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IT is Not the Mailroom

Paul Ingevaldson predicts that the companies that underperform when the economy recovers will include those that outsourced IT.

Droid and Android, ICANN Votes, Win 7 Residue

The world got another smartphone this week with Motorola's Droid, available from Verizon. Google rolled out Android 2.0 as well. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers finally voted to allow non-Latin characters in domain names, and Windows 7 news continued apace, among other things. So read on and Happy Halloween everyone (see number 10).

Can't We All Just Get Along and Collaborate?

Mindjet's new Catalyst application turns your browser into an all-hands meeting place, and once the brainstorming stops, LiquidPlanner's project management tool helps turn ideas into reality.

Fending Off the Business Case Blues

Bart Perkins has heard all the arguments against doing business cases, and he doesn't buy any of them.

AT&T Vs. Google: More Than Nuns Or Phone Sex

AT&T raised the stakes last week in its recent dust-up with Google over an online voice service, accusing its rival of blocking phone calls to nuns.

Ride the Wave! Hands-on with Google Wave Preview

Back in late May, Google unveiled an early developer preview of a new "online tool for real-time communication and collaboration." Google Wave merges message boards, e-mail, social-networking, wikis, and instant messaging- with drag and drop document sharing and live transmission to boot. Live transmission means that every character you type will instantly appear to other participants of a wave thread.

Website Disclaimers - Yes, They Do Work

Have you ever wondered if your website disclaimers are really necessary? A recent case provides a timely reminder of how a disclaimer can protect you from liability for website mistakes.

Why IBM Still Matters

Big Blue doesn't get the publicity that Google or Apple do, but it's still a solid performer that has prepared wisely for technology's future, says Preston Gralla.

Wireless and Mobile Companies Worth Watching

We took a look at wireless and mobile companies whose product innovation and ambition reflect the mobile industry ferment, which is being expressed in all kinds of products from IT management services to unique Apple iPhone applications. These companies are trying to enable better mobile e-commerce and empower business class mobile users.

Network Neutrality's Real Battle: Mobile

As FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski stands in support of net neutrality, the general consensus is that Internet service providers won't put up much of a fight for a mandated open wired Internet. The real battle, going forward, will be over wireless net neutrality, and how companies like AT&T and Verizon Wireless manage their networks.

 
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Virtualization and cloud are driving new requirements for data center network performance, VM support, automation and simplified orchestration. This paper outlines Extreme Networks® open fabric approach to high speed, low latency networks for modern data centers.
The evolution of the network to provide the intelligence needed to address user, device and application mobility is underway. In this white paper, Extreme Networks® outlines the five phases required to bring mobility into the network.
The McAfee virtual patching solution provides a layered approach to security risk management, while adding the ability to apply a virtual patching strategy to your existing change-management process.
Learn more about Gartner's evaluation of network IPS that places McAfee in the leaders' quadrant. Deep inspection network-based intrusion prevention continues to be a due-diligence security control.
IP networks are growing at an exponential rate thanks to virtualization, mobile devices and IP v6. But IT departments are under budget constraints and skilled staff is becoming scarce. The solution..
Join guest speaker, Rohit Mehra, IDC Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, to explore current trends, discuss best practices for optimizing Data Center and enterprise campus network infrastructures for the Cloud, and identify ways to better allocate network resources, reduce operating costs and improve application performance.
Learn how Gartner's criteria for next generation IPS helps organizations achieve effective threat prevention despite changes in network communications, new applications, and changes in the threat landscape.
Today's networks are under attack. To build a better network, you've got to understand the stresses that today's networks are under due to mobility, virtualization and cloud computing.
As greater numbers of datacenter servers transition from the physical to the virtual world, the components of virtualization success come to the fore. What scores of organizations have discovered is that success is derived from an optimal pairing of the right software platform with the right hardware platform.
Have you been looking to hear about customer's experiences with the new VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager product? View this webcast to learn about VMware customer, Navicure, and their experiences testing and evaluating the recovery manager, their progress in implementing it in their environment and their advice other customers considering using vCenter.
Many enterprises have discovered that the use of virtualization to support desktop workloads creates a range of significant benefits. These benefits include price efficiencies, improved IT management and greater agility and choice for end users.

This VMware sponsored webcast with IDC will provide both quantitative measurement of the business value -- defined as the expected ROI -- and qualitative analysis associated with the use of VMware View™. IDC will also provide an analysis of the View Composer and ThinApp™ features of VMware View, including the business value of these solutions and an overview of how they work.

Attend this webcast to learn about:
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