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MicroAge Becomes a Cisco Select Certified Partner

MicroAge has completed the requirements to become a Cisco Select Certified Partner. Select Certification recognizes partners that have achieved the SMB Specialization which focuses on the needs of small and medium-sized business clients. MicroAge

Seven Reasons to Consider Virtualization: Justifying the Cost

Customers gain greater experience with server virtualization and their comfort level with storage virtualization will rise. Furthermore, 52% of the overall respondents are using virtualization technologies within their production environments—a clear sign that end-users trust the technology is mature enough for mission critical systems. eWeek Aberdeen Group

Analyst: Money Will Lead to More Mobile Spying Programs

Spying programs for mobile phones are likely to grow in sophistication and stealth as the business of selling spying tools grows. Many hackers are now in the business of selling easy-to-use tools to less technical hackers rather than hacking into PCs themselves. ComputerWorld

Thin Clients Trump PCs On Energy Consumption

Energy consumption when in operation was up to 50 percent lower than for conventional PCs. While PCs consume about 85 watts on average, thin clients including their server get by with 40 to 50 watts. In view of climate change and the need to reduce CO2 emissions, this is an important factor. Environmental Leader

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Sony's Next Generation VAIO with Hafnium-based Processors

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Solution Spotlight

The Benefits of Clustered Block Storage

Clustered block storage technology achieves simultaneous capacity and performance improvement unattainable through normal hardware configuration alternatives. In fact, clustered block storage brings a new dimension of functionality: performance scale-out. InfoStor

VoIP Security Products

VoIP security involves protecting an organization's voice traffic carrying IP network from exploits ranging from viruses, spam, and other malware to denial-of-service attacks, intrusion, fraud, and theft, to eavesdropping. SIP and RTP respectively, do not offer adequate, inherent security features. Therefore, as in the data world, a host of security devices, precautions, and best practices are essential to securely deploying VoIP. NetworkWorld

Wireless LAN Security

This centralized, controller-based WLAN architecture has become the current dominant model for most medium- to large-scale wireless deployments. The "thin" or "dependant access points require the presence of the controller, which handles mobility tasks. But other architectures are possible. NetworkWorld

10 Ways to Cultivate a Creative IT Environment

Techies are a unique breed in that they come to a job naturally predisposed to love it—most choose to work with technology because they have a passion for it. The things that typically impeded them loving their jobs have nothing to do with the work itself and everything to do with environmental factors getting in the way. Data centers that are energy efficient, automated, hypersecure—are held up as models of innovation today, but their technologies and methodologies could become standard fare tomorrow. Baseline

Application Delivery Architects, Engineers Should Be an IT Organization's Next Key Hires

As more organizations begin to deploy application delivery networks (ADNs) to mitigate limitations in business-critical applications, Gartner, Inc. says the emergence of ADNs creates a need for a new group of technical professionals. Gartner

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Hello Gorgeous! Meet the Laptop You'll Use In 2015

One thing that has stubbornly stayed the same is the conventional clamshell format with its hinged display lid that opens to reveal a mechanical keyboard. That's about to change. The rules of notebook design and the components that go inside are being rewritten to make the road a better place to work and play. ComputerWorld