IBM leads IT out of the data center
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IT's glass – full, empty or too big?
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Upgrade, repair, replace, or limp along?
When money's tight, how do you keep things going and save money at the same time? I think you need a process to decide what to do with equipment that dies. When are you better off repairing/replacing, when to upgrade, and when to just let it die and do without?

Mobile data roaming still costs too much
I am heading to Barcelona on Feb. 15 for the Mobile World Congress, where operators from all over the world will talk about how great mobile broadband is, but I bet you they won't use it to surf the Internet while visiting the show, especially if chief financial officers have any say.

Sprint's 4G guy: Todd Rowley on the need for speed
Todd Rowley helped to conceive Sprint's mobile WiMAX play, to midwife its birth, to name it Xohm, play matchmaker for its marriage with Clearwire, wave goodbye with the launch of the Clear network build out...and he still can't let go.

Ballmer, Tucci Discuss Microsoft, EMC Cloud Vision
Microsoft and EMC converged in New York City on Tuesday to announce a three-year extension of their alliance to work together on enterprise virtualization, storage, security and content management products.

A new era in application delivery
IT pros are being asked to use the network to provide more services at the application layers. Here's one way to deliver it all.

Buyer's guide: Power-line networking for your Mac-friendly home
While not as well known or widely used as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, power-line networking -- using your existing home electrical wiring to transmit data, turning every outlet in your house into a potential network connection -- can be a lifesaver when Wi-Fi won't reach or when you can't run Ethernet cabling.

Economic crisis threatens networking growth
The networking industry is facing, along with the rest of the economy, a major financial crisis, writes Thomas Nolle. Our generation has taken network growth for granted and has seen the Internet reshape culture. This comfortable view that 'more bits' will pave the way to the future is the greatest threat we face, he says, because networking is going to change, one way or another.

Killer open source monitoring tools
From network and server monitoring to trending, graphing and even switch and router configuration backups, these utilities will see you through.

Convergence, not economy, driving managed LAN services
There was a time when the decision to manage LANs in-house was a no-brainer. LANs by definition cover a small area and have traditionally been simple operations to run and maintain.

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