Smartphones are a hot holidays gift item. Millions of people will be opening up a new Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Droid Razr, or some other shiny new device this week…and trying to figure out how to use it. Free workshops from Verizon are here to help — and you don’t even have to be a Verizon customer.
Stop SOPA! A Plea from the Inventors of the Internet
What happens when you combine an overzealous drive to fight Internet piracy, with elected representatives who don’t know the difference between DNS, IM, and MP3? You get SOPA–draconian legislation that far exceeds its intended scope, and threatens the Constitutional rights of law abiding citizens. And it may just pass.
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All I Want For Christmas Is 10Gbase-T
Dear Santa: The best present Santa, and the networking industry, could give me is general availability of 10GBase-T across switches and NIC/CNAs. Once I can just order my 10gig network gear with 10Gbase-T, I can stop worrying about how to pay for optical transceivers at $ 350-$ 1,200 a pop, as well as the never ending compatibility problems with both optics and twin-ax direct connect cables.
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Pros and Cons of Bringing Your Own Device to Work
The concept of “bring your own device” (BYOD) is a growing trend for business IT. There are a variety of benefits to allowing users to supply their own PCs and mobile devices, but there are also some concerns. Make sure you understand both in order to embrace BYOD with confidence.
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Ignoring BYOD Spells Disaster!
Last week in a blog titled ‘BYOD- Bring Your Own Disaster’, I urged caution and scope for BYOD projects. This week I’m playing devil’s advocate to myself. A conversation with Greg Knieriemen got me thinking of the consequences of ignoring BYOD. Let’s dive into the risk of burying your head in the sand and ignoring the BYOD push.
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Security 2011: Attack Of The Human Errors
Some household names in enterprise and consumer technology suffered the embarrassment of having been hacked by cybercriminals in 2011. RSA, of all companies — the IT security division of EMC — had to admit that its two-factor SecureID protection technology for customers had been compromised. And the most high profile breach affecting consumers made news when the Sony PlayStation Network was hacked, affecting 77 million customers whose private information was stolen.
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VKernel Enhances VM Management Automation In vOperations Suite
VKernel has enhanced its vOperations Suite server virtualization management product. Version 4.5 now includes features such as advanced virtual machine management task automation, which is intended to provide additional automation capabilities for VM management. This is expected to be particularly helpful for cloud computing implementations.
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RIM’s No Good, Very Bad Year: A Look Back at 2011
As the final days of 2011 tick away, there is one iconic tech company that is probably thankful this year is finally winding down. RIM has had an epic year — in the tragic sense — and has fallen precipitously from its once dominant place among mobile platforms.
RIM, and the BlackBerry devices that helped pioneer the smartphone era, have suffered from repeated blunders and missteps that could threaten the continued existence of RIM if things don’t change. Here’s a look at RIM’s catastrophic 2011.
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Year In Review: Virtualization Hot in 2011
Virtualization was second only to cloud computing as a priority for 2,014 CIOs representing over $ 160 billion in corporate and public-sector IT spending across 50 countries and 38 industries in Gartner’s 2011 CIO Agenda survey, released in January. While IT budgets were expected to be flat for the year, these technologies were selected as the top two technologies for 2011 and are well-suited for this budget reality, as they offer similar service levels at lower budget costs, stated Gartner.
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IBM’s STG Is On Track With Smarter Computing
IBM’s Systems & Technology Group (STG) represents, among other things, the hardware heritage of IBM, such as the mainframe, open systems servers and storage. But STG is deeply aligned with the company’s software and services capabilities. IBM’s annual STG analyst meeting is designed to bring industry (not financial) analysts up to speed on the group’s strategy and direction.
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