Virtualization key to business continuity

The tragedy of Japan's tsunami illustrates just how unpredictable and powerful nature can be, and how society and industry can be severely disrupted at a moment's notice. While the human tragedy from the disaster played out, businesses also struggled to maintain operations.
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Three essential skills for the modern CIO

This is the year for CIOs to focus on developing their influencing and negotiating skills. Commercial acuity, leadership and innovation are the watchwords of the day. While such terms may have been bandied around for a while, the definition of what they entail has become increasingly sophisticated. As a result, CIOs’ modus operandi needs to reflect the new reality, particularly in a world where the global economic outlook remains so uncertain.
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Network access…what’s hot and what’s not

Network access options surge and recede, with private lines potentially making a comeback and new technologies extending the life of copper pairs. Could the future be Ethernet-over-anything? We look at the latest trends in network access.
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Whitepaper: smartphone management

Smartphones are revolutionizing the workplace but without a rock-solid management infrastructure in place, they threaten to overwhelm the IT department and enterprise security. No longer able to simply provide a laptop for computing and a BlackBerry for email, the IT department needs to exercise control over settings, security, connectivity and software over all mobile devices in the organization.
>> This whitepaper from Orange Business Services explains how to do it