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	Why any great career move should be known as 'a Schmidt' Schmidt was CEO at Novell in 2001 when he was asked to and did indeed take the top spot at Google. The rest is not only history but has prompted me over the years to wonder: Has anyone in any field ever made a better career move? I say no. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Ten Steps to Increasing Data Center Efficiency You can't manage what you don't monitor. That's why infrastructure monitoring is essential to data center optimization. Emerson Network Power outlines what you should be monitoring, how to monitor it and the results you can expect. Take the proactive approach to infrastructure monitoring. Read now In this Issue How dead is the PBX really? Berners-Lee: Social networks are a 'threat to the Web' Microsoft's Hand in Novell Deal Bodes Ill for Linux Could Windows Phone 7 succeed with IT? Cisco developing another tracking app Exploring WLAN Client and Infrastructure Density: Meru's 500-Client Demo Microsoft Spying on Users For Free Join.me; how to present your world domination plans Compellent adds virtualization, hardware upgrades to its SAN The battle for space shots heats up on the ground Apple Releases iOS 4.2 WEBCAST: Websense, Inc. Web Security Gateway Solutions Demo This demo provides a hands on view of Websense Web Security Gateway solutions and how they enable safe productive use of today's dynamic, interactive Web. Learn More Now! How dead is the PBX really? The role of the PBX is changing in importance, but it's still too early to issue a death certificate, according to Infonetics. Read More Berners-Lee: Social networks are a 'threat to the Web' Founder of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has slammed social networks claiming they are "a threat to the Web." Read More Microsoft's Hand in Novell Deal Bodes Ill for Linux Attachmate may be the primary purchasing party in the Novell acquisition deal announced today, but the involvement of Microsoft means there's a fresh new threat to Linux looming on the horizon. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG 8 Criteria for Server Load Balancing Server load balancers are a simple yet highly effective means to scale an application environment while ensuring its availability. Today's solutions should also address application performance and security. Read about the top eight criteria you should consider when choosing a server load balancer and how Citrix NetScaler meets those requirements. Read now! Could Windows Phone 7 succeed with IT? Hooks to SharePoint, BizTalk, and SQL Server could appeal to Microsoft shops if security is improved. Read More Cisco developing another tracking app Colleague Steve Lawson of the IDG News Service has scooped the development of a Cisco application designed to assess how people work and communicate, with the apparent intention of helping them work better together. Read More Exploring WLAN Client and Infrastructure Density: Meru's 500-Client Demo The increasing number of clients (and their increasing volumes of all kinds of traffic) in any given physical area are driving a renewed interest in WLAN dense deployments. Meru's 500-client demo gives us an excellent opportunity to explore this important direction in more detail. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerate WAN File Transfers by 50x According to Taneja Group research, 83% of IT managers are considering a move to the cloud a top priority. This paper highlights their research and provides guidance on how to overcome cloud adoption barriers and further leverage virtualization and consolidation efforts by strategically deploying WAN optimization. Read now! Microsoft Spying on Users For Free Are the feds one of Microsoft's best customers? Microsoft does not charge the government even a penny for surveillance of its users. Google charges $25 per user and Yahoo charges $29 per user. Read More Join.me; how to present your world domination plans There are so many services available to do online presentations these days it's hard to figure out which one to choose. Some of the offerings are definitely designed for enterprise scale use and feature complex management interfaces and all sorts of conference management tools which is great if you actually make use of them. Read More Compellent adds virtualization, hardware upgrades to its SAN Compellent today announced the next generation of its storage area network, which adds support for non-disruptive movement of data volumes between arrays as well as a new controller that offers Fibre Channel over Ethernet and iSCSI transport protocols. Read More The battle for space shots heats up on the ground It seems the scaffolding that will hold up the commercial space industry is being bolstered almost daily. Read More Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Apple has just announced that iOS 4.2 will be available today for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users. Read More
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