Upping the user experience quotient

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	Upping the user experience quotient Pity the IT manager who has known of application performance shortcomings but has not delivered that information to the business -- only to be called out on it anyways. Ouch. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Forrester: IT Platform to Optimize and Consolidate In this report, Forrester investigates the reasons why you should consider WAN optimization solutions as the best way to gain better IT performance, cost savings, and greater flexibility for your business. And it's also a smart network improvement investment over the long-term. Get the facts about WAN optimization in this study. Read now! In this Issue IT career site Dice launches network for tech recruiters, job hunters Gartner: CIOs should plan for recession No. 2 HP unveils prefab data centers The many faces of spectrum management How can enterprise WLANs manage the bandwidth crush from mobile devices and multimedia apps? What Google Apps for government means for small business U.S. military adopts more open source: Is that secure enough for you? Black Hat: Most browsers can be made to give up personal data WHITE PAPER: HP & AMD A Powerful Platform for Virtualization Examine the 5 unique requirements that virtualization imposes on hardware, and discover how the next generation of HP's ProLiant server line can deliver virtualized, efficient data centers, rapid ROI and lower operational expenses. Learn More Today! IT career site Dice launches network for tech recruiters, job hunters Want to mingle with tech recruiters? Get to know hiring managers in the companies you might be interested in joining? IT job site Dice.com has launched a networking site that connects IT job hunters and tech recruiters on a more personal level than traditional resume-submitting transactions allow. Read More Gartner: CIOs should plan for recession No. 2 Gartner says CIOs should develop a list of IT projects that could be postponed or canceled -- if there's a second recession in the next 12 to 18 months. Read More HP unveils prefab data centers HP says using prefabricated building components can cut the upfront cost of designing and constructing a data center in half while also reducing energy consumption. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Faster Recovery for Windows Applications and Data Are your backup & recovery plans up to snuff? Will you be able to restore critical systems & data quickly in the event of an outage? Learn valuable information on how to protect Windows applications & data in a distributed environment. Learn about challenges in protecting & restoring Exchange, SQL, & Windows file server, & more. Learn more! The many faces of spectrum management Managing the airspace in any wireless network is critical for avoiding interference and optimizing performance. There are many different approaches to controlling the air in Wi-Fi networks, and most enterprise-class Wi-Fi vendors now have a whole suite of radio frequency management tools, many of them conveniently automated. Read More How can enterprise WLANs manage the bandwidth crush from mobile devices and multimedia apps? Some existing wireless LANs, based on 802.11abg gear, already "are buckling under video applications," says Andrew Borg, senior research analyst for wireless and mobility at Aberdeen Group, a technology research and consulting firm based in Boston. And the surge in sophisticated mobile devices is making it worse. Read More What Google Apps for government means for small business Google has received a seal of approval for Google Apps from the United States government. However, just because Google Apps has been declared secure enough for government data does not mean that SMBs should jump on the Google bandwagon without some due diligence. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & AMD The Time is Right to Transform the Data Center Discover how you can solve your most pressing data center challenges – consolidation, sprawl, power consumption - while installing the fundamental architecture that will be the foundation of the virtualized, efficient and scalable data center of the future – and deliver ROI in as little as 2 months. Learn More Today! U.S. military adopts more open source: Is that secure enough for you? The U.S. military and researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are putting their heads together to help the military adopt more open source software. The military wants in on the cost savings, speed and flexibility which OSS offers to users, as opposed to being stuck waiting on proprietary software vendors to modified their tools when changes are needed. Read More Black Hat: Most browsers can be made to give up personal data All the most commonly used Internet browsers are vulnerable to exploits that can force them to cough up users' personal information that can be used to hack into bank accounts or set them up for other attacks, the Black Hat 2010 conference will be told this week. Read More
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