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Smartphones need smart security practices
Smartphones may seem cute and personal, but in a business setting, they’re really handheld computers that need to be secured to prevent data loss. Read More

DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess Click to continue

Why Old Servers Cost More Than You Think
You’ll learn how today’s servers – faster, cheaper and easier to maintain – save money, improve performance and contain costs. Also, receive three tools – a power consumption calculator, a memory configuration tool and a breakeven estimator – to analyze the savings new servers can deliver. Read More

Data center plays supporting role in Avatar
The stunning images in the hit movie Avatar were rendered by 4,000 blade servers at Weta Digital’s data center in New Zealand. Read More

State and local governments plan to spend more on cloud computing
An Input research report says state and local governments will increase their spending on cloud-based IT services. Read More

Toshiba develops translation app for cell phones
Toshiba has developed a cell phone app that translates between English, Chinese and Japanese. Read More

Is your network ready for high-def video streams?
CIOs could be blindsided by an expected surge in bandwidth-hogging video applications. Read More

Hackers are defeating tough authentication, Gartner warns
A Gartner analyst says banks need to take more steps to prevent online fraud, because cybercrooks are outmaneuvering current authentication techniques. Read More

Book review: Achieving the dream of Enterprise 2.0 won’t be easy
A new book by Andrew McAfee, who coined the term “Enterprise 2.0,” acknowledges that the adoption of Web 2.0 collaborative tools in business will be a hard slog. Read More

Kaiser, VA join to give e-health a boost
The department of veterans affairs and Kaiser Permanente are engaged in a successful pilot program through which they share patients’ electronic health records. It’s the latest in what is expected to be a flood of EHR projects. Read More

Google risks losing focus amid expansion
Analysts say the Google must move far beyond its search engine roots to maintain its current growth rates, but they caution that the path is fraught with risks. Read More

The Grill: John Chen
On his company’s 25th anniversary, Sybase CEO John Chen talks about the software vendor’s rising stock price, and why the financial community is thrilled with its applications for high-speed stock trades. Read More

Data Center Survival Guide
Today’s data center has become very complex and hard to manage. This drives up costs, power and cooling requirements and provisioning time. It also makes the entire network inefficient, difficult to scale and vulnerable to security breaches. New technologies and services, such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Oriented Architecture (WOA), Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) will make the situation worse, taking an even bigger bite out of data center performance and bandwidth—and presenting new security challenges. The Juniper Data Center Survival Guide shows IT professionals how to survive in this increasingly complicated environment. It explains how to simplify your infrastructure and network management now with Juniper Networks®. It identifies four of the most difficult challenges you face today in your data center—and the simple steps you can take with Juniper Networks to not only survive the onslaught of new applications and services, but enable your data center to thrive. Read More!

Opinion: EHR is health care reform we call all agree on
Health care reform has turned into a big mess, but perhaps we can all agree that adopting standardized electronic health care records systems would be a good thing. Read More

How to tame printer chaos
Service providers can help companies save money on printers and supplies, but it probably means prying underused “personal” printers from the grip of employees. Read More

DOD uses real-time software to monitor contractors
The Pentagon develops real-time monitoring software to track thousands of contractors providing support to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More

Would you like a data center with that server?
HP, IBM and Dell are pursuing a strategy of selling servers, storage and networking as a package. For CIOs, this means trading flexibility for efficiency. Read More

QuickStudy: Why your cell phone won’t connect
Cell phones have limited range and rely heavily on the cellular network to make a connection. If you leave your carrier’s covered area, you won’t be able to connect — unless you have access to an alternate communications method. Read More

Security Manager’s Journal: M&A prep all goes according to plan
Good news for security managers: Not everything we do has to involve disaster. Read More

Opinion: When projects reach the ungrounded middle
Paul Glen thinks the middle of projects is when trouble can really strike, and not enough managers are prepared for that. Read More

Career Watch: The disabled as IT workers
Neil Jacobson of Abilicorp discusses the fit between the disabled and IT. Read More

Opinion: Would two Microsofts be better off than one?
A decade after Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson handed down his eventually vacated order to slice up Microsoft, Preston Gralla wonders whether the company might have been better off undergoing the surgery. Read More

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