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	Blue Coat brings application-awareness to PacketShaper range Blue Coat Systems has introduced application awareness to its packet-shaping appliance range to improve content recognition. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed What's Needed for Cloud Computing Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, visionaries might say it is the future of IT. In reality, both statements are true-cloud computing has been embellished by the tech industry but it does hold real potential for new types of on-demand dynamic IT services. Read now! In this Issue Riverbed buys satellite optimization vendor Global Protocols LimeWire is quietly resurrected: It's baaack! Jason Deli chain ditches open source e-mail for the Google cloud IBM: New chip-making technology will boost Internet Chrome browser set to become 'wicked fast' Esterline finds videoconferencing doesn't have to bust budget Cisco sends up a warning flare Dell's Kace management tools going mobile Avaya unveils switching blueprint for virtual data centers WEBCAST: Dell Companies spend 30% more on software licenses than needed. Poor visibility into remote assets, an inability to ensure the security of PCs, and failing to deliver satisfactory service to end users on a consistent and cost-effective basis are a few of the challenges that IT executives face as they struggle to manage software across their organizations. Learn more now! Riverbed buys satellite optimization vendor Global Protocols WAN optimization vendor Riverbed Technology is moving more deeply into optimizing satellite links with the purchase of one of its business partners, Global Protocols, which licenses software to boost performance over satellite networks. Read More LimeWire is quietly resurrected: It's baaack! Less than a month after its "permanent shut down," LimeWire has been resurrected by an anonymous dev team -- and it's better and more powerful than before. Or, well, something like that. Read More Jason Deli chain ditches open source e-mail for the Google cloud Kevin Verde, CIO of the nationwide chain of restaurants, Jason Deli, loves open source. He's even a fan of the open source e-mail platform he recently yanked out in favor of cloud-based Google Apps. But with 1,800 e-mail users to support among the organization's 228 retail locations and seven corporate offices, he had a choice to make: save a little bit of money or save a lot of time. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Long-Term Data Protection and Retention IT organizations of all sizes contend with a growing data footprint with more data to manage, protect and preserve for longer periods of time. Read Now IBM: New chip-making technology will boost Internet IBM wants chip-making technology to bolster new routers, switches. Read More Chrome browser set to become 'wicked fast' Earlier this fall Google promised that hardware acceleration advances were going to make Chrome 7 as much as 60 times faster than its predecessor, and now the company is working on a new feature that could boost the browser's speed even more. Read More Esterline finds videoconferencing doesn't have to bust budget Aerospace manufacturer Esterline Technologies said it expects to save significant sums by using LifeSize videoconferencing technology rather than that offered by industry leaders Cisco and Polycom. Read More WEBCAST: Red Hat 5-Step RISC Migration Planning Process 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. View Now! Cisco sends up a warning flare Citing a "challenging economic environment," Cisco's fiscal 2011 second quarter outlook fell far short of Wall Street expectations. It's an indication that the economic recovery is slow and will obviously take longer than many had hoped. Read More Dell's Kace management tools going mobile Dell is updating its Kace systems management products to help IT departments deal with the army of smartphones and tablets invading their company networks, Michael Dell said on Tuesday. Read More Avaya unveils switching blueprint for virtual data centers Avaya this week unveiled software enhancements to its switches designed to allow users to optimize the network for business applications and services through virtualization. Read More
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