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	SJSU sidestepped sole source documentation in Cisco deal The San Jose State University did not file sole source/sole brand requisition and justification documentation with the California State University's Chancellor's office before awarding a $28 million contract to Cisco reseller Nexus IS without a competitive bid. This appears to be in violation of the CSU Information Technology Project & Procurement Planning Guidelines, which state: Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now In this Issue School district opts for VDI in computer labs Three Common Strategies to Support BYOD The latest craze? 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School district opts for VDI in computer labs As technical director for the Rocori School District in Stearns County, Minn., Brian Michalski was looking into virtual desktop infrastructure as a way to cut costs in the schools' 13 computer labs. Read More Three Common Strategies to Support BYOD The easiest way to secure the network and protect company data is to simply not allow mobile devices to access company resources at all. Of course, that's a highly impractical policy, and one that ignores the many benefits mobile devices bring to the table. You can block non-managed devices from connecting to the network, and you can lock down USB ports on company PCs, but it's virtually impossible to ban employee-owned devices altogether. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Meeting Campus LAN Challenges IT administrators serving K-12 and higher education institutions face a host of daunting challenges managing today's campus networks. These challenges include large and unpredictable user populations, complex and antiquated network infrastructures. Learn more. The latest craze? High-voltage fences promise to zap would-be copper thieves It may be a gimmick or maybe the ultimate answer, but a California city this week Ok'd a draft ordinance that would let businesses install 7,000 volt electric fences to protect sites from rampant copper thieves. Read More Mobile Device Management Spotlight: SOTI MobiControl Welcome to the fifth installment of the MDM spotlight series. There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks. Accordingly, there has been an explosion of interest in Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions. One of the top tier players in this space is SOTI. They have over 10,000... 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Read More Big Switch arrives The march toward software-defined networking will be a long slog given current investments in the installed base, but industry forces are coalescing rapidly in anticipation of the huge benefits to be reaped from this fundamental shift in the way we build and run networks. Read More A thing the Internet of Things doesn't need The concept of the Internet of Things is a powerful one. You take a device that can be monitored and or controlled in the physical world and connect it to the 'Net such that it has a virtual doppelganger online. This not only allows for things in the real world to be controlled by computers, it also allows for optimization of how, where, and when they are used. Read More
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