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Brocade finally completes Foundry takeover

Brocade Communications hascompleted its acquisition of Foundry Networks, a deal that brings a solid Ethernet LAN company into a giant of storage-area networks.

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Blogs

• Why Interpol should become 'Internetpol'
  How realistic is the idea of a global force to monitor and police Internet crime? New
  From John E. Dunn's The War on Error blog »
• Watch out Aruba and Meru, says Trapeze
  You might think that cabling company Belden and its wireless subsidiary Trapeze are pulling in opposite directions, but not so, says Trapeze president Jim vogt. New
  From Peter Judge's The wirecutter blog »
• Losing your ID at the office Xmas party
  Just how badly could your office party go? Pretty badly - if you lose your iPhone or any other smartphone, and it's not locked down.
  From Bryan Betts's Casting the Net blog »
• The logic of lunchtime
  Please let's legalise usericide
  Just lately I've started to suffer more than ever before from QALS. I'm sure most of you reading this have exactly the same affliction, albeit to varying degrees. I've had it all my working life, of course - I'm a techie, after all - but it does come and go, and right now I'm right in the middle of a peak.
  From David Cartwright's Technically speaking blog »
• Forget green, think cheap
  Vendors haven't been slow to hype the benefits of green computing.
  From Techworld staff's The green screen of death blog »
• SNAP to attention
  New research we've carried out among our customers shows that businesses are very concerned about attracting and retaining young talent into their companies.
  From The Burton Group's The Burton blog blog »
• Infamy, infamy, they all have it in for me
  I will admit to enjoying the delicious sense of irony as I watched Nick Leeson, the trader who famously collapsed Barings Bank back in 1995, give a talk on 'risk management in the real world' at Burton Group's Cataylst Conference in Prague this week.
  From Tom Jowitt's Defragging the enterprise blog »
• Foggy Notion
  Into the cloud we go.....
  From David Hobson, Global Secure Systems's Hobson's choice blog »
• IBM sticks head in the clouds
  Don't you just love buzzwords?
  From Maxwell Cooter's The Blue Screen blog »
• USB 3.0 promises more than speed
  Intel confirmed key aspects of the long-awaited USB 3.0 specification last week, but the hugely improved performance is perhaps the least interesting of them.
  From John E. Dunn's Half-eaten cake blog »

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White papers

• Livewire - Full-Server Protection and Recovery in Real-Time
  

  Simplify the restoration process and reduce the time and effort involved with server recovery.

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• Reducing the Cost of Mobile Communications: GSM Gateways
  

  This paper looks at how GSM Gateways can improve cost efficiency with your communications.

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• Forrester's IT Help Desk Evaluation
  

  Today’s IT help desks must respond to their companies’ ever-growing service needs – without increasing their already strained staff and budgets.

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Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 review

While much attention has focused on server virtualisation, desktop virtualisation has been the poor cousin in the corner. But Parallels' take on the technology, virtual desktop integration, is set to change all that and offer a quick and simple way to virtualise your machines.

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Reviews

• Zeus ZXTM 5.0
  ZXTM combines a whole heap of features in one box - or as one software product if you prefer - and makes installing the whole shebang a simple job. We find that the virtual appliance works a treat ... who needs a box?
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• SolarWinds ipMonitor 9.0
  The are plenty of network monitoring tools around, the trick is finding out which one works best for you. SolarWinds has always made much of its being designed intuitively for network engineers and, as we find, this is not a hollow boast.
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• Palm Treo Pro
  Windows Mobile is the Marmite of mobile operating systems: some users love the ease with which it enables access to business, while a good many more hate it. One self-proclaimed fan found that this phone uses Windows to fine effect.
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• GoodSync Pro 7.2
  Synchronisation is the alternative to backup, but it is also a much more complex world. Does this program keep life simple enough?
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• Billion BiPAC 7402GX router
  Billion's latest BiPAC ADSL router is an attempt to add 3G failover to what is otherwise a competent and well-featured if unadventurous 802.11g switch/router. Its other strength is its VPN capability.
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• Microsoft Hyper-V RC1
  With Hyper-V finally launched, it's time to have a look at how it stacks up against the VMware, the clear market leader. The result? While there's still some distance to go, VMware should start getting worried.
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• Alienware MJ-12 8550i workstation
  Mention Alienware to most Internet users, and they will think of high-end games machines with every conceivable option on-board and a hefty price tag to suit. They’re less well known for it perhaps, but the company has also been carving out a similar niche in the professional workstation sector.
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Citrix XenServer - Virtualisation for every server in the enterprise
Citrix XenServer is server virtualisation that makes datacenters more agile and efficient through faster application delivery, higher levels of availability and improved utilisation of resources. Techworld has teamed up with Citrix to offer our users a free 30 day trial of the new release.

Articles

• Insight : Cisco ready to take on data centres
  Cisco has dominated the newtorking market but it's now casting envious eyes on the data centre in a bid to become a dominant player there, treading on the toes of some of its partners in the process. How will the company shape up in this new arena? New
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• Insight : Which operating system is best for SSDs?
  It might be hard for the purists to take, but according to recent tests, Microsoft's ageing Windows 2000 manages to wrest the best performance out of SSDs
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• Interviews : SailPoint tackles the threat from within
  A Texas-based company has come up with a solution for large enterprises to protect themselves from disgruntled internal staff, which it says is a growing risk for companies forced to lay off staff during these tough economic times.
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• How-Tos : How to ... transfer data between BlackBerry devices
  Your company has upgraded its Blackberries and now everyone wants to know the quickest way to transfer data from a previous phone to a new one. Here's the answer.
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• Insight : Oracle offers compression to DBAs
  Oracle's powerful new HP Oracle Database Machine comes with 168TB of storage ... and a hefty price tag to boot. But there is another to boost processing power: the company's own efficient compression technology.
  View more from the Software Applications Knowledge Center »
• Briefings : Get tough on telecommuting: 6 questions to ask before you say yes
  Proceed cautiously - teleworking can change office dynamics in ways you hadn't anticipated.
  View more from the Data & Voice Networking Knowledge Center »
• Insight : Data centre managers explore energy efficiency
  The rise in electricity costs, coupled with the increasing power consumption of modern processors, are leading to crippling headaches for data centre managers. A conference last week explored several ways in which data centres could save money.
  View more from the Green IT Knowledge Center »
• Insight : Why is being a VoIP company such hard work?
  How many smallish companies have this list of woes in twelve months and get away with it? Here’s a rundown of Skype’s year to bury.
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