Monday, March 28, 2011

Can LTE Really Do It All?

Expert: IPv4 addresses could soon be valued at $200 apiece | Is Skype a security risk that endangers your privacy?

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Can LTE Really Do It All?
LTE is most certainly the most robust cellular technology developed to date. But is it the One Radio to Rule Them All? It could indeed be - but it won't. Read More


WEBCAST: Cisco

Mobile Powerplay: Secure, High Performance, Unified
The mobile revolution is here—and here to stay. iPhone, iPad, Droid--employees bring their mobile devices into the workplace, and they want access to personal and professional information. This brings a new set of concerns for IT and the business: IT needs to ensure that the corporate network and the access remains secure. Register Now

WHITE PAPER: Cymphonix

Seven Reasons Security and Performance Must Coexist
As Internet threats increase, organizations must build defenses to protect employees, productivity and data. Yet, on-demand applications, remote resources and online content usage are at all-time highs. Learn how to get better performance from network infrastructure and Internet circuits in this white paper. Read More!

Expert: IPv4 addresses could soon be valued at $200 apiece
Canada's Bill St. Arnaud says that universities and R&E networks are sitting on a gold mine in IPv4 addresses once purse holders grasp the real value of them. Read More

Is Skype a security risk that endangers your privacy?
According to the NYTimes and Slashdot, there are reports of China stepping up electronic communications censorship beyond e-mail and the Internet in the form of "policing cellphone calls" such as if "antigovernment sentiment" words are spoken. Two callers, one speaking English and the other Chinese, have reported being cut off mid-sentence after saying "protest." Read More

Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9
Chrome 10 kicks the butts of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4 in my benchmark tests. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls
Palo Alto Networks was placed in the visionary quadrant of Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls. Download the full report to learn Gartner's overview of the enterprise firewall market and why Gartner sees the market demand for next-generation firewalls accelerating. Read now!

Wireless carriers delay paying Japan's text-to-give donations
As the fallout from the Japanese earthquake/Tsunami/nuclear meltdown tragedy continues to unfold, Americans want to help. We learned from the Haiti disaster that the easiest thing to do is to text a donation to our favorite relief organization. But, unlike Haiti, did you know that a text donation will take about three months to get to the relief agency? Read More

Send us your fave raves
Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers. Read More

Linus Torvalds: Android copyright violation claim is "bogus"
Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has said new claims that Android violates the Linux license are "totally bogus." Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

The Aruba S3500 Mobility Access Switch
The S3500 Mobility Access Switch is an integral part of the Aruba MOVE architecture enabling a single set of access services for every user and device on the network. Aruba's user-centric approach is a necessary shift away from legacy port-centric architectures in order to reduce costs and enable workforce mobility. Read now!

AT&T's T-Mobile deal means more, not less competition.
A lot of the commentary, complaints, and denunciations about the AT&T plan to buy T-Mobile begins with the assumption that fewer players in a market automatically means less competition and therefore greater customer victimization. That assumption is fundamentally wrong. Read More

How Open Source Really Is Changing The World
We truly live in miraculous times. I know it is easy to say, but really think about it. In just under 25 years we have seen a new world order take hold. Read More

'Rogue' game server admins defend hosting on company gear
Back in January, I wrote about a group of Scandinavian gamers who hijacked a New Hampshire medical center's server and bandwidth to host their "Call of Duty: Black Ops" sessions, which resulted in some 230,000 patients having their personal information put at risk. Read More



GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS
Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here.

SLIDESHOWS

Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show
CTIA Wireless offers a look at the evolving mobile landscape, from handsets and apps to core network systems. Here's a few of the things that are hot at the show in Orlando.

First look at Firefox 4
Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Microsoft pays Nortel $7.5 million for IPv4 addresses
  2. Wireless carriers delay Japan's text-to-give donations
  3. Microsoft now manages iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux
  4. Update Java and you may get annoying McAfee scanner too
  5. Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS
  6. Programmer fired for eating pizza
  7. Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google
  8. Lots of "people" you interact with online are sockpuppets
  9. Is EMC/RSA poised to buy NetWitness?
  10. Can LTE really do it all?

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