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When it comes to thinking about the future data center, it’s well understood that servers and storage will function as pools of virtualized resources that can automatically switch from task to task.
Networking is a much harder nut to crack. It remains unvirtualized and has lagged far behind the other two. But without it, we’ll never get to the flexible, automated data center of the future envisioned as a “private cloud.”
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Wi-Fi wireless LANs (WLANs) have been displacing wired Ethernet as a preferred means of client access for years. Two years ago, we asked readers about wireless plans: Our InformationWeek Wireless LAN survey found about 40% of respondents predicting that they would largely replace wired access infrastructure within five years. Fast forward and it’s likely that today’s torrent of mobile devices rushing into the enterprise, whether resulting from formal, front-door BYOD policies or furtive, or back-door infiltration, is accelerating the timetable.
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Traditional business applications don’t fare well compared to consumer options. Is it time for companies to focus more on the user experience and less on application performance?
Network Computing
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MobileIron announced two new additions to its suite of mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) products on Tuesday: AppConnect and AppTunnel.
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The mobility game isn’t just for consumer apps anymore. We share mobile business apps from ten startups that can help drive sales, leverage analytics, streamline team communication and more.
Network Computing
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HP adds bigger displays and more processing power to its notebook-like mt40 mobile thin client, as well as the ability to image wirelessly.
Network Computing
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New technologies are emerging to streamline storage environments. Whether you call those technologies storage virtualization, storage hypervisors, or software defined storage, IT still has to be persuaded to embrace them.
Network Computing
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Jonathan Bryce may have started out as implementer of the original Mosso Cloud in San Antonio that became the Rackspace Cloud. But the new executive director of the OpenStack Foundation said the OpenStack open source project is the best way to avoid getting locked into a cloud vendor’s operations.
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Casino gaming machines undergo independent scrutiny to certify their reliability. Shouldn’t voting machines get the same treatment?
Network Computing
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Network tunnels used to have a bad reputation, but the rise of software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization is changing that. WAN optimization, which uses tunnels, may offer insights that IT can apply to SDN.
Network Computing
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