Top IT Turkeys of 2010

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	Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Let's look back at the IT companies, products and people who exhibited turkey-like behavior in 2010. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Google Invests in Cloud-Controlled WiFi Effective management is key to wireless success. View this Webcast to hear how cloud-controlled wireless management provides the security, remote administration and reliability resource-constrained IT departments require. Learn more now! In this Issue Sad end for Novell: Sold to Attachmate China Internet 'hijack' hugely exaggerated, says researcher Microsoft-organized consortium pays $450 million for Novell IP Supercharged Android: 12 apps to boost your smartphone Ipanema attacks the North American WAN optimization market Virtualization meets its organizational limit IPv6 Subnet Calculators The Cold War: Then and now E-GUIDE: IBM eGuide: A New Look at BI Craft better IT strategies, build new, targeted products and achieve operational savings. These are just some of the benefits derived from business intelligence (BI) software. This expert guide from CIO, Computerworld, InfoWorld and Network World provide an overview of recent BI trends and how to leverage its most powerful features. Learn more. Sad end for Novell: Sold to Attachmate The waiting is over, and the winning suitor has finally been revealed: Novell is being sold to Attachmate for about $2.2 billion with other bits being sold to CPTN Holdings for $450 million. It's a sad end for a once-great company, and could have some unpleasant side-effects for other open source companies and communities. Read More China Internet 'hijack' hugely exaggerated, says researcher The claimed 'hijack' of Internet traffic by China Telecom has been hugely exaggerated in scale and intent, a traffic analysis by Internet security company Arbor Networks has concluded. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 10 Must-Do's for a Profitable Selling Season The e-tailing group will ensure your team is ready to realize your maximum share of holiday dollars by highlighting best practices drawn from the e-tailing group Mystery Shopping and Mindset of a Multi-Channel studies. Learn More Microsoft-organized consortium pays $450 million for Novell IP Microsoft isn't talking - could deal extend Linux/Windows agreement?There's a curious side note involving Microsoft regarding today's $2.2 billion Attachmate purchase of Novell. Read More Supercharged Android: 12 apps to boost your smartphone Make your Android device run longer, run smarter, and run almost anywhere with this collection of essential apps. Read More WHITE PAPER: Watchguard Cloud-based Web Security Isn't Hype - It's Here and It Works Clear threats are rejected at the connection level, eliminating much of the scanning and processing demands on your network. That means both better protection and better performance. Too good to be true? Believe it. Read now! Ipanema attacks the North American WAN optimization market Ipanema Technologies is 11 years old and mainly does business in Europe, but the French company is making a push into the United States hoping to land major carriers and enterprises as customers of its WAN optimization gear. Read More Virtualization meets its organizational limit We've been staring a simple truth in the face for a few years but generally trying to ignore it because the implications are big.  That truth: If we are to get the most out of highly virtualized, cloud-ready environments we are probably going to have to rethink the way parts of IT are organized. Read More IPv6 Subnet Calculators IPv6 subnetting and IPv4 subnetting are very different so you may need a tool to assist youHave you learned to think and dream in hex yet? That is what you are going to have to look forward to as we transition to using IPv6. Because we will be working in hexadecimal numbers we may need a little assistance converting hex to something more visual when creating our IPv6 addressing plans. Read More The Cold War: Then and now When Dickie George of the National Security Agency says, "This is life and death and about our freedom and our way of life," he's not talking about the Soviet Union firing nuclear missiles at the U.S. or infiltrating our government with spies bent on subversion. He's talking about cyber criminals hacking into personal, business or government computers. Read More
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