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HP ships dense 4-socket servers for virtualized environments
Hewlett-Packard's new four-socket blade and rack servers for virtualized environments will provide more processing cores and memory in a tighter space so that virtual machines can be deployed more quickly, the company said on Tuesday. Read More


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Did you know 80% of company's Ethernet ports go unused? Going all-wireless gives you savings, flexibility, and increases employee productivity. Visit our Mobility Matters site to learn how to rightsize your network for a high density of mobile devices in a BYOD world. You'll find white papers and videos on building a WLAN that will embrace BYOD. Learn More.

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Virtualize Your ADI: Are You Ready to Unbox?
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss the benefits of an updated ADC. Learn more.

12 Common Project Management Mistakes--and How to Avoid Them
So many projects, so much mismanagement. That's the refrain of many IT executives. Indeed, even with project management software, IT projects often wind up taking longer (much longer) than planned and costing more than budgeted. Read More

IBM looks to build out its cloud through partners
Some have been waiting for IBM to make its big move in the cloud. Today Big Blue took a step in that direction. Read More

Banks can only hope for the best with DDoS attacks
As with Tuesday's attack on Wells Fargo, distributed denial of service attacks are said to be still crude but effective Read More


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AMD's new desktop chips make overclocking affordable
Advanced Micro Devices' latest A-series quad-core desktop processors balance the need for speed with price -- they run at up to 4.2GHz, but can be overclocked to 6.5GHz with liquid nitrogen cooling, the company said. Read More

Did Microsoft really waste data center power to avoid a fine?
The New York Times ran a rather dubious story on Sunday concerning the power consumption of data centers that has left many tech journalists shaking their heads in disbelief, mostly because it was so damn inaccurate. The story depicts data center operators as irresponsible power wasters and callous polluters, emphasizing the low utilization of the thousands of deployed servers in larger data centers.... Read More

Air Force sets first post in ambitious Space Fence project
The US Air Force this week said it will base the first Space Fence radar post on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with the site planned to be operational by 2017. Read More


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Aruba eases WiFi access point set-up
Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks announced this week its expanded "controller-less" Wi-Fi network, along with an Internet-based service that automatically sets up enterprise access points. Read More

7 common risk management mistakes
Executives know they face risks, but they often don't know which risks are real, or what that exposure means to their business. Read More

How to encrypt your cloud storage for free
If you want something done right, you need to do it yourself. That may sound like a trite cliche, but the maxim rings true when it comes to securing files that you've stored online: A handful of recent incidents--including breaches of Dropbox and iCloud--underscores the fact that even with built-in encryption and SSL transfers, cloud storage providers can't perfectly ensure the sanctity of your data. Read More

5 Mobile Security Lessons From the Department of Defense
Several years ago, the National Security Administration wasted millions on a circuit-switched approach to mobile security strategy. With help from the Department of Defense, the NSA is doing things differently now. Enterprise CIOs can learn a few things from the effort, too. Read More

 
 
 

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