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	Who has the better virtualization platform – VMware or Microsoft? VMware is the kingpin of virtualization, but the game is changing fast and Microsoft is baking the technology into the very core of many products. Which company has the best approach? Read More WHITE PAPER: Nimsoft Optimizing Performance in Virtual Infrastructures Know the memory, storage and networking keys to improving performance and availability. Read more. In this Issue IBM to accelerate mobile unified communications Recipients not the only victims of spammers Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout Supersize your WAN Did Apple Exec Depart Over "Antennagate"? BBC red faced as 146 laptops disappear Mobile tech IQ test Chinese regulators clear World of Warcraft expansion Why Android App Security Is Better Than for the iPhone WEBCAST: Accelops Why Private Clouds May Prevail Cloud computing's perceived challenges of security, visibility and management may give the upper hand to private clouds. Join Yankee Group for this Webcast that discusses how to ensure you deploy a cloud that meets your organization's security and compliance needs. View Now IBM to accelerate mobile unified communications Keeping Microsoft and Cisco in its sights, IBM is planning to introduce variety of collaboration tools for mobile platforms where it wants to create full-featured unified communications endpoints and become the mobile collaboration vendor of choice. Read More Recipients not the only victims of spammers All of us get unsolicited commercial e-mail – spam – and often curse the senders, right? Sometimes the senders of spam get their comeuppance through retaliation from their victims. Read More Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout Riverbed has products on tap that will enable WAN optimization as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for remote virtual desktops and, perhaps in a year or two, a software client that will speed up the performance of handhelds and smartphones. 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! Supersize your WAN Six years ago, we tested dual-WAN routers as a way to pump more bandwidth into small businesses that couldn't afford a T1 and were stuck with relatively slow DSL and cable connections. Read More Did Apple Exec Depart Over "Antennagate"? The Apple executive in charge of iPhone engineering and responsible for the innovative--yet problem prone--antenna design on the iPhone 4 has left the company. Based on Apple's response to "antennagate", and Steve Jobs press conference to address issues with the iPhone 4, it seems unlikely that Mark Papermaster's exit is connected to the antenna issues. Read More BBC red faced as 146 laptops disappear BBC staff have managed to lose 146 laptops worth a total of £240,000 in only two years, tracking security company Absolute Software has managed to discover. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense Seven Criteria for Evaluating SaaS The right Security-as-a-Service solution can perform reliably and effectively and deliver the flexibility and control associated with on-premise solutions — at a significantly lower cost — without compromising privacy and security. Read More Mobile tech IQ test How much do you really know about smartphone tech past and present? Read More Chinese regulators clear World of Warcraft expansion A World of Warcraft expansion pack has received approval from China's Ministry of Culture, giving the game government clearance so that it can be played in the country. Read More Why Android App Security Is Better Than for the iPhone Application security has become the focus of a flurry of intense attention in the mobile world lately, due largely to a few well-publicized events affecting each of the major platforms. Read More
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