Nearly half of IT shops ignore BYOD

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	Nearly half of IT shops ignore BYOD A multinational survey more than 3,000 workers revealed that they believe their IT shops turn a blind eye toward the use of mobile devices for business purposes, either because theyre unaware of it or because theyre actively ignoring it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc A Guide to Cloud Email Archiving Many companies are tackling the challenge of email archiving head-on with cloud-based solutions that scale to business growth, conform to regulatory mandates, and deliver low operational costs. We suggest a solution that emphasizes scalable cloud-base storage, secure access and high availability. Read now In this Issue Dell ships lightweight XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu Linux Worldwide server shipments rose in Q3, but revenue fell, Gartner says Samsung to issue firmware fix for printer security flaw on Friday Tablet trade-in drop hints at low iPad Mini cannibalization rate Google's Nexus 7 4G: To buy or not to buy? Sharp to launch world's thinnest 4K monitor for $5,500 WHITE PAPER: Innotas The Smart Approach to IT Resource Management This whitepaper from Innotas- the leader in cloud solutions for Project Portfolio and Application Portfolio Management - identifies why effective resource management is crucial for any IT department. Read Now! Dell ships lightweight XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu Linux After months of experimenting, Dell took the wraps off a thin-and-light XPS 13 laptop with the Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS, an OS that is code-named Precise Pangolin. Read More Worldwide server shipments rose in Q3, but revenue fell, Gartner says Worldwide server shipments went up in the third quarter of 2012, but revenue from those sales dropped due to economic uncertainty in some parts of the world, research firm Gartner said in a study released on Wednesday. Read More Samsung to issue firmware fix for printer security flaw on Friday Samsung Electronics will close a security hole in the firmware of some of its printers by issuing an update on Friday, and said they could be protected by disabling SNMP. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization Today's smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often dependent on WAN optimization. Learn more. Tablet trade-in drop hints at low iPad Mini cannibalization rate Tablet trade-in queries plummeted by 45% when Apple introduced its new iPad Mini, hinting that the smaller Apple device is not significantly cannibalizing sales of the larger tablet, an electronics recycling firm said. Read More Google's Nexus 7 4G: To buy or not to buy? Google is selling an updated version of its Nexus 7 tablet with integrated support for HSPA+ mobile data. So what's the device like to use -- and is it worth the extra cost? Read More Sharp to launch world's thinnest 4K monitor for $5,500 Sharp will start selling the industry's thinnest 4K monitor, a 32-inch LCD screen that is just 3.5mm thick, in February. Read More
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