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Saturday, March 19, 2011

iPhone 5: Why You Should Wait for It; Why I Didn't Buy an iPad 2

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•	Why You Should Wait for iPhone 5
•	Why I Didn't Buy an iPad 2
•	MSP Sinks Its Teeth into Dental Market
•	Green IT, Cloud Computing to Impact Data Centers: Report
•	Executive Briefing: A Chat with Avnet's Incoming CEO

•	HP's Apotheker: Cloud, WebOS and Analytics Top Priorities
•	Dell Updates Vostro, Inspiron with Intel Sandy Bridge
•	Samsung Launching Line of Business Notebooks
•	What It Cost Apple to Make iPad 2

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Why You Should Wait for iPhone 5
Although Apple hasn't even hinted about the release of a follow-up to its wildly popular iPhone 4 anytime soon, speculation abounds over what that device will offer. And if you are in the market for a new smartphone, you may be wondering if you should buy one now or wait. Here's why the iPhone 5 will be worth waiting for.
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Why I Didn't Buy an iPad 2
Apple's iPad 2 went on sale Friday, but I wasn't waiting in line to buy one, even though my love for Apple products is no secret. Here's why.
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MSP Sinks Its Teeth into Dental Market
Catering to a specific vertical market has proven to be a successful strategy for many VARs and MSPs. Here's how one managed service provider, CSG Healthnet Solutions, has built a business specializing in IT for dental offices.
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Green IT, Cloud Computing to Impact Data Centers: Report
Smarter, greener data centers will combine with the increased use of cloud services to change management of the centers, Gartner reports.
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Executive Briefing: A Chat with Avnet's Incoming CEO
Distribution giant Avnet will experience a change at the top in July when Rick Hamada takes over as CEO after a career at the company. Channel Insider sat down to talk with Hamada about his strategies, plans and his unique perspective on the market place. Here's what he said.
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How to Choose Between Public or Private Clouds
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The Morning Scoop - Japan’s Mafia to the Rescue

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CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER

YAKUZA
1. Japan's Mafia to the Rescue

Even Japan's infamous mafia groups are helping out with the relief
efforts and showing a strain of civic duty. Hours after the first shock
waves hit, two of the largest crime groups went into action, opening
their offices to those stranded in Tokyo, and shipping food, water, and
blankets to the devastated areas in two-ton trucks and whatever vehicles
they could get moving. The day after the earthquake the Inagawa-kai (the
third largest organized crime group in Japan which was founded in 1948)
sent twenty-five four-ton trucks filled with paper diapers, instant
ramen, batteries, flashlights, drinks, and the essentials of daily life
to the Tohoku region. The Daily Beast's Jake Adelstein reports on why
the police don't want you to know about the role of the unlikely heroes.

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CEASEFIRE BROKEN
2. Gaddafi Forces Reach Benghazi

Even as President Obama endorsed military action against Muammar
Gaddafi, the Libyan strongman's forces began attacking Benghazi, the
heart of the rebellion. After Gaddafi reneged on his ceasefire, his
troops bombarded the city with artillery and invaded with tanks, sources
in Benghazi say. On the outskirts, a fighter jet was shot down in
flames. In an announcement at the White House, Obama said the U.S. would
take military action against Libya if there wasn't an immediate
ceasefire. However, he specified that there would be no ground invasion
by the U.S., which would take a supporting role. A U.S. official said
that the U.S. might take the lead in destroying Libya's air defenses at
the beginning of operations. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in
Paris to attend a meeting of world leaders Saturday to discuss military
action.

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JAPAN
3. Radiation Found in Milk, Spinach

Japan's health ministry says they've found abnormal levels of radiation
in milk and spinach near the overheating nuclear plant. The radioactive
spinach was grown 75 miles from the Fukushima plant, while the milk was
from a town about 30 miles away. Both contained more iodine-131 than the
legal limit, but health officials said it wasn't enough to have an
immediate effect on human health. The minister said that if you drank
the milk every day for a year, the effect would be the same as one CT
scan. There may be some good news on the horizon: Japanese officials say
engineers have attached a power cable to the outside of the stricken No.
3 reactor and hope electricity will begin flowing by Sunday. Attempts to
spray the plant with water seem to be having some effect, and Chief
Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said, "The situation there is stabilizing
somewhat."

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SCARY
4. U.S. Fears Gaddafi Terror Attacks

President Obama's top counterterrorism official warned Friday that Col.
Muammar Gaddafi may lash out with a new series of Libyan-backed
terrorist attacks. When asked if the Libyan leader would open a new
terrorism front, John O. Brennan responded, "Gaddafi has the penchant to
do things of a very concerning nature. We have to anticipate and be
prepared for things he might try to do to flout the will of the
international community." Of particular concern, according to Brennan,
is Libya's stockpile of mustard gas. He also revealed that U.S. spy
services have been working with their Arab counterparts in recent weeks
to disrupt a series of terrorist plots in those countries, and that many
previously jailed terrorism suspects or sympathizers had been "rounded
up and brought back." Responding on Friday to U.N. intervention, Gaddafi
called international rebukes "blatant colonialism" and warned of
"serious consequences."

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OBIT
5. Warren Christopher, Clinton's Secretary of State, Dies

Warren Christopher, the longtime political operative who served as
secretary of State during Bill Clinton's first term, died Friday in Los
Angeles from complications of bladder and kidney cancer. He was 85.
Christopher was born in North Dakota and moved to his longtime home, Los
Angeles, at a young age. In World War II, he served as ensign in the
naval reserve on an oil tanker in the Pacific—although later in life as
a diplomat, Christopher was often reluctant to use force. As deputy
secretary of State, Christopher became the chief negotiator with Iran
for the release of 52 American hostages. After a stint as secretary of
State in Clinton's first term, Christopher served as the overseer for
the Florida election recount in 2000 before the Supreme Court stepped in
and took over control.

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DIPLOMACY
President Obama Lands in Brazil
Wants to "open markets."
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TURMOIL
Yemen Declares State of Emergency
Police set checkpoints after sniper kills 42 protesters.
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UP IN SMOKE
Menthol Cigarette Ban Would be Good, FDA Says
Tobacco stocks soar on less-than-definite finding.
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OUTER SPACE
'Supermoon' Will Occur Saturday Night
The biggest full moon in 18 years.
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SPLITSVILLE
Bradley Cooper, Renee Zellweger Split
After less than two years together.
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BLOGS & STORIES
FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS

SAT Head Defends Reality-TV Question
by Laurence Bunin

An essay prompt on this year's test sparked an uproar by asking students
to write about the ethics of reality TV. But don't worry, says College
Board chief Lawrence Bunin—Snooki is not required reading.

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Libya: Do No-Fly Zones Work?
by Rob Verger

Rebels and diplomats alike cheered when the U.N. voted this week to
patrol Libya's skies—but will the resolution help squelch an escalating
conflict? Rob Verger polls five foreign policy experts. Plus, Michael
O'Hanlon on the logistics of intervening in Libya.

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March 19: The Week in Viral Videos
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From Rebecca Black's so-bad-it's-good "Friday" to a guilty dog and the
view of Japan's tsunami from inside Sendai airport, watch the buzziest
viral videos of the week.

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Tame the beast: 8 reasons to automate PC deployment

4 New Strategies for Business Resiliency in 2011 | Court Case Management Solutions: 3 Reasons to Invest

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In this issue:
Tame the Beast: 8 Reasons to Automate PC Deployment
4 New Strategies for Business Resiliency in 2011
Court Case Management Solutions: 3 Reasons to Invest
Cloud Computing Buyer's Guide: 5 Things to Look For
Is Defrag the Best Way to Maximize SAN Performance?
What's New in Windows 7?

Tame the Beast: 8 Reasons to Automate PC Deployment

The process of deploying PCs is, and will continue to be for years to come, a critically important challenge for larger enterprises. Despite the importance of PC deployments, however, the associated costs are often not fully understood by companies. Yet these costs can be significant and can greatly tax IT resources. Read this white paper to learn how to develop a comprehensive deployment strategy, backed by a highly automated process, that can dramatically reduce the costs associated with deployment.

4 New Strategies for Business Resiliency in 2011

As business requirements drive organizations to provide faster, broader access to information, the decision about how to best manage and protect this information is critical. It is no longer feasible to separate availability from recovery, business continuity from disaster readiness or system failover from continuous processing. Read this paper to learn how new strategies and techniques are being designed and integrated into a singular, seamless approach for true data availability and business resiliency.

Court Case Management Solutions: 3 Reasons to Invest

Court systems throughout the world have become complex judicial mazes that need a compass and road map for even the court staff to navigate. Increased immigration, growth in urban population density, internal migration patterns, crackdowns on criminal activity and the general litigious nature of modern society contribute to the increasing numbers of court cases that must be processed and adjudicated in a set period of time. With millions of new filings each year, court systems find it increasingly more difficult to maximize resources and manage the ever-expanding volume of dockets. IBM created its advanced case management strategy in response to industries in need of a smarter, more integrated way to handle their growing, increasingly complex caseloads and shrinking resources.

Cloud Computing Buyer's Guide: 5 Things to Look For

Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, while visionaries might say it is the future of IT. In reality, both statements are true -- cloud computing has been embellished by the tech industry, but it does hold real potential for new types of on-demand dynamic IT services. This paper seeks to clarify the definition of cloud computing, identify how far along users are in terms of cloud deployment, and examine the role of the network in the cloud computing model.

Is Defrag the Best Way to Maximize SAN Performance?

When SAN performance problems are noticed, the knee-jerk reaction is to add additional storage, with the presumption that the lack of free space is causing the SAN to slow down. However, both overall performance and storage efficiency can be affected by fragmentation. An unexpected side effect of reduced performance is a result of the way that performance issues are often handled in a SAN environment: When performance lags, additional spindles are added to the storage device. This approach addresses the performance problem by spreading the load over a larger number of high-performance drives, but adding hardware to resolve SAN performance problems means that more money is spent masking the performance problem rather than addressing the root cause of the performance hit: fragmentation.

What's New in Windows 7?

Users are becoming increasingly computer savvy, and they expect more from the technology they use at work. They expect to be able to work from home, from branch offices, and on the road, without a decrease in productivity. As the needs of users have changed, the demands on IT professionals have increased. Today, IT pros are being asked to provide more capabilities and support greater flexibility, while continuing to minimize cost and security risks. With Windows 7, IT pros can meet the diverse needs of their users in a way that is more manageable. This document covers many new and changed Windows 7 features of interest to IT professionals, including DirectAccess, BranchCache and other networking technologies, VHD boot and other deployment technologies, and AppLocker, Biometrics, and other security technologies.

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