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Cisco Launches Wireless-Only Version of Its ISE
Cisco Systems officials in April introduced their Identity Services Engine, designed to help enterprises track visitors coming onto their corporate networks. Cisco s ISE was created to manage not only visitors such as freelancers, customers or contract workers who need access to the corporate network, but also in response to the growing trend of employees…
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Intel Plans Bug Fix for SSD 320 Drives
Software bug and security fixes are released all the time from top-tier companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and others, but it’s relatively rare when such a notice emanates from Intel. The world’s largest chipmaker on Aug. 15 wrapped a firmware fix for its solid-state 320 model drives that eradicates a problem involving storage. The affected…
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HP TouchPad Not Selling Well at Best Buy: Report
Sales of Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad are flagging at Best Buy stores, according to a new report. If accurate, that’s a potential sign of wider trouble for HP’s tablet. “According to one source who’s seen internal HP reports,” read an Aug. 16 piece by Arik Hesseldahl on AllThingsD, “Best Buy has taken delivery of 270,000 TouchPads and…
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Getting It Right in the Post-Managed Services Era
The IT channel is about to enter the post-managed services era. Much like modernism led to postmodernism in art and philosophy, the managed services model is evolving into a new IT consumption reality. At the heart of the change is the cloud, and more specifically, how managed services providers (MSPs) choose to proceed into a…