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	Service-now.com bolsters ITSM SaaS offering Service-now.com, recognized by Gartner as a visionary for delivering IT service management in a software-as-a-service delivery model, continues pushing the market boundaries with its Fall 2010 release, now available. Read More ARTICLE: HP The HP LaserJet MFP Pays for itself in less than 1 year. After that it pays your business. Calculate your own payback. Click to continue In this Issue Apple iPhone app manages mainframe Researchers argue for smarter traffic lights Google is world's most attractive employer; Microsoft drops to #7 Avaya working with Skype to slash call costs White House issues IPv6 directive At long last, Obama highlights IPv6 issue Two ways to build a better IT strategy Microsoft SharePoint: Three deployment challenges Smartphones, mobile apps mushroom, says researcher Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent Converged Mobile Backhaul As service providers strive to leverage their network to deliver innovative services, optimizing the transport infrastructure is key in ensuring profitability. In converged mobile backhaul, the Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR creates a transition from TDM to IP, while preserving low total cost of ownership. Read Now Apple iPhone app manages mainframe Network management vendor William Data Systems says it has created an iPhone app that lets users manage IBM's z/OS mainframe environment. Read More Researchers argue for smarter traffic lights Santa Fe Institute researchers devise a superior way of operating traffic lights so traffic moves more quickly. Read More Google is world's most attractive employer; Microsoft drops to #7 Survey of 130,000 career seekers taps Google as world's most attractive employer. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall A Powerful Platform for Virtualization Download this HP white paper to learn how the next-generation ProLiant servers can help companies achieve rapid ROI and dramatically lower their operational expenses. Read More Avaya working with Skype to slash call costs Avaya and Skype are teaming up to give businesses low-cost communications options that can be managed through corporate telecommunications infrastructure. Read More White House issues IPv6 directive Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has issued a directive requiring all U.S. government agencies to upgrade their public-facing Web sites and services by Sept. 30, 2012, to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More At long last, Obama highlights IPv6 issue The Obama Administration until now it has ignored one of the biggest issues facing the Internet: the rapid depletion of IPv4 Internet addresses and the imminent need for carriers and content providers to adopt IPv6. Read More WEBCAST: Iron Mountain 4 Proven Methods to Reduce Your Backup Costs Explore four unique case studies in which Iron Mountain has helped customers better understand – and take control of – their growing data problems while significantly reducing their mounting backup costs; the answer isn't "more backup." View now Two ways to build a better IT strategy A CIO at a Fortune 500 company needs to develop strong data governance and data-management capabilities, and a long-term technology strategy. What's the best way to accomplish this without a staff skilled for this kind of work? Read More Microsoft SharePoint: Three deployment challenges Enterprise adoption of SharePoint is rapidly on the rise: A new survey from document management company Global 360 reveals that 90% of the survey's 886 respondents currently use SharePoint, with 8% using SharePoint 2010. Read More Smartphones, mobile apps mushroom, says researcher Research released Friday confirms what most of us anecdotally know but maybe haven't done much about from a management perspective: Smartphone usage is skyrocketing in the enterprise, and the average number of apps on the devices has been showing 50% year-over-year growth since 2008. Read More Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline Comcast says it will meet its 2012 deadline of transitioning its network to support IPv6, the long anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications schedule. The ISP is halfway through a nine-month public trial of IPv6 that has attracted 7,000 of its business and residential customers nationwide. Read More
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