10 tips for boosting network performance

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	10 tips for boosting network performance Tracking and cracking network performance problems is no easy task. More than a matter of identifying often mystifying bottlenecks, ensuring network efficiency requires an almost preternatural understanding of your organization's IT operations, as well as a thick skin for withstanding the heat when problems inevitably arise. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell File Management Suite Better track and understand storage patterns, allocate and manage storage based on its relevance and value to the business, while saving money in the administration and procurement of storage resources. Learn to get a handle on the unchecked proliferation of data. Read Now In this Issue HP job cuts point to shifting IT skills Store Your Stuff on a Stormtrooper Android joins battle for the enterprise HTC Evo 4G: What's inside first WiMAX smartphone Is 'VM Stall' the Next Big Virtualization Challenge? Wi-Fi, WiMax service launched in San Francisco Bay Brocade increases backbone switch Fibre Channel ports, doubles throughput Cisco doubles its lobbying efforts Can Non-Apple Tablets Compete Against the iPad? iPad is a hit - Apple sells over 2 million units in less than 60 days. Open source could be Africa's technological solution 911 is a JOKE! SURVEY: Role & Influence Survey What information sources do you use to keep up-to-date with new technologies? Take our brief technology buying survey, enter to win a $250 prize and reserve your copy of the survey results (URL) Click to continue HP job cuts point to shifting IT skills Hewlett-Packard's plan to cut 9,000 positions while adding 6,000 new ones comes amid a time of shifting IT job skill requirements. Read More Store Your Stuff on a Stormtrooper The Force is strong with these Star Wars flash drives. Read More Android joins battle for the enterprise Will other mobile operating systems ever beat the BlackBerry in the enterprise? Only time will tell, but it's fair to say that there are lots of market shifts afoot, and at least the most popular devices seem to continue gaining enterprise-friendly features. Read More HTC Evo 4G: What's inside first WiMAX smartphone The first WiMAX smartphone, HTC's Evo 4g, goes live on Sprint's network on Friday, June 4. The screwdriver team at iFixIt disassembled one model, revealing the components inside this powerhouse smartphone. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Is 'VM Stall' the Next Big Virtualization Challenge? There appears to be a challenger to 'VM sprawl' as the scourge of virtualization success -- a problem I call 'VM stall'. Read More Wi-Fi, WiMax service launched in San Francisco Bay Milt Gregory is on a mission to set up wireless networks across bodies of water. His latest accomplishment: San Francisco Bay. Read More Brocade increases backbone switch Fibre Channel ports, doubles throughput Brocade announced today that its has increased the port count on its Fibre Channel backbone switch blades by 33% and doubled the throughput from 4Gbit/sec to 8Gbit/sec. Read More Cisco doubles its lobbying efforts Cisco doubled the amount it spent in last year's first quarter to lobby the federal government on patents, immigration reform and other issues, according to this dispatch from the Associated Press. Cisco spent $620,000 in Q1 this year vs. $310,000 in the first quarter 2009 and $280,000 in the fourth quarter of last year. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP ROI of Switched Ethernet Networking Midmarket firms must incorporate new levels of bandwidth and intelligence into their network to handle technologies such as VoIP and videoconferencing. IDC interviewed several organizations to determine their future networking strategies. Learn More. Can Non-Apple Tablets Compete Against the iPad? Get ready for the iPad clones. In a week that, according to Apple, saw iPad sales hit the two million unit mark, IDG News Service reports that the Computex Taipei trade show is anticipating demonstrations of a dozen or more rivals to the iPad. Read More iPad is a hit - Apple sells over 2 million units in less than 60 days. You can love it or hate, but you simply can't ignore it. The iPad has shot out of the gate with impressive sales figures that have undoubtedly taken Apple executives off guard. Yesterday, Apple issued a press release announcing that they sold over 2 million iPads in less than 60 days - a remarkable achievement no matter how you look at it. Read More Open source could be Africa's technological solution That major computing companies are unlikely to want to invest heavily in Africa is not lost on the continent's brain trust. Read More 911 is a JOKE! This is part 1 of a multi-part blog roll that will investigate the 911 call handling in Dutchess County, New York. Read More
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