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Review: vSphere5 sets the virtualization bar

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Review: vSphere5 sets the virtualization bar
VSphere 5.0, the latest iteration of VMware's "Cloud Operating System," boasts a wealth of updates, including new tools to manage fleets of VMs, and vast tiers of virtualized, vMotion-enabled storage links. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Avaya

Avaya: Creating Fit for Purpose Data Center Networking
Simplified and optimized service orchestration maximizes the return from a virtualized computing environment. Click to read the White Paper.

WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop

Application Performance Management
In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More!

IT job search: An expert guide
In this PDF guide, we've collected the most insightful IT job search information from across our sister publications. It examines what skills are in demand and looks at where tomorrow's IT jobs may be. Read More

100G Ethernet coming to a Cisco rack near you?
The IEEE this week announced the formation of a task group chartered to specify 100Gbps Ethernet operation over backplanes and short-reach copper cable assemblies. The work of the IEEE P802.3bj task force will be an amendment to the 802.3 Ethernet standard and it seeks to enable development of lower-cost, higher-density 100G Ethernet platforms. Read More

Facebook's biggest faceplants
When Facebook fails, everybody hears about it -- we like to call it 'social sharing.' Here are some of its biggest failures. Read More

MySQL.Com Website Hacked
Hackers have hacked the MySQL.com website and injected code that will unknowingly infect visitors with malware according the security firm Armorize. If you are using an older browser version or not kept up with Flash and other upgrades, you could be infected while visiting the site without any pop ups or anything warning you of code being installed on your machine. Read More


WHITE PAPER: VMware

A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud
This IDC white paper includes two case studies and a sidebar highlighting the experiences of three enterprises with virtualizing their tier 1 applications, which include Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases and a Microsoft Exchange email system. Read now!

Telework kerfuffle: Are 17% of teleworkers unabashed slackers?
A recent report claims that 17% of telecommuters work less than one hour a day. That's bogus, say telework advocates who are taking to web sites, blogs and other social media to refute the findings. Read More

Google becomes a teenager
Google is marking its 13th anniversary this morning with the customary Google Birthday Doodle. And everyone else is noting the event with teenager wisecracks. Read More

Al Gore says Apple will release two iPhone models in October
Former US Vice President Al Gore last week may have tipped Apple's hand regarding its upcoming iPhone plans. Read More

Gang of Zeus-driven bank thieves put out of business
A mid-level organizer of an international online bank-theft ring that relied on the Zeus Trojan faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 13 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of false IDs. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel

IDC: Ways to Improve the Branch Office
Well-targeted technology upgrades, coupled with a rigorous program to standardize and improve IT practices at a company's remote locations and headquarters, can deliver substantial business value and could reduce total annual IT costs in the branches by over 30%. Read now

T-Mobile phones to run on speedy network
The first two smartphones to run on T-Mobile's fast HSPA+42 network are coming soon, the operator announced Monday. Read More

US senator wants FTC to put heat on "brazen" OnStar for privacy changes
US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission to get the agency to investigate recent changes made to navigation and emergency services company OnStar made to its privacy practices. Read More

BlueCat simplifies net management chores
BlueCat Networks has added new features to its DNS appliances aimed at simplifying the management of networks running IPv4 and IPv6, the current and enhanced versions of the Internet Protocol. Read More

CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service
Startup CloudFlare is turning the economics of IPv6 transition on its head with a free cloud-based IPv6-to-IPv4 translation service that is available to website operators starting today. Read More

NASA cloud architect forms company for private cloud
The lead architect of NASA's cloud platform, which spun off into the open-source OpenStack cloud operating system, is launching a new company and product aimed at helping enterprises more easily build private clouds. Read More

Facebook's Redesigned News Feed: 4 Things You Need to Know
In its third major update in a week, Facebook launched a new News Feed interface that predicts stories you'll find interesting and includes a ticker that updates in real-time. Here's what the changes mean for you. Read More



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16 essential Android apps for IT pros
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