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VMworld 2012: VMware declares death to vRAM pricing

Extreme Tech: 22 Devices That Go All Out | Police fire on suspected iPhone thief, lock down school during chase

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VMworld 2012: VMware declares death to vRAM pricing
The incoming CEO of VMware kicked off VMworld 2012 with a gift to customers: the death of a pricing scheme based on how much memory was devoted to virtual machines, a confusing and costly way to measure license fees. Read More


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Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion
Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. Learn more at blackberry.com/mobilefusion

WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems

9 Reasons Why Citrix NetScaler Beats F5
Citrix NetScaler beats F5 and gets your network Cloud-ready by providing 2X consolidation; 5X capacity and 4X+ scalability. Learn More

Extreme Tech: 22 Devices That Go All Out
Check out these 22 devices that push the limits of technology in almost every way. Read More

Police fire on suspected iPhone thief, lock down school during chase
Police fired on a suspected iPhone thief, and locked down an elementary school as they used the Web to track down the stolen phone in San Francisco on Monday. Read More

Netflix factor has university networks creaking under streaming video strain
With the return of students to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth's campus in the fall, the university's network will be required to cope with a huge increase in demand - and the major culprit, according to network systems manager Richard Pacheco, is Netflix. Read More

vCloud vs. vSphere: VMware explains security changes
In unveiling its VCloud suite at its annual conference this week, VMware took pains to explain how the security model for it differs significantly from that of its existing vSphere cloud computing virtualization operating system both in terms of functionality and naming conventions. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

How to Justify the Cost of a TMS
Read this white paper to learn how implementing a service-based TMS, together with a well designed freight audit and payment module help reduce your transportation spend. Learn More

INSIDER
HBO's CIO Airs Strategies for IT Success and Developing Next-Gen IT Leaders
HBO CIO Michael Gabriel explains why it's imperative for CIOs to understand how their businesses and customers are changing. He also explains why professional development is critical to IT success and shares his views on how business, academia and government need to work together better to ensure the development of the next generation of IT leaders and strong job growth. Read More

Reports: Google Fiber uptake faces roadblocks in less affluent Kansas City neighborhoods
The digital divide in Kansas City appears to be alive and well despite Google's best efforts, as recent reports from the Kansas City Star indicate that the search giant's ultra-fast Google Fiber service might not come to poorer neighborhoods anytime soon. Read More

IBM pumps up high-end mainframe speed, capacity
IBM today continued the evolution of its mainframe family by introducing a system it says is 25% faster and has 50% more capacity than the current high-end machine. Read More

IPad management, security crucial in hospital tablet roll out
Tablets, especially iPads, have become a way of life at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, which now issues the tablets to incoming medical students and just last month, the hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine said it's giving iPads to all 18 of its resident physicians as part of a patient-care initiative. Read More


WEBCAST: SAP

Sales Effectiveness in the New Sales Paradigm
In this webcast produced by the Sales Management Association (SMA), Forrester's Scott Santucci will explore the new sales paradigm and discuss how businesses must transform their selling models into dynamic, communications-intensive systems, empowering individual sellers to define, create and deliver value to customers. Learn More

Tidemark looks to reinvent cloud-based analytics through mobile platform
Leveraging a cloud-based delivery platform, Hadoop-powered analytics software and a mobile delivery platform, Tidemark looks to compete with industry giants SAP, Oracle and IBM in the enterprise performance management space. Read More

4 Strategies for Managing Junior IT Professionals
Spring and summer school sessions have ended, and, if you're like a number of organizations around the globe, you have a giant pile of resumes and just a handful of openings for some fresh faces to join your firm at the bottom rungs of the corporate ladder. Hiring the right person is a difficult process, but managing the new employees--or, let's be honest, managing any employee--is even more challenging. Nobody sets out to be a bad manager, but that transformation can happen over time if your policies and your behavior are left unchecked. Read More

Massive Leak: Project HellFire Hackers Dump 1 Million Accounts from 100 Sites
A massive leak of one million records were dumped by the hacker collective Team GhostShell in the last protest of the summer "against the banks, politicians and for all the fallen hackers this year." However "we are also letting everyone know that more releases, collaborations with Anonymous and other, plus two more projects are still scheduled for this fall and winter. It's only the beginning. Read... Read More

5 Signs Your Cloud Service Provider Can't Handle Tier 1 Apps
Is your cloud hosting provider really ready to handle your mission-critical application? Here are five danger signs that the service provider doesn't have the experience it needs. Read More



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