25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years

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	25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Online Storage Cost Savings Calculator Determine the potential storage cost savings your company could realize by virtualizing your file storage. Just answer a few simple questions about your environment to get an immediate three-year savings analysis. For a more customized analysis, click on the Get Custom Analysis tab and download the free software trial. Download Now. In this Issue John Chambers on the network Brocade gives a reality check on IPv6 Top smartphone travel apps Watson teaches 'big analytics' IBM celebrates tech behind first U.S. manned space flight Macworld Lab speed tests the mid-2011 iMacs Jonny Evans: Apple dumps Intel for MacBooks: does it matter? Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square Elgan: How to pop your Internet 'filter bubble' Jonny Evans: Apple kills the optical drive, and other stories Android, Chrome to highlight Google I/O developer conference DOWNLOAD: Hitachi Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial John Chambers on the network The network is more important today than at any time in history. In the last 25 years it has had a transformative effect on the way we all live, work, learn and play but I believe it will deliver even greater change in the next decade than it has in the last quarter century. Read More Brocade gives a reality check on IPv6 The looming depletion of Internet addresses has split the networking world into "IPv4 diehards" and "IPv6 purists," but the real needs of businesses lie somewhere in between the views of these extremists, a Brocade Communications Systems executive said this week. Read More Top smartphone travel apps Baggage weight restrictions are the bane of many international travelers, but you can eliminate 5 kilograms from your bags by replacing those bulky travel guides with travel apps on your smartphone or tablet. Read More Watson teaches 'big analytics' IBM's Watson's impressive "Jeopardy!" win demonstrated the awesome strides in computing power and ingenuity, but just as impressive was the way in which Watson's creators attacked an avalanche of information to come out victorious. Read More IBM celebrates tech behind first U.S. manned space flight As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. manned space flight, IBM is celebrating the mathematicians and engineers who helped make it happen. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Macworld Lab speed tests the mid-2011 iMacs We've already shared the results of our benchmark tests for the $1999 27-inch 3.1GHz Core i5 iMac, one of four new iMac configurations released by Apple this week. We've had the chance to finish testing the remaining three standard-configuration models, with our results showing a significant boost for the new iMacs over the models they replace. However, not much differentiates the performance of the four new iMacs among each other. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple dumps Intel for MacBooks: does it matter? Flimsy reports claim Apple may ditch Intel in favor of adopting ARM-based processors across its product range. But does it matter? After all, MacBook Air shows us future mobile Macs will be high-performance machines equipped with SSDs and lengthy battery lives. Intel processors will live on in pro-notebooks and Apple's increasingly archaic desktop Macs. Read More Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square Chip maker Broadcom said Sunday that it will pay US$41.9 million for SC Square, a move that will bring expertise in smart-card security to the Irvine, California, architect of silicon for communications equipment. Read More Elgan: How to pop your Internet 'filter bubble' The Internet you see is not the Internet I see, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Companies using personalization algorithms are presenting you with a custom version of the world online that they think you're interested in. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple kills the optical drive, and other stories Apple [AAPL] seems set to kill the optical drive when it releases Mac OS X 'Lion' as a downloadable upgrade via the Mac App Store. While this begs questions -- principally how a Mac user can launch a faulty Mac from disk, without a disk -- this isn't the first time Apple's changed an industry. Here's a short -- and necessarily incomplete -- list: Read More Android, Chrome to highlight Google I/O developer conference Google's biggest developer platforms will take center stage at Google I/O next week. Read More
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