News and Analysis

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.

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Architectures

Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds Will All Need an IT Service Culture

As more companies move to the cloud, one thing is becoming clear: IT must develop a service culture to keep end users happy.

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Reviews & Workshops

Napa County Bottles Up BYOD Phenomenon

A BlackBerry mobility user, Napa County, moved to Good for Enterprise to bottle up the BYOD phenomenon, and the introduction of different and uncontrolled smartphones.

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ZigBee: A Different Wireless Technology

May 18, 2012 03:12 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

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.

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Tags: wireless technology, ZigBee

Channel: Wireless

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Are SSD-Based Storage Arrays Doomed?

May 18, 2012 12:24 PM
Posted by Howard Marks

Our blogger examines SSD-based storage arrays: Are latency and cost drawbacks? What about reliability?

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Tags: storage, SSD-based arrays

Channel: Storage & Mgmt

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So Long, Unlimited Data Plan: Customer Focus Dies at Verizon Wireless

May 17, 2012 11:57 AM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

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.

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Tags: wireless, unlimited data plan, Verizon Wireless, mobile carriers

Channel: Wireless, Other, Networking & Mgmt

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Four Sins of Mobile Website Design, and How to Avoid Them

May 17, 2012 11:22 AM
Posted by Mike Fratto

Mobility challenges extend beyond BYOD. Learn what features to steer clear of when setting your mobile website design strategy, and why.

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Tags: wireless, mobile devices, Flash, JavaScript, mobile web, website design

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Wireless

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Consolidation Hits All-Solid-State Market

May 16, 2012 02:58 PM
Posted by Howard Marks

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.

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Tags: EMC, XtremIO, solid-state storage, NetApp, flash storage

Channel: Storage & Mgmt, Data Center

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Time To Say Goodbye To Static IPs

May 16, 2012 09:30 AM
Posted by Mike Fratto

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.

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Tags: DNS, DHCP, loadbalancer, IPv6, security

Channel: Next Gen Network, Cloud Computing, Public Cloud, Networking & Mgmt, Private Cloud

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