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	Startup founded by ex-Cisco execs pushes software-defined networking Software-defined networking startup Embrane this week came out of stealth mode to unveil its product and strategy for virtualizing network services. Read More WHITE PAPER: i365 Trusted Data Assurance in the Cloud Cloud-based services are here to stay. Cloud services are even more attractive for companies who are being hit with the high cost of meeting compliance requirements - especially for small and mid-size companies that have shrinking or no information security budget. Read now! In this Issue What's next with hypervisors? FBI rejects FOIA request for Carrier IQ info Japan group to build smart power grids that treat energy like network data SAP gets into the social analytics game with NetBase partnership Intel lowers Q4 revenue over hard-drive shortage 10 Worst Sales Tactics of IT Outsourcing Companies Usenix: Google deploys IPv6 for internal network RIM renames BBX as BlackBerry 10 after trademark dispute 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 Follow the Mythbusters' bouncing cannonball RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cyrusone Running out of data center space? Learn how CyrusOne helps Fortune 1000s around the globe plan their data center needs. Sign up for a free data capacity analysis and find out how CyrusOne can help you save capital, improve efficiency, enhance security and maximize uptime. Talk to CyrusOne and let us help you succeed. Click to continue What's next with hypervisors? The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the whole market is evolving quickly. To get a handle on recent developments, Network World Editor in Chief John Dix corralled a panel of experts to assess where we are today and where we're going. The experts included Al Gillen, an analyst IDC who tracks virtualization developments, Kerry Kim, director of solutions marketing at SUSE, and Adam Jollans, program director of IBM's Linux and Open Virtualization Strategy. Read More FBI rejects FOIA request for Carrier IQ info The FBI has denied a request for the release of information regarding its use of Carrier IQ's software, saying that releasing suchinformation could interfere with ongoing law enforcement operations. Read More Japan group to build smart power grids that treat energy like network data Using concepts from IT and networking, a Japanese consortium plans to develop large-scale energy grids that will handle power the way the Internet handles data, using "routers" and "service providers" to efficiently manage and direct the flow of electricity. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Data Protection Solutions The simpler a backup plan is to plan and execute, the more likely it is to be done. Read Now! SAP gets into the social analytics game with NetBase partnership Taking a cue from rivals such as Salesforce.com, SAP on Monday announced a partnership under which it will resell and support social media analytics software from NetBase. Read More Intel lowers Q4 revenue over hard-drive shortage Intel warned on Monday that fourth-quarter revenue will be lower than anticipated due to a hard-drive shortage. The chip maker now anticipates quarterly revenue of US$13.7 billion, down from a previous n estimate of $14.7 billion. Read More 10 Worst Sales Tactics of IT Outsourcing Companies If IT service providers make New Year's resolutions, our experts suggest they finally retire these tired—and tiresome—sales practices. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More Usenix: Google deploys IPv6 for internal network In a project that has taken longer than company engineers anticipated, Google is rolling out IPv6 across its entire internal employee network. Read More RIM renames BBX as BlackBerry 10 after trademark dispute Research In Motion has rebranded its next generation mobile platform as BlackBerry 10, after its use of the BBX brand ran into a trademark dispute in the U.S. Read More 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 2011 will be remembered for Jobs' death, Cisco's refocusing, IPv6's coming out party and more Read More Follow the Mythbusters' bouncing cannonball Words fail to do justice to the path taken Monday by an errant cannonball fired as part of an experiment by television's Mythbusters, but this map does the trick. Read More
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