Virtualization: What Next?
You've got server virtualization down, but don't relax -- getting to a private cloud means navigating through missing standards, scant automation, and weak management tools.
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Top 10 CIO Priorities
Why Oracle wants Endeca
Risky handoff: Cellular to Wi-Fi
Inventor of C remembered
7 tips for BYOD
Tablets go industrial
4 Links: Research And Connect
InformationWeek in-depth reports, events, and more
6 CIO Profiles: Tom Peck
Levi's CIO has gone from early adopter of tech to "fast follower"
8 Down To Business: Top 10 CIO Priorities -- And Perspective From India
Indian IT leaders weigh in on top
14 Unstructured Data In Play
Oracle answers HP's Autonomy buy with Endeca acquisition
14 Microsoft And HP Team Up
The two plan an appliance to compete with Oracle's Exadata
16 Cisco Takes Aim In ‘Fabric Wars'
Its Nexus line gets a new high-end switch and higher-speed fabric
18 Army Readies Mobile App Store
Army Marketplace will help smartphones get in soldiers' hands
18 Windows 8 Sneak Peek
Ballmer shows off new user interface and control panel
21 It's Complicated
As the use of virtualization expands, especially into critical systems, so does the complexity
26 Destination: Private Cloud
Companies on the road to private clouds are running into shortcomings in software and standards
33 The Cellular-Wi-Fi Handoff
As carriers off-load data to Wi-Fi, IT must consider security and cost issues
37 Remembering A Legend
A look back at the career of Dennis Ritchie, inventor of the C language
40 C++ Revival Hinges On Portability
If portability continues to be given little value, C++'s renaissance may be brief
44 Survive The BYOD Revolution
Seven questions to consider before allowing employee devices at work
46 Reliability Is UC's Job No. 1
Follow these steps for a successful unified communications project
48 Global CIO: Tablets Readied For A Real Day's Work
Tablets are getting tested from factories to battlefields
