Rumors have been floating around for some time that Microsoft is hard at work developing Microsoft Office apps for iOS—or more specifically for the Apple iPad. Speculation about Office for iOS has grown following the launch of Office 2013 and the new Office 365, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appears to have squashed that dream for the time being.
Cisco’s ONE Controller Debuts; Targets SDN
Cisco’s SDN architecture gets its keystone with the launch of the Cisco ONE Controller, a software package that supports OpenFlow and its own onePK APIs. Cisco also announced support for hybrid clouds with its Nexus 1000V product, and the Nexus 6000, a new data center switch.
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Why you should care about cyber espionage
Malware attacks have taken on new meaning over the last few years. Businesses and consumers are more or less used to the day-in and day-out of Trojans, phishing scams and such, but a new breed of much more complex and sophisticated threats has changed the game.
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Cisco Nexus 6000: First Impressions
I got a sneak peek of the Cisco Nexus 6000 switch series at Cisco Live. It’s packed with 40GbE ports, multicast support and solid core Ethernet capabilities that will translate into speed, simplicity and scale. The Nexus 6000 means Cisco finally “gets” cloud networking.
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Dell Doubles Down On Integrated Systems, Targets SAP HANA
News roundup: Dell announces integrated systems for SAP HANA and debuts Active System Manager 7.0, which integrates orchestration software from Gale Technologies; EMC adds scale to Isilon; SugarSync launches unlimited business pricing.
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Best of Interop 2013 Nominations Open
Nominations are now open for the Best of Interop awards in Las Vegas. The awards recognize innovative hardware and software that advance business technology. Award categories include cloud and virtualization, networking, mobility, security and storage.
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RIM BES 10: Too Little, Too Late
Most enterprises have moved past the value of mobility and are focused on execution. It can be a challenge to determine what tools, processes and other things they need to be able to support whatever mobile initiatives they have — BYOD included. So with the recent BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 announcement, what does BB 10 bring to the table in terms of new enterprise management, security and true enterprise mobility?
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Why Office 365 is a better deal than Office 2013
The new Microsoft Office is here. As with the previous versions, you can get Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more as a locally installed suite of applications or as Office 365, a cloud-based subscription. However, choosing between Office 2013 desktop software and the new Office 365 is a dramatically different decision than in the past.
This time, there is virtually no decision to make. Comparing Office 2013 to Office 365 is an exercise in semantics; Microsoft has significantly stacked the deck to favor one over the other.
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VMware’s SDN Dilemma: VXLAN or Nicira?
VMware has invested in two overlay network approaches: the VXLAN standard originally conceived by Cisco; and STT, which drafted by SDN startup Nicira. VMware acquired Nicira for more than a billion dollars. Which will VMware choose? Here’s my take.
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