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Cooperative AP architecture creates simpler, cheaper wireless LAN, company says
ThinkPlace Challenge designed to spur innovation and economic development
Bugs, hardware requirements, unclear benefits are top Vista issues
Company pledges agnosticism in response to MPLS/PBT issue
Symantec says scam activated by Trojan.kardphisher
CIOs moving to a hybrid organizational model for IT, some experts say
Mobile-application developers, service delivery managers among challenging new jobs
Embedded IT staff, IT governance, taking on bigger projects among focus areas
Developing overall security plan is key benefit, CIO says
Popular Linux-based virtualization and failover technologies help put together a robust high availability and disaster-recovery solution for Microsoft Exchange -- without upgrading the Exchange software itself.
iShaper boosts response times, provides a range of office services
Global Services division reportedly the target, but analysts say layoff rumor inaccurate, ‘ludicrous’
CIO joins the company’s strategic planning committee
Maker of Sniffer broadens its product portfolio to include NetFlow, virtualization and user experience monitoring
Audit Vault consolidates and manages information from databases
FastIron LS series provides 10/100/1000 and 10G ports at a lower cost, company says
Customers add, drop, mute participants via handhelds
Identity/access management still not getting big funding despite many schools suffering data breaches.
Potential deal would impact competition in consumer search, online advertising markets
Carrier says Sun Ray technology cutting call center costs
Experts say difficulties of acquisition or merger may outweigh gains
StopBadware.org names five companies as being the most prolific malware distributors