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	FCC: Consumers get half of advertised broadband speed The actual download speeds that consumers get are about half of those promised by service providers, according to a report released this week by the FCC. Read More WEBCAST: Red Hat Modernize Your Infrastructure In this session, HP and Red Hat speakers will explain how to prepare for and execute an effective migration from SPARC/Solaris OS-based systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. Register Now! In this Issue Face-off: 1979 Apple Graphics Tablet vs. 2010 Apple iPad 6 reasons why Flash isn't going away One year after controversy, Citrix beefs up VMworld presence Chip startup developing probability processor Microsoft to lead SMBs to the cloud with new Windows server BlackBerry Torch Fizzles: What's Next For RIM? Windows 8: Wish List of Features and Functions Android gaming app hides Trojan, security vendors warn As Internet Explorer Turns 15, We Take A Look Back What is the 'Smart Grid'? Are your cloud services secure? QoS: Ethernet vs. Wi-Fi WHITE PAPER: NetApp ESG Report: Driving storage efficiency in SAN environments This ESG paper outlines the considerations for architecting an efficient SAN data storage infrastructure with a focus on the NetApp solutions for increased utilization, improved performance and streamlined protection to reduce operational costs. Read More! Face-off: 1979 Apple Graphics Tablet vs. 2010 Apple iPad 30-year-old technology struts its stuff beside today's state-of-the-art tablet computer. Read More 6 reasons why Flash isn't going away Apple's well-publicized refusal to allow Adobe's Flash technology to be installed on its iOS mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad, has led to speculation that Flash's days may be numbered as the king of online multimedia delivery. "Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of Web content," Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously stated in an open letter titled "Thoughts on Flash." Read More One year after controversy, Citrix beefs up VMworld presence Citrix has made amends with VMware one year after a controversy involving VMware, Citrix and Microsoft. Read More Chip startup developing probability processor Lyric Semiconductor, a startup company founded by an MIT scientist and a veteran semiconductor executive, is working on a processor designed to calculate probabilities that could dramatically increase computer performance in certain applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp How Efficient is your Storage Environment? Learn how to store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost, without compromising performance. Read More! Microsoft to lead SMBs to the cloud with new Windows server I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Microsoft's newest Small Business Server, codenamed "Aurora" works great. If so, Microsoft will be doing a big service for the small and mid-sized business -- leading them gently to the cloud. A preview version of Aurora was released by Microsoft yesterday. Read More BlackBerry Torch Fizzles: What's Next For RIM? The BlackBerry Torch 9800 was heralded as the second coming of RIM: the BlackBerry phoenix rising from the ashes to assert RIM's dominance of the smartphone market and regain some of its lost former glory. A week has gone by and reports of anemic sales, combined with slashing the price of the Torch in half indicate that RIM may need to give serious consideration to its future. Read More Windows 8: Wish List of Features and Functions Windows 7 is only 10 months old, but it's never too early to glance on down the road at Windows 8. Read More Android gaming app hides Trojan, security vendors warn Symantec and F-Secure issued separate warnings this week that the Android-based Tap Snake game can secretly be used to track a the location and movements of users. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Reduce Storage Costs through Virtualization A mature technology being deployed by thousands of data centers, Thin Provisioning can provide immediate, significant economic benefits. Read More! As Internet Explorer Turns 15, We Take A Look Back Microsoft Internet Explorer marks its 15th anniversary this week. The first version of the browser was launched back in the summer of 1995 and since then the browser -- now in its eighth rendition -- has undergone numerous updates, revisions and versions. Read More What is the 'Smart Grid'? "Smart Grid" is the name for a vision of what the electrical power grid should look like, where the grid itself uses modern networking technology to allow different parts of the grid to communicate. Read More Are your cloud services secure? Cloud computing and virtualization are rapidly changing the normal mode of operations for most companies. But this move also means that techniques used to secure your corporate information assets must evolve drastically. In particular, there is no longer a physical "perimeter" to guard. Instead, the information is distributed, and the security must be likewise distributed. Read More QoS: Ethernet vs. Wi-Fi Certain networking services work differently on the wired and wireless sides of enterprise networks. One is QoS. Read More
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