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	Service-now.com gains ITSM cloud user If you're a newly hired IT manager at a rapidly growing global company, what might be one of the first management-related projects you undertake? Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More In this Issue Cubicle wars: Best and worst office setups for tech workers Survey finds big 2011 surge in enterprise mobile apps Virtualization and cloud computing hiring outlook for 2011 Wi-Fi vendors add cloud-based networking Mobile device management in an age of paranoia HP-Microsoft collaboration bears fruit Amazon's Beanstalk aims to make Web Services easier to use Details emerge of patents Novell is selling to Microsoft Cybercrime and the U.S. criminal justice system 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! Cubicle wars: Best and worst office setups for tech workers Consider the modern office layout: Open floor plan, lots of common space flooded with natural light, clusters of "pods" with low partitions (or none), all designed to encourage teamwork, boost productivity and -- management hopes -- improve the bottom line. Read More Survey finds big 2011 surge in enterprise mobile apps A survey of 250 IT managers finds that 9 out of 10 are planning this year to dramatically expand the number of mobile applications deployed at their companies. Read More Virtualization and cloud computing hiring outlook for 2011 If you've got virtualization and cloud skills, plenty of companies now have jobs. Still, you may not be at the very top of the IT hiring agenda. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Need a Long-Term Archive Solution? Along with their iLayer software, Quantum has delivered an archive solution that reduces the total cost of ownership for the IT infrastructure while at the same time simplifying data protection. To learn more about the Scalar i6000, please read on. Read More Wi-Fi vendors add cloud-based networking Two Wi-Fi vendors are adding routers, coupled with cloud-based network management to create subscription networking services, both wired and wireless. Read More Mobile device management in an age of paranoia Smartphones don't look particularly dangerous. But in the wrong hands, they can cause serious damage to a company's finances, reputation, and even long-term survivability. And those "wrong hands" aren't always the folks on the wrong side of the law. Read More HP-Microsoft collaboration bears fruit Just over a year ago, HP and Microsoft announced a $250 million partnership to jointly develop HP appliances running Microsoft software platforms including Exchange, SharePoint and SQL Server. Today, some of the fruits of that collaboration are coming to market. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC SMART, Modular, Cost-Effective Steps to Workload Automation Companies running legacy job scheduling products suffer from higher costs, inefficient use of resources, and greater IT complexity, according to independent analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates. Read their findings, and see why consolidating on a single, comprehensive workload automation solution is an easy win for IT and the business. Learn More Now! Amazon's Beanstalk aims to make Web Services easier to use Amazon plans to introduce an offering that combines its Web services into one tool that is aimed at making it easier for customers to use and fine-tune the services. Read More Details emerge of patents Novell is selling to Microsoft Additional details have emerged regarding the more than 800 patents Novell is selling to the Microsoft-led consortium CPTN Holdings for US$450 million, about two months after the deal was first announced. Read More Cybercrime and the U.S. criminal justice system In this series of columns, I am reviewing particularly interesting chapters in The Handbook of Technology Management (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) edited by Professor Hossein Bidgoli. Read More
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