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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Location, location, location
The possibilities associated with using location information in mobility applications are endless, and the wireless industry has only touched the surface. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Case Study – Petrobas
Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras' backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more. Read now!

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Tips to Investigate App Performance Issues
Check out this video as "Jack," the network manager, deals with a barrage of slow network complaints from users throughout the company. See how Riverbed Cascade collects flow records from routers, switches and other devices and correlates them with packet inspection to get full application identification at Layer 7. Learn more!

Imagine if your neighbor built a fake Apple store
By now you've probably seen the stories and pictures out of China about the five fake Apple stores. If not, here's a story, and I'm including a couple of the pictures with this post. Now, I know next to nothing about Chinese intellectual property law, or, for that matter, Chinese culture and business ethics. But I do have a rough understanding of how these things are supposed to work in our society,... Read More

RIM job cuts renew takeover speculation
RIM's stock fell to its lowest point in five years, after it announced plans to cut 11% of its workers to "optimize" costs. The bargain stock price is fueling a new round or speculation that RIM may be bought out. But the most likely candidates lack the cash, or a reason, to do so. Read More


WHITE PAPER: BMC

How to Choose a SaaS-Based I.T. Service Management Solution
All SaaS help-desks are not created equally. From basic ticket logging to full-featured, enterprise-grade service management solutions, there truly is something for everyone. Learn more about the key factors in deciding between a comprehensive or a slimmer selection for your organization. Learn More Today!

Timeline: RIM's rapid decline
How Apple and Android both gobbled up RIM's market share. Read More

Cisco exec: "Demand for Cius is higher than we expected."
Cisco won't have a 3G-capable Cius until the fall, when it will be released for Verizon customers. Yet Cisco execs say that are already wowed by early orders of the WiFi-only tablet/IP phone combo. "Demand for Cius is higher than we expected," said Barry O'Sullivan, senior VP of Cisco's Collaboration and Communication Group to a group of of journalists at Cisco Live. O'Sullivan wouldn't reveal details,... Read More


WEBCAST: CA Technologies

Managing Service Quality Across the Infrastructure
With zero tolerance for latency of web applications and a near total dependence on technology in the workplace as the norm, an unpredictable and unreliable infrastructure is too big a risk for today's speed of business. View Now

Most Lion upgrades reported to be going well, but …
Overall, most Mac users upgrading to the new Lion version of Mac OS X seem to be doing so with minimal problems. There's still ongoing debate about whether Lion, which introduces concepts and features from Apple's mobile iOS platform, really roars. Read More

How to upgrade your Mac to OS X Lion
Easiest OS upgrade ever? Quite possibly Read More

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with 4G LTE available July 28 from Verizon Wireless
Samsung and Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that an LTE version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, one of the few tablets to date that critics have called a viable opponent to the Apple iPad, will be available July 28. Read More

Verizon 4G LTE: Four Gotchas
Who's the fastest wireless carrier in town? If you've seen any of their ads, you know it's Verizon, unless it's AT&T or T-Mobile or Sprint. Read More



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