FAST LOOK: Windows Phone 8.1

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Juniper slashing 500-plus jobs, closing facilities Cisco looks at extending OpFlex Network World Daily News AM April 03, 2014 Share this email FAST LOOK: Windows Phone 8.1 First major update to Microsoft mobile OS since fall of 2012; includes enterprise IT features READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Juniper slashing 500-plus jobs, closing facilities 2. Cisco looks at extending OpFlex 3. Whose fault is it that users are the weakest link? 4. Gigamon goes modular at Interop 5. 10 takeaways from Microsoft's Build conference 2014 6. OpFlex: Another example of Cisco being Cisco 7. LTE smartphone specs shoot-out: Nokia Lumia 635 vs. EE Kestrel 8. Mainframe at 50: A look back at a transformative computing triumph 9. Hortonworks Adds New Enterprise Features to Hadoop Distribution 10. Salesforce.com pins growth hopes on industries, wants to be bigger than SAP 11. Hell freezes over: Microsoft makes Windows free for some devices 12. 10 hot products at DEMO Enterprise RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Wireless Infrastructure Seminar - Atlanta Wireless Infrastructure Seminar – Hilton Atlanta Attend and discover how your IT operations can take advantage of exciting new possibilities like cloud-based management, unified wired/wireless management, mobile unified communications, location and tracking services, and more. April 29, Hilton Atlanta. Free seminar. Register Now. Juniper slashing 500-plus jobs, closing facilities Juniper Networks will lay off about 6 percent of its workforce and back out of application delivery controllers as part of a restructuring intended to cut costs and focus the company on markets where it can grow fast. READ MORE Cisco looks at extending OpFlex Cisco says it is looking into extending its OpFlex policy protocol, unveiled this week at Interop, to legacy platforms such as the Catalyst 6500. READ MORE Whose fault is it that users are the weakest link? An organization can spend mountains of cash on best of breed network defenses and security tools, but it can all come crashing down with one click from a user. Users are the weakest link when it comes to network and computer security, but a new survey from Globalscape reveals that the users themselves aren't entirely to blame. READ MORE Gigamon goes modular at Interop Well, it’s that time of year again. The snow is finally off the ground in most of the New England area, opening day of Major League Baseball has come around, but most importantly, it’s Interop time in Las Vegas. This year’s Interop is about a month earlier than Interop of years past, but the activity from the show seems just as high. One of the more interesting announcements I saw from the first... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CDW The value of smarter oil and gas fields With global energy requirements continuing to rise, the exploration, development and production of new oil and gas resources are shifting to increasingly challenging sites. Meanwhile, regulations continue to tighten worldwide. Finding and keeping experienced personnel is only getting harder. View Now 10 takeaways from Microsoft's Build conference 2014 Microsoft started it's Build developers conference Wednesday with a three-hour keynote. Here are some of the highlights. READ MORE OpFlex: Another example of Cisco being Cisco Why do customers pay a premium for Cisco? My research shows that Cisco owns about 75% of switching share but only about 55% of port share, showing Cisco’s obvious revenue per port advantage over everyone else. Why does this discrepancy exist? I know some of you will disagree with this, but in general, customers pay up for Cisco infrastructure because it does more stuff faster than competitive products.... READ MORE LTE smartphone specs shoot-out: Nokia Lumia 635 vs. EE Kestrel The options are increasing for people who want an LTE smartphone, but don't want to spend a fortune or sign an expensive contract. Two new alternatives that won't drain wallets are Nokia's Lumia 635 and the Huawei-made Kestrel. READ MORE Mainframe at 50: A look back at a transformative computing triumph IBM’s System/360 was a computing system that not only transformed the company that developed it, but the computer industry as a whole. Follow reporter Melissa Aparicio on Twitter @MelisAparicio READ MORE WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors The Strong Business Case for Blades Servers Blade server computing is growing in popularity, largely driven by virtualization within the data center, which requires simplified management and increased flexibility in order to deliver operating efficiency and productivity. Learn More Hortonworks Adds New Enterprise Features to Hadoop Distribution With the release of the Hortonworks Data Platform 2.1 version of its Hadoop distribution, Hortonworks is packing in new enterprise features, including data access, data governance, data management, security and operations. READ MORE Salesforce.com pins growth hopes on industries, wants to be bigger than SAP Salesforce.com is betting that a push into industry-specific versions of its cloud-based software can help it maintain its breakneck pace of growth, and even usurp SAP as the industry's largest enterprise application vendor. 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