER: PC Mall

Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance Barriers
Server virtualization reduces cost, increases availability and enhances business agility. But for many companies, a focus only on cost reduction can become a problem. Download this HP white paper to learn how to reap virtualization's additional benefits, including built-in, cost-effective high availability & disaster recovery. Learn More

To Live and Die in a Socially Networked World
Alan Shimel: I think that grief counselors, psychologists and mental health professionals should start using social networking as a way of helping those in need. It can be a great force for good at the worst of times. Read More

Red Hat posts big growth, scores another win for its KVM hypervisor
Open Source Subnet blog: Red Hat announced its fourth quarter earnings today, proving once again, that open source doesn't mean free, and can be very profitable indeed. The company posted annual revenue of $748 million, up 15% year-over-year. Read More

Google's Plan to End Android Fragmentation
Google has a bold strategy to tackle Android's biggest problem: that the OS is available in too many versions, spread across a range of devices. In a bid to end the fragmentation, Google will attempt to carve major features out of the OS into downloadable updates, according to Engadget . Read More



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The Future of Big Iron
Do your IT plans include mainframes? Participate in this Aberdeen survey and see how your plans stack up to those of peers in terms of on what core applications are staying on mainframes and where the industry is headed in operating and software architecture. The goal is to get an accurate picture of the opportunity for expanded utilization, the role of 3rd-party support, and overall objectives with respect to distributed, outsourced, heterogeneous and centralized computing paradigms. Aberdeen will also establish a baseline for performance and a set of best practices for improving the efficiency and utilization of mainframe computing technologies. All survey respondents will receive a free copy of the resulting research.

Today from the Subnet communities

Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too.

SLIDESHOWS

5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio
Users might have a love/hate relationship with Novell's SUSE Studio. Here are five things we love and five things we disliked about the product.

CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
The recession took its toll on tech CEOs' compensation in 2009, but not everyone lost.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
  2. Microsoft to patch IE zero-day with emergency fix Tuesday
  3. Apple now shipping iPads
  4. Video surveillance deployed inside London public bathrooms
  5. N.Y. man sues McAfee over antivirus auto-renewal fees
  6. Sprint readies big internal announcement?
  7. Is Cisco 'too big to fail?'
  8. Yahoo proposes 'really ugly hack' to DNS
  9. Microsoft defends Windows 7 security after Pwn20wn hacks
  10. IT managers could avoid grief by curtailing admin rights in Windows

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Wireless does community service; Are you a supertasker?

Supertaskers: select few who can drive safely while chatting on a cellphone | Android: The Scratch-Resistant OS

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Wireless does community service
Sometimes we take for granted critical infrastructures that invisibly chug along, doing their jobs and improving our quality of life. One example is the use of wireless for municipal intelligent transportation systems and related applications. Read More


ARTICLE: AirMagnet, now part of Fluke Networks

Professional Spectrum Analysis in USB Form Factor
AirMagnet Spectrum XT combines in-depth RF analysis w/ real-time WLAN information for quicker & more accurate troubleshooting of performance problems. The solution replaces legacy spectrum analyzer solutions that are expensive; can be used only on legacy PCs; & provide a myopic view on solving WLAN network performance problems due to interference. Click to continue

WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide
Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More!

Supertaskers: select few who can drive safely while chatting on a cellphone
University of Utah psychologists have labeled those few – just 2.5% of the population – who can drive safely while yapping on a hands-free cellphone as "supertaskers." Read More

Android: The Scratch-Resistant OS
The Symbian Foundation keeps kicking off developer-focused initiatives. One of the more recent is the Symbian Bug Squad, an attempt to convince developers to help test and fix bugs in the Symbian platform via structured events. For example, just yesterday, they held a "test day" focused on the Homescreen app. The comments to the blog post about the Bug Squad highlighted some problems that Symbian... Read More

Femtocell prices have dropped below $100, says vendor
The wholesale cost of a femtocell has dropped below US$100 and that will help give the sector a boost, femtocell vendor Ubiquisys said on Tuesday. Read More

CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
The recession took its toll on pay for tech CEOs, but not everyone lost value Read More


WHITE PAPER: Splunk

Make IT Data a Strategic Asset
This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More!

4G satellite company takes aim at cell carriers
Look out, U.S. cellular carriers -- there could soon be a new 4G carrier on the block. Read More

Apple now shipping iPads
Reports claim that Apple is now shipping iPads to those who placed orders on the first day. Read More

Palm warns smartphone users against using 'overclocking' patch
Two hackers have released a Palm webOS patch that gives Palm Pre phones a big performance boost. But some users have reported a range of problems; and Palm warns that using it is likely to void your warranty. Read More

Most wireless phones to be smartphones by 2011, Nielsen says
With all the attention on smartphones, especially the iPhone and the Droid, it might seem odd that only 21% of U.S. wireless phone subscribers used a smartphone at the end of 2009. Read More


WHITE PAPER: PC Mall

Improving Disaster Recovery Solutions
Today, many companies have established a disaster recovery strategy but have not implemented a solution due to high cost estimations. This HP white paper examines how affordable data mirroring solutions can provide higher performance, high data integrity & faster and more cost-effective disaster recovery. Read More

What can WiMAX bring to smart grid program?
GE takes a look at what WiMAX can bring to smart grid technology. Read More

Flash mob crackdown in Philly focuses on teens, not technology
In Philadelphia, the mayor and police have cracked down on mobs of teenagers that turned violent and that police believe learned about the gatherings through "flash mob" wireless communications, including texting and Twitter. Read More

Microsoft takes measured approach to mobile Office apps
Microsoft is readying an aggressive push into cloud-based productivity applications with the upcoming release of Office Web Apps and other products, but the company is moving more cautiously when it comes to creating mobile versions of these products. Read More

Aruba Networks adds cloud services to improve Wi-Fi in remote/branch locations
Aruba Networks announced today new Web-based services and a software update for its line of branch office Wi-Fi access points. Read More

Watchdogs join 'Net heavyweights in call for privacy law reform
They are in some cases strange bedfellows, yet they are lending their names and political muscle to a common cause today: updating U.S. privacy laws that predate the World Wide Web.  Read More



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The Future of Big Iron
Do your IT plans include mainframes? Participate in this Aberdeen survey and see how your plans stack up to those of peers in terms of on what core applications are staying on mainframes and where the industry is headed in operating and software architecture. The goal is to get an accurate picture of the opportunity for expanded utilization, the role of 3rd-party support, and overall objectives with respect to distributed, outsourced, heterogeneous and centralized computing paradigms. Aberdeen will also establish a baseline for performance and a set of best practices for improving the efficiency and utilization of mainframe computing technologies. All survey respondents will receive a free copy of the resulting research.

Today from the Subnet communities

Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too.

SLIDESHOWS

5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio
Users might have a love/hate relationship with Novell's SUSE Studio. Here are five things we love and five things we disliked about the product.

CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
The recession took its toll on tech CEOs' compensation in 2009, but not everyone lost.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. CEO payday: What tech's top execs made in '09
  2. Microsoft to patch IE zero-day with emergency fix Tuesday
  3. Apple now shipping iPads
  4. Video surveillance deployed inside London public bathrooms
  5. N.Y. man sues McAfee over antivirus auto-renewal fees
  6. Sprint readies big internal announcement?
  7. Is Cisco 'too big to fail?'
  8. Yahoo proposes 'really ugly hack' to DNS
  9. Microsoft defends Windows 7 security after Pwn20wn hacks
  10. IT managers could avoid grief by curtailing admin rights in Windows

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