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Five ways IT can prepare for wearable devices at work
Just when IT execs are getting a handle on how to accommodate employees' personal smartphones and tablets in the workplace, the technology industry has thrown up a new challenge -- wearable computers. Read More

WEBCAST: Juniper Networks

Converged Access for a More Agile Enterprise
A new convergence trend is making its way through the enterprise: converged user access across wired and wireless networks. Driving this trend is the need to accommodate a dizzying array of devices and data, communicating wirelessly from a variety of locations across and outside of the enterprise. View now >>

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WHITE PAPER: Stratacache

Accelerating In-Store Mobile Apps at Retail
In this whitepaper, we examine how on-premise caching technology can take the guesswork out of mobile retailing with staggering results. Learn More.

Google introduces Helpouts, a new way to get help over video
Google has launched a new tool that connects people with experts over live interactive video for free or paid advice, while adding a revenue stream for the company in the form of transaction fees from providers. Read More

6TB helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity 50%
Western Digital Monday started shipping a 6TB, helium-filled hard drive that represents a 50% increase in drive capacity over today's largest hard drives. Read More

HP porting venerable Nonstop server platform to x86
Hewlett-Packard has announced a multi-year effort to port its Nonstop server systems, used by banks, telcos and other businesses that need maximum reliability, from Intel's Itanium architecture to x86. Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility
Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >>

Windows Azure users can use hard drives to import and export data
Microsoft is offering Windows Azure customers the facility of transferring their data offline to and from Azure storage accounts using hard disk drives. Read More

Biggest risks in IPv6 security today
Although IPv6 packets have started to flow, network engineers still tread lightly because of lingering security concerns. Here are the top six security risks in IPv6 network security today as voted by gogoNET members, a community of 95,000 network professionals. Read More

Cisco puts its unified computing servers into OpenStack clouds
The top executives leading Cisco's OpenStack efforts today said customers can run the open source cloud computing platform with its Unified Computing System (UCS) and Nexus hardware devices, and that the company will provide advanced support to help customers deploy OpenStack clouds. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Spirent Communications

Challenges for Modern Networks Built Using SDN and OpenFlow
The Testing Challenges of SDN and OpenFlow white paper Covers Emerging network deployment scenarios, Current shifts in traffic type crossing networks and Challenges with Cost, Agility and Design. Read Now

Open-source tools keep Twitter up and running
To prevent disruptions and scale up its service while keeping costs down, Twitter has drastically changed its core infrastructure and has adopted some open-source tools. Read More

Tech spending slows, thanks to Congress
Forrester Research has lowered its projection for tech spending growth this year from 5.7% to 3.9%, and it attributes the slowdown mostly to moves in Congress. Read More

High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech
To boost its Wi-Fi capacity in packed lecture halls, Georgia Institute of Technology gave up trying to cram in more access points, with conventional omni-directional antennas, and juggle power settings and channel plans. Instead, it turned to new high-gain directional antennas, from Tessco's Ventev division. Read More

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5 ways that BYOD is shaking up tech support
Amid the clamor of "bring your own device" (BYOD), a question lurks in the background: "What happens to technical service and support?" Concerns for the tech support function encompass the extremes, from agents being overwhelmed with calls, to their becoming inhabitants of a help desk ghost town. Read More

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