Groundhog day, technology style

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SDN thinking lags behind technology, VMware's Casado says MacGyver IT: 21 tools for IT heroes Network World Daily News AM February 02, 2014 Share this email Groundhog day, technology style What is the equivalent in technology to Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow? READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. SDN thinking lags behind technology, VMware's Casado says 2. MacGyver IT: 21 tools for IT heroes 3. BoxTone’s Mobility TCO Tool – Food for Thought 4. FCC moves toward IP transition of phone networks 5. Hashtag Helper: 7 Tips to Get More Value from Hashtags in SharePoint 2013 6. What exactly is Facebook's Paper app? 7. Researchers create Android app to show when other apps track you 8. Cisco puts enterprises under Insieme control 9. 21 more crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Why Web Site Performance Is an IT Imperative A slow or inefficient Web site can have a direct impact on your business. Recently, IDG Research explored the challenges enterprises face in delivering content across multiple devices. Find out how adjusting to these challenges while meeting performance objectives has become a top concern for senior IT managers. View Now SDN thinking lags behind technology, VMware's Casado says The last legacy systems to make the shift to software-defined networking may be network engineers' minds, but even those are changing. READ MORE MacGyver IT: 21 tools for IT heroes On the road, under duress, or out in the boonies -- save the day with these essential IT troubleshooting and repair tools READ MORE BoxTone’s Mobility TCO Tool – Food for Thought It's a question we've been debating for years: just exactly what does mobility cost? While I've often boiled this argument down to one of cash flow (can the required dollars be found?) and productivity (the real ROI), absolute cost is always a point of concern, especially for financial types, but also for anyone with budgetary constraints to satisfy - so I guess that's every IT manager everywhere,... READ MORE WEBCAST: Dell Inc. Make the Challenges of Remote Office IT a Thing of the Past Join us to see why PC Pro named Dell PowerEdge VRTX the “2013 Server of the Year.” PowerEdge VRTX may be just what you need in your remote and branch offices to redefine your IT operations. Take advantage of the onboard shared storage, then scale over time as needed. Learn more FCC moves toward IP transition of phone networks The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to allow telecom carriers to run trials with Internet Protocol networks replacing traditional, copper-based telephone systems. READ MORE Hashtag Helper: 7 Tips to Get More Value from Hashtags in SharePoint 2013 The organizations I'm currently working with are seeing some tremendous value leveraging the social capabilities of SharePoint and Yammer. I'm going to share some great stories about how they have overcome barriers to deliver meaningful business value at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. READ MORE What exactly is Facebook's Paper app? Credit: Facebook Facebook today officially announced its Paper app, which will be available for download on February 3rd. READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM Unleash Your Data With SDS And IBM Storwize V5000 In this webcast IBM examines software defined storage and how IBM Storwize V5000, the newest member of the IBM Storwize family, delivers virtualized, flexible, easy-to-use storage that enables midsized organizations to gain business advantage from the flood of new data while staying within their budgets. View Now Researchers create Android app to show when other apps track you A team of researchers has developed an Android app to help people better understand when their location is being accessed, something that happens more often than people think. READ MORE Cisco puts enterprises under Insieme control Cisco this week is unveiling an enterprise version of its Insieme controller that's intended to allow IT to extend policy-based automation and configuration to WAN and access networks. READ MORE 21 more crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers This year the TSA found everything from Bazooka rounds to a medieval mace and bones READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Wan Deduplication: Getting More by Sending Less Recently, data deduplication has made its way from the storage to the networking community. More specifically, it has become an important tool for optimizing application performance across the WAN. 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