Zuckerberg wants to #ConnectTheWorld, trust is an issue

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	Richi Jennings: Zuckerberg wants to #ConnectTheWorld but trust is an issue Zuck won't stop 'til he's got underpants. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and six friends want to bring the Internet to the unwashed, unconnected masses. The Internet.org consortium seeks to make net access cheap and ubiquitous, all over the planet. A noble cause, for sure, but does anyone trust the movement's figurehead, Mark Zuckerberg? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers question the gnomes' plan. Not to mention: What's phase two?... Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?      Using VMware NIC Teaming?      Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)      Get this essential FREE white paper now      11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff      Click to continue In this Issue Jonny Evans: Apple's iTunes Radio reminds us that music is a weapon Preston Gralla: Can a monster-sized Nokia phablet jump-start Windows Phone? Nicholas D. Evans: CIO considerations for SMAC fusion Sharky: Not exactly what they mean by lights-out operation WHITE PAPER: Plantronics, Inc. Making Voice a Successful Part of Your UC Rollout You've thought long and hard about the investment you're making in Unified Communications. We've compiled ten steps to streamline the audio aspect of your UC deployment. Putting an audio strategy in place now can help you plan, deploy and eventually drive higher adoption rates. Download our workbook now! Read Now! Jonny Evans: Apple's iTunes Radio reminds us that music is a weapon iTunes Radio is breaking cover as the all-new Apple streaming music service gets closer to launch. Here's what we know about the service, placed in the wider context of what's happening around music at the moment and put into perspective for its likely impact on Google, Spotify and Pandora. Read More   Preston Gralla: Can a monster-sized Nokia phablet jump-start Windows Phone? Nokia and Microsoft apparently believe that bigger is better, because Nokia is said to be readying a whopper of a phone -- a six-inch "phablet" with a 1080p display. Will this beast of a phone help Microsoft jump-start its smartphone OS? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now Nicholas D. Evans: CIO considerations for SMAC fusion The disruptive trends of social, mobile, analytics and cloud, often termed "SMAC" or the "Nexus of Forces", are well-recognized as essential elements of next generation IT applications. They represent a desirable, future end-state for IT applications and architectures due to their characteristics of collaborative functionality, ubiquitous access, and intelligent insights, all delivered via a flexible and scalable delivery model. Read More   Sharky: Not exactly what they mean by lights-out operation   Small regional office gets a server to support the local staff, and to make sure it runs reliably the company hires an electrician to run dedicated power to the server that's also protected by a UPS. What could go wrong? Read More
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