6 ways to maximize your IT training budget

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	6 ways to maximize your IT training budget Although the economy is picking up ever so slightly, IT departments remain on the lookout for ways to do more with less – fewer people, fewer resources, less money. That's why learning how to stretch the training budget as far as possible can pay significant dividends. Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Integrating Mobility with Unified Access Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More In this Issue How giant companies see the cloud Getting chipped: Why I will live with an NFC chip implant for a year BYOD forces users' personal information on help desk What's a 'spagger?'… (Google's no help) What giant companies WON'T put in the cloud EMC and NetApp make their moves in the cloud 10 cool new features found in iOS 8.1 When it comes to mobile, IT is out of touch Gigamon says it can analyze attacker SSL traffic without hitting performance Secretive, unblockable Verizon perma-cookies kick up privacy concerns WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The Network Impact of 802.11ac This paper discuss two approaches for efficient WLAN design. Both let you integrate 802.11ac into your WLAN and help lay the foundation for future, high-speed technologies. View Now>> How giant companies see the cloud CIOs and cloud leaders at large enterprises -- Campbell Soup, Dow Chemical, GE, Nationwide, Western Union, Whirlpool and others -- talk about their successes and challenges as they deploy resources to public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Here's a snapshot of life in the cloud for each of these companies. Read More Getting chipped: Why I will live with an NFC chip implant for a year There are days when even your wife thinks you're crazy. In my case one those days was when I told her I decided to implant a near-field communication chip in my hand."You of all people? And that thing will stay in your arm for a year?" she asked incredulously. She had a point, of course, because I'm the one who always says that any possible breach of my own -- and my reader's -- privacy should be contested with all possible measures. Read More BYOD forces users' personal information on help desk As the recent scandal over leaked celebrity photographs reminded us all, people use their electronic devices for very personal pursuits in the era of smartphone ubiquity. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive WLAN Buyer's Guide It is crucial to thoroughly understand the systems management capabilities of any WLAN being considered, since this will be the largest ongoing expense of the overall deployment. Learn how to evaluate properly by reading Aerohive's WLAN Definitive Guide. View Now>> What's a 'spagger?'… (Google's no help) Google rarely fails me, especially when it comes to something as trivial as delivering the definition of a word or slang. Yet fail me Google did this morning. And, coincidentally, it did so in relation to an email from my kids' middle school carrying the subject line: "Google Night for Parents." Read More What giant companies WON'T put in the cloud Even among the most cloud-focused businesses, there are resources CIOs won't consider migrating to the cloud – at least not yet. Read More EMC and NetApp make their moves in the cloud Titans of the storage industry EMC and NetApp could be seen as two companies that have some of the most to lose with the advent of cloud computing technology popularizing in the market. Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network You may have heard the buzz about iBeacon, a technology that enables proximity-based services for mobile devices. To learn about iBeacon and how it can impact your company, watch the recording of Aerohive's latest webinar, "What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network and Your Business". View Now>> 10 cool new features found in iOS 8.1 Don't be fooled: iOS 8.1 is no mere "dot" release. This rapid update from Apple is chock-full of great new features, several of which could change how you work, shop, and share. Read More When it comes to mobile, IT is out of touch Like it or not, mobile is the new gamemaker in business -- if you haven't adopted a mobile strategy that enables productivity on the go, rest assured that your competitors have. Read More Gigamon says it can analyze attacker SSL traffic without hitting performance Encrypting data traffic is mandatory for safeguarding information. But when attackers use encryption to mask their activity, it can be hard for enterprises to figure out what they're stealing. Read More Secretive, unblockable Verizon perma-cookies kick up privacy concerns Verizon Wireless has kicked up something of a privacy scandal in recent days over how it tampers with user's web traffic sent via the company's wireless network. Read More
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