Review: Parallels 11 delivers seamless Windows/Mac integration

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	INSIDER Review: Parallels 11 delivers seamless Windows/Mac integration If you're an end user who wants the best-of-both-worlds experience of running Windows on a Mac, or if you're an IT admin who wants to gain more control over the Macs running on your network, Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac is a great option. We found the latest version of Parallels is very good and while largely focused on Windows 10, it suits other operating systems virtualization candidates as well. It's faster, loads and terminates guest VMs more quickly. And it has become pricey, with an annual subscription model that might cause pushback. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Hybrid Will Be the New Normal for Enterprise WAN Public cloud services, SaaS, and mobility are driving enterprises to rethink how they architect their WANs. Gone are the days when all applications resided in regional data centers and branches only needed a single MPLS connection. Learn More In this Issue 20 IT jobs slated for biggest raises next year Microsoft extends Azure Active Directory to support Facebook, Google Arista joins Cisco, Dell at 25G Is Virtual reality finally ready for business use? A guide to Docker container networking Wireless Hall of Fame inducts four Brocade's new SDN controller How pumped up is your pumped-up cloud data center? Adobe Connect, ReadyTalk, and FreeConference.com announce upgrades 6 quirky features of Windows 10 WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Denial of Service Attacks Organizations need a better way to combat and prevent DoS attacks, and the right ADC can provide the solution. Learn how Citrix NetScaler can help protect against DoS attacks in this report. View now 20 IT jobs slated for biggest raises next year IT salaries are on the rise, one sign of a continuingly competitive hiring environment. Skilled and experienced IT pros often receive multiple offers, even if they're not actively job hunting, according to Robert Half Technology's 2016 Salary Guide. Read More Microsoft extends Azure Active Directory to support Facebook, Google Microsoft's Azure Active Directory identity management platform now allows businesses to authenticate customers using popular consumer applications, such as Facebook and Google's suite of services. Read More Arista joins Cisco, Dell at 25G Arista Networks this week became the latest major vendor to roll data center switches that support 25G, 50G and 100Gbps Ethernet. Arista also upgraded its operating system software to support the new switches and give them a number of new features to enhance uptime, and avoid resets and reloads. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity Corporation It's Not Them; It's You Even the most well built website and mobile apps lose customers if they can't register, sign-on for service or conduct transactions easily. Learn how customer experience influences IAM and what you can do to deliver a great and secure experience. Learn More Is Virtual reality finally ready for business use? Virtual reality (VR), one of the technologies that always seems to be waiting in the wings, is finally ready for business prime time. Several new products are available for viewing content from Samsung, HTC, and even Google. Read More A guide to Docker container networking Despite all the hype about containers, the application packaging technology is still evolving, especially as relates to networking. Read More Wireless Hall of Fame inducts four The Wireless Hall of Fame has inducted four more members, including one of Nextel's co-founders. Read More WHITE PAPER: XO Communications Putting the Kibosh on Shadow IT Read this paper to learn best practices for setting up an internal, IT-based cloud brokerage function that service the entire organization. Find out how this approach enables you to retain top-down visibility and control of network security and manage the impact of cloud traffic on your WAN. Learn More Brocade's new SDN controller Brocade this week unveiled its distribution of the latest release of the OpenDaylight open source SDN controller. Brocade's new SDN Controller 2.0 is based on OpenDaylight's "Lithium" release, which debuted in July. Read More How pumped up is your pumped-up cloud data center? A cloud data center is supposed to scale sky-high — but few know the actual capacity. How many virtual machines can it host, and how will the cloud perform as CPU, storage, networking and I/O utilization climb higher and higher? Those are hard and important questions that few can answer with confidence. Read More Adobe Connect, ReadyTalk, and FreeConference.com announce upgrades Adobe Connect announced that its upcoming Version 9.5 release scheduled to roll out this fall will add new features including support for HTML5 and local MP4 conversion. The new release also included some additional reporting capabilities. Read More 6 quirky features of Windows 10 By most measures, Windows 10 is a huge improvement over Windows 8 and 8.1, and it's a very worthwhile upgrade from Windows 7. But, of course, no new OS is perfect upon launch. Here are 6 issues with some of its new features. Read More
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