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ZigBee: A Different Wireless Technology
Haven't heard much about ZigBee? That's about to change. Our blogger recently caught up on the wireless technology during a chat with the chair of the ZigBee Alliance. Read More | View Original Article
Are SSD-Based Storage Arrays Doomed?
Our blogger examines SSD-based storage arrays: Are latency and cost drawbacks? What about reliability? Read More | View Original Article
Survey: BYOD, Mobile Security Polices Leave Enterprises Vulnerable
The BYOD trend, poorly protected Wi-Fi networks and a jumble of mobile security policies are creating huge information security gaps, according to a new InformationWeek report. Find out what network admins are up against. Read More | View Original Article
Consumerization and the BYOD Trend Heighten Data Leakage Fears
It's all about bring your own device for users, but it's up to corporate IT to battle data leakage. Learn how some collaboration tools are helping companies safeguard the network. Read More | View Original Article
So Long, Unlimited Data Plan: Customer Focus Dies at Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is putting an end to its unlimited data plan offering--the latest in a long line of customer-unfriendly moves by mobile carriers, according to our blogger. Read More | View Original Article
Four Sins of Mobile Website Design, and How to Avoid Them
Mobility challenges extend beyond BYOD. Learn what features to steer clear of when setting your mobile website design strategy, and why. Read More | View Original Article
EMC Iomega Unveils NAS Appeal For Enterprise Remote/Branch Offices
Iomega, EMC's SMB storage group, claims a couple of industry firsts with Intel's Ivy Bridge processor and free McAfee VirusScan Enterprise AV protection. Read More | View Original Article
Compuware Tunes APM Tools for Mobile, Cloud and Big Data
The vendor is rolling out new APM tools that focus on mobile, cloud and big-data concerns. Read More | View Original Article
Consolidation Hits All-Solid-State Market
EMC's purchase of XtremIO wasn't a surprise to our blogger; find out what other moves he's expecting in the all-solid-state market. Read More | View Original Article
Oracle and Cloud Computing: Database Helps, But Challenges Remain
As Oracle pushes into the cloud computing space, its database gives it an advantage, according to experts. But it will still have to assure application functionality and more. Read More | View Original Article
Pure Storage SSDs Address VDI, Database Challenges, But Is Focus Too Narrow?
SSD vendor Pure Storage looks to solve the performance issues challenging VDI and database apps, but at least one analyst wonders if the company's focus is too narrow. Read More | View Original Article
Time To Say Goodbye To Static IPs
Configuring static IP addresses on switches, routers, log servers, databases, management systems and other parts of the infrastructure is a common practice. It's also a bad one. Extending that error to virtual machines and applications is worse. Read More | View Original Article
Laserfiche Mobile Brings Enterprise Content Management to iDevices
Laserfiche's new application puts enterprise content management into the hands of mobile users. Read More | View Original Article
AMD Trinity: Intel Ivy Bridge's New Rival
AMD released its Trinity chips Tuesday, its second generation A-series APU (accelerated processing units.) These low-power chips are intended for ultrabook-like laptops, traditional laptops, and some all-in-one desktops. Trinity offers better performance and lower power utilization than the previous AMD Llano family of chips. The new chip designs call for about 10% more transistors on a slightly larger die, using the same 32 nm manufacturing process as the previous family of chips known as Llano. Read More | View Original Article
Amazon Speeds Content Delivery Network
Amazon Web Services is about to give CloudFront a leg up in the competition with other content distribution networks (CDNs) by enabling distribution of dynamic content that responds to an individual visit to a website. It is also an on-demand service with flat pricing, resembling other Amazon Web services, while many CDNs work only under long-term contracts. AWS will charge $0.12 per GB for the first 10 TBs of dynamic content delivered each month. The price drops to $0.08 per GB for the next 40 TBs, eventually reaching $0.02 per GB for transfer above 5 PBs. Read More | View Original Article
