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	Network administrators look to SDN with hope, concern Some network operators say they need new tools to set up and manage connections in a virtualized world, even if that means adopting software-defined networking technology, which is still in its infancy. Read More WHITE PAPER: Gartner Group, Inc. Demand More From ITSSM Vendors IT service support management tool vendors have yet to combine mobile, social, information and cloud computing capabilities, because buyers haven't asked for them. Infrastructure and operations managers should demand these capabilities to modernize IT support and accelerate I&O maturity. Learn more. In this Issue Meet the guy who made the first cellphone call 40 years ago Companies experience a malware event on their systems every three minutes, report says Why some U.S. homes and businesses still don't have cellular service Tax time! We name the best PC-based solutions for filing your returns Nuage sprouts Alcatel's software-only bid to automate clouds Employees still use online file sharing, even if companies prohibit its use The paperless office continues to elude us MapR brings Hadoop support to Ubuntu Cisco plans to buy UK femtocell maker Ubiquisys Amost 2.4 billion computing devices will ship this year, forecasts Gartner WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Service-Oriented Performance Management Strategy This white paper is to help IT organizations adopt a management methodology that enables them to improve the user experience by focusing on service delivery management. Learn More. Meet the guy who made the first cellphone call 40 years ago 80-plus year-old Father of the cell phone buys new smartphone every 2 months Read More Companies experience a malware event on their systems every three minutes, report says Organizations face malware-related events that bypass traditional defense technologies on their networks every three minutes, according to a new report released Wednesday by security vendor FireEye. Read More Why some U.S. homes and businesses still don't have cellular service While large portions of the U.S. are looking forward to faster wireless broadband, some regions don't have even simple cell phone service. What is being done to help? Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Best Practices for Implementing 2048-bit SSL Ready for 2048-bit SSL? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign 2048-bit Performance Kit. Learn More Tax time! We name the best PC-based solutions for filing your returns The race is on. As procrastinators gather their W-2 forms and receipts, small-fry tax sites and apps battle with three full-fledged software programs--H&R Block at Home, TaxAct, and TurboTax--for your last-minute filing business. Choosing the right site, program, or app is a decision you shouldn't make in haste, because you don't want to find yourself lacking one or more of the forms you need, or paying more to file than you need to. Read More Nuage sprouts Alcatel's software-only bid to automate clouds Alcatel-Lucent is promising more manageable cloud computing through Nuage Networks, an internal startup that is making its formal debut on Tuesday. Read More Employees still use online file sharing, even if companies prohibit its use While most corporations have strict policies against using consumer-class file sharing and collaboration services because they are not secure, employees still regularly use them because they are convenient and easy to use, a survey finds. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments. Learn More! The paperless office continues to elude us Since the dawn of personal computers there have been predictions of an all-digital future where paper was little but a distant memory. Decades later, it seems like we've made progress toward the "paperless office," but the Utopian vision is still a long way off. Read More MapR brings Hadoop support to Ubuntu Hadoop distributor MapR Technologies has announced a new partnership with Canonical to package the MapR M3 Edition for Apache Hadoop with Ubuntu. Read More Cisco plans to buy UK femtocell maker Ubiquisys Cisco is planning to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys for US$310 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced on Wednesday. Read More Amost 2.4 billion computing devices will ship this year, forecasts Gartner Almost 2.4 billion computers, tablets and cellphones will ship this year, according to estimates from Gartner. Read More
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