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Mobile employees are demanding to use their personal devices to access company data. But are the security risks and management hassles worth it? A trend that is getting a lot of airplay south of the border and in Europe is ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) – when mobile employees use or demand to use their

By Thoran Rodrigues Takeaway: Thoran Rodrigues interviews Dr. Satwant Kaur, a leading expert on emerging technologies, about the required traits of the “smart cloud.” I’ve recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with Dr. Satwant Kaur on the topic of Smart Clouds. Dr. Kaur has an extensive history in IT, being the author of

By Ryan Boudreaux May 8, 2012, 10:52 AM PDT Takeaway: Ryan Boudreaux looks at some of the latest browser support numbers for HTML5 and Flash. Are you a partisan for either? Here are Ryan’s thoughts on the state of the Flash vs. HTML5 debate. The battle lines were drawn years ago, and the war continues

By Eric Geier Don’t throw away your old 802.11g routers just yet. The new slick-looking 802.11n routers may provide higher speeds and performance, but there are still many ways your old gear can help out, including extending your wireless coverage, improving a new network, assisting in offering public Wi-Fi, providing network authentication, or enabling secure

By Chris Duckett Takeaway: Microsoft has updated SkyDrive to support Windows desktops, OS X and iPad — but at the same time has revised the storage limit from 25GB to 7GB, unless you claim to reserve the existing 25GB limit. Users of Microsoft’s SkyDrive who signed up when the service offered 25GB of storage will

By Erik Eckel Takeaway: The certification landscape changes as swiftly as the technologies you support. Erik Eckel looks at the certs that are currently relevant and valuable to IT pros. When it comes to IT skills and expertise, there are all kinds of “best certification” lists. Pundits are quick to add the safe bets: Cisco’s

By Justin James April 10, 2012, 12:21 PM PDT Takeaway: Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decisions when applying Microsoft’s April 2012 patches in your organization. One nice thing about the April 2012 set of patches is that it seems like the issue where opening files on network shares

By Erik Eckel   Takeaway: The certification landscape changes as swiftly as the technologies you support. Erik Eckel looks at the certs that are currently relevant and valuable to IT pros. When it comes to IT skills and expertise, there are all kinds of “best certification” lists. Pundits are quick to add the safe bets:

By Derek Schauland Takeaway: Derek Schauland takes Microsoft’s new Storage Spaces technology for a spin in the lab to see what it’s all about. It is part of the Windows Server 8 preview. Microsoft is doing something pretty wild in terms of storage in Windows Server 8. In this post, I’ll look at the new

By Will Kelly Takeaway: Are tablets going to replace the corporate desk phone? Will Kelly believes that the pieces are coming together to make this a sensible option for many companies.   The office desk phone is officially on notice that it might be heading to a dusty equipment closet down in the basement. It’s