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	Ballmer upbeat to analysts on Windows Phone prospects "More work" needs to be done to establish Windows Phone in the marketplace, admitted Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer this week. And he promised Wall Street analysts that Microsoft was ready, willing, and able to do it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Unified Communications Buyer's Guide The mobility offered by unified communications is just one of the benefits businesses who deploy UC enjoy. This buyer's guide offers tips to make sure you find the right UC solution. It explains how to avoid a complex deployment, the key questions to ask prospective vendors, and how not be fooled by the demo. Read now! In this Issue Nine games that are better on the Apple iPad Tech's future up in the clouds at DEMO Fall '11 Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8? DHS seeks to share top-secret info with banking and finance cybersecurity pros Dell plans to double staff working on Force10 products Android: An expert guide DEMO Fall 2011: Fav.TV builds social network around TV iPhone is coming to Sprint this Fall, perhaps with unlimited data PCI point-to-point encryption guidelines raise new questions MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler IT Outsourcing: What HP's Latest Strategy Change Means for Customers WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™ The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more Nine games that are better on the Apple iPad Grab your iPad and check out these titles that really can't match up when you play them on iPad's bigger screen. Read More Tech's future up in the clouds at DEMO Fall '11 For years we've been subjected to endless amounts of PR describing the wonders cloud computing will bring. At this year's DEMO Fall, we finally got to see some of them. Read More Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Goldman Sachs came out on top in a ranking of the best IT departments in the financial services sector, as determined by a survey of 144 tech pros who work in that industry. Read More Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8? Now that developers have in their hands a pre-release version of Windows 8 running on a special edition of the Samsung Series 7 tablet, analysts are weighing in on how many developers will ultimately build Windows tablet applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Four Steps to Dynamic Workload Management In the beginning, IT ran on one platform - the mainframe. Workloads were predictable and stable, and we could schedule accordingly. But then came Unix, AS/400, Windows and a multitude of other platforms, all with accompanying workloads. Learn More! DHS seeks to share top-secret info with banking and finance cybersecurity pros The Department of Homeland Security works with financial institutions to thwart cyber attacks and plans to do so more and more in the future, according to DHS testimony to Congress, including sharing top secret cyber intelligence. Read More Dell plans to double staff working on Force10 products Dell plans to double the number of staff selling, marketing and developing the products of Force10 Networks, the networking company it acquired in August, an executive said. Read More Android: An expert guide Google's Android platform in a short time has become a force to be reckoned with in the smartphone world, and its success raises all sorts of questions for IT professionals. Read More DEMO Fall 2011: Fav.TV builds social network around TV At DEMO Fall 2011, Fav.TV launched its social TV platform, which offers reminders on upcoming favorite shows, social interaction with others watching the same show, and suggestions on other shows. Comig soon: the ability to watch shows via the site. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu Key Considerations before Virtualizing This whitepaper examines the various virtualization technologies and shows the range of ICT infrastructure layers where they are applied. It also shows how Fujitsu incorporates these technologies into end-to-end solutions as an essential part of its Dynamic Infrastructures strategy. Read now! iPhone is coming to Sprint this Fall, perhaps with unlimited data The iPhone 5 launch is presumably just a few weeks away and we're still not sure if Apple is planning on releasing an upgraded iPhone 4 (i.e an iPhone 4S) or a device with a completely new form factor (i.e an iPhone 5). One thing that does seem clear, though, is that Sprint this Fall will finally begin carrying the iPhone after 4 long and lonely years without it. The evidence is, at this point,... Read More PCI point-to-point encryption guidelines raise new questions The PCI Security Standards Council today is expected to issue guidelines on use of point-to-point encryption in protecting sensitive payment card data, but the narrow approach — which is focused on hardware — is raising questions. Read More MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet MPLS is the Cadillac of enterprise WAN services, having earned its stripes as the link option of choice because of its reliability, flexibility and controls. But upstarts are saying that, with a little ingenuity, they can use Internet pipes to achieve the same ends at a better price. Read the arguments from Verizon's Peter Konings and Talari's Keith Morris and decide for yourself. Read More Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler A look at 4 up-and-coming cloud companies' offerings Read More IT Outsourcing: What HP's Latest Strategy Change Means for Customers Will HP deliver on its promise of bold transformation and innovation in IT services? Its outsourcing customers shouldn't wait to find out, IT analysts say. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler Our Cloud Companies to Watch story gives you the lowdown on a handful of startups looking to make their mark in a business so far dominated by the likes of Amazon, Google, Rackspace and VMware. Here's a closer look at some of the products and services being rolled out by these newcomers. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center Opalis Integration Server and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Buzzblog: Blue screen of death gets a new look in Windows 8 Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Windows Server 8: The Microsoft server fork Enterprise WAN connectivity: MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet The future holds a mere 15 minutes of anonymity for everyone What online news looked like on 9/11 Windows Server 8: To the cloud! It's Programmer Day! ... (is that the best you can do?) Cisco unveils dual-role data center Why FCoE is dead, but not buried yet
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