Milking the iPod Touch for savings; Five Reasons Mobile Apps Rule

Milking the iPod Touch for savings Telecom managers, small business owners and parents fretting over unpredictable cellular data usage costs are discovering a way to stay connected to the Internet while avoiding or at least decreasing cellular charges. Several are using the Apple iPod Touch -- more or less an iPhone minus the cellular connection. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. This complexity makes app performance management all the more difficult. In this Executive Guide featuring articles from Network World, ComputerWorld and InfoWorld explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. In this Issue Five Reasons Mobile Apps Rule Apple seeks U.S. ban on Nokia imports Cisco Wi-Fi software makes video more reliable, efficient over wireless IBM Intros Notes Apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, Android Windows Mobile 7 to Get Two Versions, Report Says Nokia Shares A Glimpse At Symbian 4 Verizon Wireless slashes rates for unlimited voice FCC tells wireless mics to get off 700MHz spectrum band Verizon, AT&T, 700MHz Wireless Ban: How It Affects You Tablets to Sell Big in 2010, Report Says Network World's Products of the Week slideshow VIDEO: Dell Retooling IT for a Mobile Workforce As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, IT needs to consider automated tools that provide proactive monitoring and desktop management and ensure compliance with IT policies. Not only is end-user productivity at stake, but organizations have to deal with IT governance, regulatory compliance, and security issues. Check out this research note from IDC for guidance. Learn More Five Reasons Mobile Apps Rule The mobile app craze, which was started by Apple's iPhone and has been perpetuated by any smartphone worth its plastic, shows no signs of slowing down, according to Gartner. The market researcher says mobile app revenue, which equaled $4.2 billion last year, will hit $29.5 billion in 2013. For consumers, that's a good thing, because mobile apps rule. There's been some talk of Web apps eventually killing off the downloadable app market, and that may hold true in the long, long run. But, right now, mobile apps rule. Here are five reasons why. Read More Apple seeks U.S. ban on Nokia imports Apple has raised the stakes in its escalating smartphone patent battle with Nokia, filing a complaint on Friday with the U.S. International Trade Commission in a bid to block the importation of Nokia phones. The move is more of a nuisance than a threat, given Nokia's paltry share of the U.S. market. Read More Cisco Wi-Fi software makes video more reliable, efficient over wireless Video over Wi-Fi can be iffy, buggy, blurry and jittery. Cisco's new software is designed to solve all that. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more. IBM Intros Notes Apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, Android IBM is helping iPhones go corporate this week, with the introduction of a free plug in that allows Notes users to read their encrypted e-mail on the Apple smartphone. Read More Windows Mobile 7 to Get Two Versions, Report Says An intriguing new rumor suggests that Windows Mobile 7 may come in two different flavors: a business version and a media version. The mobile OS may come with a variety of different features including an impressive mobile version of Office, online collaboration, high-definition video, Xbox Live, and streaming TV, according to WM Experts, a Windows Mobile news site. Read More Nokia Shares A Glimpse At Symbian 4 Nokia first revealed details of it's upcoming mobile operating system (OS), Symbian^4, during the summer of last year, however the communications company submitted a proposal on Friday with a visual guide to how the new mobile OS may look. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks 3 Tips to Get Out of Firefighting Mode Join Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) for this webcast on how to become more proactive with network and application management. EMA offers guidance on how to pick a pilot project to demonstrate immediate success as well as tips on how to lengthen MTBF and shorten MTTR. Click here to get all the details now! Verizon Wireless slashes rates for unlimited voice Verizon Wireless Read More FCC tells wireless mics to get off 700MHz spectrum band The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will prohibit hundreds of existing wireless microphone models from being used in the U.S. in five months because they operate in the 700MHz spectrum band, which was auctioned off to mobile voice and broadband carriers in 2008. Read More Verizon, AT&T, 700MHz Wireless Ban: How It Affects You The Federal Communications Commission voted today to ban the distribution and sale of wireless devices that operate in the 700 MHz frequency. The action, an expected move and the latest step in the country's transition to digital television (DTV), clears the 700 MHz band for the next generation of 4G consumer wireless devices from carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, and for communications services for public safety agencies. Read More Tablets to Sell Big in 2010, Report Says We already knew that 2010 will be the year of the tablet, thanks to rumors of an impending Apple tablet and all of the gear previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Now, a new report is backing that up with some hard numbers, saying that tens of millions will sell over the next 12 months. Read More Network World's Products of the Week slideshow Our round-up of intriguing new products from F5, Crescendo, Citrix among others. Read More