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  • Cisco introduces video calling appliance, protocol

    But UC platforms mostly have been deployed within enterprises and not between them, said Tony Bates, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business unit.
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Vice President • Unified Communications • Session • Pstn • Ietf

  • Cisco, Microsoft certification boosts job and pay prospects

    For instance, Dice.com has 1,000 jobs listing a MSCE as a requirement.Sought by systems engineers, technical support engineers, systems analysts, network analysts and technical consultants, the MCSE is for professionals who spend their time…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Workers • Skills • Requirement • Professionals • Certified • Certification

  • VMware, Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up

    General availability is expected later this year.One beta customer is the Université Rennes 2, a college in France where IT co-director Humberto Duarte says Unidesk "will be very useful for us" because it helps manage desktop tasks such as…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Startup • Reduces • Deployments • Delivery • Data Center • Brodkin

  • Google updates Android developer kit

    The NDK can, however, can be an effective way to reuse a large corpus of existing C/C++ code.Downloadable from the Android web page, the NDK features compilers, linkers and other technologies to generate native ARM libraries on Linux, Mac OS X and…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Sample • Library • Libraries • Kit • Enabling • Developer

  • MIT opens Media Lab Complex

    MIT has expanded the footprint of its Media Lab with a new US$90 million, 163,000-square-foot modern building.The Media Lab is very much focused on technology and has produced innovations such as electronic ink, wearable computers and early…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Walls • Media Lab • Houses • Glass • Footprint

  • Microsoft reveals existing apps not compatible with Windows Phone 7

    One result of this is previous Windows Mobile applications will not run on Windows Phone 7 Series," wrote Charlie Kindel, partner group program manager for the Windows Phone application platform and developer experience at Microsoft, in a blog…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Mobile • Twitter • Revealed • Mobile Phones • Matter • Developer

Latest Features

  • Mobile developers get ready for 4G data explosion

    Keith Pichelman, the CEO of mobile game developer Concrete Software, says faster connection speeds on 4G networks would help his company take their smartphone games to a whole new level.We don't do lots of intensive networking with our games right…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Streaming • Smartphones • Smartphone • Microsoft Office • Country • Connections

  • Overlooked online threats

    Mac users are no less vulnerable to social engineering, and no less apt to download pirated software that turns out to be loaded with Trojans, than those using other platforms.The preventionA false sense of security is a bad habit to cultivate…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Race • Mechanisms • Inhouse • Danger • Addons • Ad

  • Why Google Android beats the Apple iPhone

    The good news is that the platform is not only competitive but is often a better choice than the iPhone for many programmers and the enterprises that employ them.The Android line is now competitive enough that the casual user may look at the two…
    04 March 2010

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    If this trend continues, the willingness of Microsoft and Citrix to manage multiple types of virtualisation platforms may give them a leg up.VMware has built up a long list of partners to enhance its own technology, but so has Microsoft, Wolf says.
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine • Management Tools • Forrester Research • Cloud Computing • Apis

  • Why I'm dropping Google

    Google quickly backtracked, but it is not clear whether the "turn off Buzz" link at the bottom of Gmail pages truly purges the links that Google created.The second incident was the recent deletion of a number of music blogs from Google's Blogger…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Sharing • Profile • Frequency • Delete • Blogs • Assets

  • Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

    His plan includes free, ad-supported services for consumers; hosted software as a service (SaaS) for businesses; tight integration of services with desktop software; and new platforms to allow Microsoft's vast developer community to build Web…
    23 February 2010
    Tags: Redmond • Flagship • Cloud Computing • Argue • Architect • Apis

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  • How to break your bad tech habits

    We're partial to LastPass, which generates secure passwords, applies them when you visit various Web sites, organizes any and all private data you care to store, and also syncs across multiple platforms and devices so you have access to your…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Sync • Locked • Icons • Handy • Care • Calendar

  • How to run Windows 7 on Mac OS X

    My experience on other platforms running VMware, Hyper-V and Xen is that CPU power often isn't the bottleneck with servers running virtualised instances (though there can be exceptions). Windows 7 is my primary desktop but lately the amount of…
    03 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Sharing • Prompted • Outlook • Mac Os • Macs

  • How to fix cloud security

    Security accreditation standards such as ISO 27001 and SAS 70 Type 2 provide some assurance, he adds, noting that "27001 is more relevant to cloud security issues, but weak when applied to new forms of technology.Playing nicely with the cloudMany…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Responsibility • Iso • Incident • Cloud Computing • Agent • Access Control

  • How to manage smartphones on a business network

    But you probably haven't thought much about how they are choosing those phones, or about how much this matters.Consumers faced with the plethora of new devices and platforms currently available are likely to base their choice on form, function…
    21 January 2010
    Tags: Platforms • Implemented • Exchange • Smartphones • Matter • Guidance

  • Top 5 barriers to fully virtualising your data centre

    The good news is that the virtualisation platforms themselves are maturing, and the hardware platforms are lending a hand by making advancements with new virtualisation-specific technologies. I don't any more: I'm confident the stuff is out there…
    21 January 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Addressed • Production • Strategies • Complexity • Missioncritical

  • How to secure your data in the cloud

    The Cloud Security Alliance has taken a second run at creating recommendations for businesses to follow in order to better secure cloud services.The new document aligns CSA's definition of cloud computing with that of the National Institute of…
    08 January 2010
    Tags: Service Provider • Function • Document • Creating • Adopt

Reviews

  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 review

    I was ultimately able to control 10 virtual machines spread across two different hosts, each with different core processors, with both companies' virtualisation platforms. While many shops have chosen VMware's hypervisor over Microsoft's for good…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Vm • Virtual Machines • Maintenance • Hosts • Clustering • Cluster

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    We also tested VNC, a terminal server used in other operating system environments, and one of our own SQL client/server applications, without problems on Windows platforms.One of the coolest features of UAG was single application forwarding.
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Dell 5130cdn review

    On both platforms, the print quality was the same. The Dell 5130cdn colour laser printer aims high - and on nearly all counts, it succeeds. It has the speed and features that a high volume office needs, and the Dell 5130cdn is also on target with…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Printer • Paper • Panel • Graphics • Colour • Cartridges

  • ActiveState Komodo review

    Licensing is by user, so a single licence allows you to execute the IDE on multiple platforms. Licensing is by user, so a single licence allows you to execute the IDE on multiple platforms. ActiveState's Komodo is not only a PHP IDE, but a…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Session • Plugin • Management System • Licence • Execute • Actions

  • PGP Whole Disk Encryption review

    However, that price tag delivers some capabilities not found in other products.For example, unlike BitLocker, PGP Whole Disk Encryption works with a number of platforms, including 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 2003, XP, Vista and Mac OS X.
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Scale • Password • Networked • Encrypted • Encrypt • Console

  • Encryption software group test

    It's easy to use and it's free.Finally, if you are looking to protect multiple platforms, have access to additional encryption technologies, such as email and IM session encryption, or want to support encryption on a networked environment, then…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Scheme • Removable • Keys • Hard Drives • Encrypted • Encrypt

White Papers

  • Strategic mobile deployments

    See why mobile platforms should be part of your IT strategy. A mobile enterprise platform also enhances the value of existing business platforms by making them accessible to users anywhere at anytime.
    22 February 2010
    Tags: Workforce • Protecting • Productivity • Platforms • Mobility • Deployments

  • Oil and Gas challenges: how to prepare for the next generation of business

    New software platforms for business architecture and business process management are enabling oil and gas companies to address key areas of risk such as uncertain energy policy, price volatility and cost containment.
    10 November 2009
    Tags: Facing • Energy • Oil • Gas • Generation • Benefits

  • Making the Case for Oracle Database on Windows

    Customers and industry trends driving Oracle/Microsoft interoperability One of the best-kept secrets in the IT industry is the depth of support Oracle offers to customers deploying its databases on Microsoft Windows platforms.
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Databases • Community • Robust • Microsoft Windows • Interoperability • Oracle

  • Enabling the Virtual Data Centre

    Building the foundation for these next-generation data center infrastructures requires well-integrated server and storage virtualisation platforms. This white paper describes a virtualised infrastructure that applies storage and server…
    06 October 2009
    Tags: Virtualised • Achieve • Data Center • Administrators • Server Virtualisation • Storage Virtualisation

  • Guide to a successful Linux migration

    This document will highlight key differences between the two platforms and outline a general deployment plan. Deployment Approach Guide This document is intended for IT professionals and managers who are considering deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise…
    17 April 2009
    Tags: Document • Migration • Suse Linux • Novell • Red Hat

  • Driving strategic planning with predictive modelling

    How business intelligence, financial planning and predictive modelling tools enable companies to deploy predictive modelling platforms, helping drive strategic decision-making. And they benefit from technology as an enabler.Discover how predictive…
    18 March 2009
    Tags: Platforms • Decisions • Strategic • Modelling • Decision Making • Uncertainty

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