Quest’s portfolio bulks up Dell’s software group with identity management and security products, as well as migration tools.
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Dell Looks to Boost Software Business With Quest Acquisition
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Internet Explorer Dips Slightly While IE9 Soars
The latest data on browser market share is available now from Net Applications. Overall, Firefox seems to be the big winner for the month, but things are still looking good for Microsoft if you dig a little deeper into the numbers.
According to Net Applications, Firefox bounced back from three straight months of decline–gaining 0.35 percentage points to remain in second place with 20.06 percent market share. Safari, Opera, and “other” also had slight increases, while Chrome and Internet Explorer lost market share.
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Six Virtual Appliances Worth a Look
From WAN optimizers to routers to filers, what was once available in only an appliance is now available in a virtual machine.
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Network Security a Growing Virtualization Concern, But Also an Opportunity
Almost two thirds of respondents to a new InformationWeek network security expect to have half or more of their production servers virtualized by year’s end. Find out how that could help network security, in the long run.
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Paving the Way to Abandon BlackBerry
If your company relies on BlackBerry mobile devices, it’s time to head for the lifeboats. I don’t have a crystal ball, so I can’t say with any certainty what RIM’s fate holds in store. But, it doesn’t take any supernatural ability to see that the company is floundering…badly.
When I went to the BlackBerry World Conference in Orlando at the beginning of May, RIM seemed upbeat. Thorsten Heins appeared to have gotten past his initial delusion of staying the course, and all hopes were pinned on the revolutionary BlackBerry 10 platform.
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Server SSD Isn’t Necessarily PCIe
SSDs aren’t for just laptops and desktops–there is room for server SSDs. Learn why, and why people are gun-shy about server-side SSD use.
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Report: BYOD, Virtualization, Mobile Will Make 45% of Networks Obsolete by 2016
As more technologies devour more enterprise network resources, fewer will be able to keep up with the demands by 2016, according to Dimension Data’s Network Barometer 2012 report.
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Google Compute Engine Is No Threat to Amazon, Microsoft, RackSpace
With limited configurations, virtual machine and operating system support, the beta version of Compute Engine isn’t likely to steal users from Amazon and other IaaS leaders.
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Network Performance Monitoring Pressure Ratchets Up
As more enterprises turn to cloud computing, IT administrators are finding there’s no single administrative viewpoint that can look across the entire network.
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The Biggest Threat to Your Private-Cloud Deployment: Your IT Staff
Your IT staff is likely full of technologists, which won’t help you find success with a private-cloud deployment. Here’s why shifting to an IT service catalog approach may ease your transition to the cloud.
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