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Time to Virtualize: Get Started With this Guide Did you know that 50 percent of small and mid-sized businesses will move to virtualization next year? Don't get left behind. Read this guide to learn the range of great benefits virtualization has to offer and get off to a quick start with VMware. Create a more robust, highly available infrastructure at a low cost that's simple to deploy and manage. This guide shows you how. Check out these additional resources: Installing Messaging Security Software on Your Exchange Server Explore the myth about not installing any third-party software on an Exchange Server and see how doing so can actually fortify your security strategy. Learn more   How to Leverage Emerging Technologies for Business Intelligence Discover how midsize companies can gain analytic power and flexibility without costly, complex data warehouse systems in this publication featuring research from Gartner. Learn more   The Top 10 Considerations for Cloud Computing Make no mistake about it, cloud computing will continue to transform the many ways we create, share, and manage information. Join this TechRepublic webcast to start thinking about the Cloud potential for your own business. Watch Now   The Top 10 Considerations for Cloud Computing Make no mistake about it, cloud computing will continue to transform the many ways we create, share, and manage information. Join this TechRepublic webcast to start thinking about the Cloud potential for your own business. Watch Now

Upcoming Webcasts... Getting the ROI that VMware Promised Discover how to fully realize a virtualization project's ROI-optimizing benefits: identify wasted data objects, manage an environment's capacity to increase VM density, and learn to use a chargeback process to gauge cost saving success. Date:Thursday, January 27, 2011 Time:2:00 pm ET | 11:00 am PT Shiny New Year with Chrome, Chrome OS and Google Apps for Business Google's Chrome is successfully bringing productivity and security benefits to today's businesses. But how? Hear how Chrome and Chrome OS are innovating for Apps for Business, along with a review of the latest features and customer experiences. Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Time:1:00 pm ET | 10:00 am PT Available On-Demand... Desktop Virtualization: Analysis & Piloting Analysts and experts are saying companies are moving fast to test drive desktop virtualization. Join this TechRepublic Webcast to learn more about the importance of a Desktop Virtualization pilot for your organization. Secure Data Management for Private Clouds Concerns over security and compliance have made public clouds a non-starter for many organizations. By contrast, private clouds represent an opportunity in terms of security. Learn more in this ZDNet discussion on private clouds. Recommended Downloads Propelling Your Business Through the Economic Crisis Move from fear to value with these CIO strategies for delivering business results faster and better--with less--during the current economic crisis. Performance Plus Cost Savings: It's Possible with IBM Performance plus cost savings, all in one package. Check out the latest offerings in the System x eX5 family to learn how to achieve this goal. Discover how you can attack your most challenging IT problems with efficiency and flexibility. Manage Global Web Sites without Losing Local Flavor Unite corporate and local marketing teams in creating truly localized websites that provide relevant information to diverse target audiences. Discover how SDL Tridion's BluePrinting technology can help you meet the challenge.

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[TechRepublic] Verizon lands iPhone: Answers to five big questions

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Editor's note: I've put together answers to the big questions about the Verizon iPhone. Also, see why Motorola is suddenly on the rise again, what Google is doing to mess with video in the Chrome Web browser, and why Verizon could open more enterprise doors for the iPhone. -Jason Verizon officially lands iPhone: Answers to five big questions It's official. Verizon is getting the iPhone. There are five big questions that we've been hearing in relation to the iPhone 4 launch on Verizon. Here are the answers. Read more Resource of the day Download the Definitive Webinar Marketing eGuide Learn how you can boost sales through Webinars. This new Quantum Leap Marketing eGuide gives you an easy-to-follow roadmap for Webinar creation, including a marketing plan outline and a Webinar invite to help you get started planning your Web event. More from TechRepublic   11 smart career tips for 2011 A Silicon Valley-based executive search consultant and author offers her tips for handling your career in 2011. Read more What to do after you've made a mistake How you handle a job mistake can be the critical difference between a slow career death and moving ahead. In this blog, John M McKee shares six of his favorite tips for dealing effectively with a mistake. Read more News from ZDNet   Five reasons why it may be Motorola Mobility's time Amid the hubbub over Verizon's iPhone and the war with AT&T one of the biggest winners not named Apple may be Motorola Mobility. Read more Google prepares to ruin Chrome browser Google announced yesterday that it is preparing to ruin the Chrome browser by removing support for the H.264 codec. Read more Microsoft details packaging, pricing for Office 365 for Education Microsoft will be launching Office 365, its successor to BPOS, Live@Edu and Office Live Small Business -- later this year (I'm still hearing early June). On January 11, Microsoft shared new pricing and packaging details about one of the coming Office 365 SKUs: Office 365 for Education. Read more Verizon Wireless support for iPhone 4 opens more enterprise doors It's here ... but what does the Verizon iPhone mean for your business? Read more Unlike with AT&T, the Verizon iPhone isn't the network's best smartphone Apple enters the Verizon market in a different position than when they were on AT&T with Verizon having a rock star existing and future lineup of Android devices. While the masses will buy the new iPhone, what decisions will the smartphone fans make on Verizon. Read more Verizon iPhone, LTE Androids: Dark Clouds Ahead for RIM's BlackBerry? With iPhone joining the best wireless carrier in North America, and 4G LTE Android devices soon to follow, is RIM's BlackBerry business due for some heavy turbulence? Read more Verizon CFO: We're getting the iPad too Verizon Communications Inc. CFO Francis Shammo today told Bloomberg that Verizon Wireless will sell a version of the iPad that can connect directly to its network. Read more Verizon's iPhone 4: The Q&A At a press conference in New York City, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead and Apple COO Tim Cook take questions about Apple's iPhone 4 coming to the Verizon network in early February. [video=498591] Previous coverage: For Verizon's LTE partners, a 3G iPhone creates opportunity Verizon Wireless support for iPhone 4... Read more Review: Verizon 4G LTE USB modem is faster than a speeding Sounder Verizon launched their 4G LTE network last month and after trying out on of their available USB modem sticks I almost want to change my work methods to get onto this super fast network. Read more Windows Phone 7 Wednesday; Apps to help you reach those 2011 fitness goals In this edition of Windows Phone 7 Wednesday I take a quick look at five apps to help you keep those new fitness goals for 2011. Read more Facebook settlement under fire: The Winklevoss twins ask court for more Mark Zuckerberg's former Harvard classmates - twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss - have changed their mind about a $65 million settlement from Facebook in 2008 and have asked an appeals court to void it, arguing that Facebook didn't disclose an accurate valuation of its shares before agreeing to pay them $65 million... Read more No, your AT&T iPhone 4 case/bumper won't fit your Verizon iPhone 4! Yesterday Verizon announced its very own iPhone 4. Externally, it's almost identical to the AT&T iPhone 4 ... except it's not 100% identical. Read more Social bullying and its threat on corporations While a corporation is rarely seen as a victim, the social bullying threat is real. So, what's a company to do? Read more Nintendo 3DS could help uncover subtle vision disorders The Nintendo 3DS is already stirring up controversy about the glasses-free 3D display and the effect it might have on children's eyes. But maybe it's not so dangerous after all. Read more Featured multimedia   iPhone's Verizon rivals (photos) The Verizon iPhone may be the carrier's most buzzed-about phone, but don't discount Big Red's other handsets. View on site Verizon iPhone hands-on (photos) The much-awaited Verizon iPhone is here. Check out CNET's hands-on photos here. View on site Toshiba demos glasses-free 3D laptop at CES 2011 Bill Detwiler tries out Toshiba's Qosmio glasses-free 3D laptop with active facial tracking at CES 2011. View on site Tech destruction (photos) Technology, especially when it stops working, can create a very high level of frustration. While TechRepublic advocates that you properly dispose of your old tech equipment, we're aware that there are times when you'd rather throw it in a lake or smash it into tiny little pieces. Take a look at some tech destruction photos, compliments of the Flickr group called Computer Rage. View on site Today's recommended downloads Data Center Projects: Standardized Process (American Power Conversion (APC)) How to Speed ROI on Your SOA Investment (IBM) Estimating a Data Center's Electrical Carbon Footprint (American Power Conversion (APC)) New Developments in Data Center Power Distribution (American Power Conversion (APC)) Realizing the Full Benefits of Virtualization (American Power Conversion (APC))   About this newsletter The Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my opinions, rants, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner Verizon officially lands iPhone: Answers to five big questions It's official. Verizon is getting the iPhone. There are five big questions that we've been hearing in relation to the iPhone 4 launch on Verizon. Here are the answers. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Top cracking open galleries of 2010 Xbox 360 S (2010) Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Apple iPhone 4 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server Apple iPad Top 10 cracking open galleries of 2010

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[TechRepublic] Reduce the Group Policy refresh interval

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How to reduce the Group Policy refresh interval Group Policy refreshes computer accounts on a default schedule of 90 minutes. Rick Vanover shows ways to reduce this schedule when necessary. Read more Resource of the day Transforming your Voice, Video and Collaboration Infrastructure As consumers, we've gotten pretty spoiled by our new mobility. We'd like to apply those same capabilities to our work to communicate and collaborate more effectively anytime, anywhere. It's all possible with the right infrastructure in place. PowerShell script for getting Active Directory information Scott Lowe shares a PowerShell script he wrote to extract a number of fields from Active Directory and write the extracted information into a CSV file. Read more Data Protection Manager 2010 migration successes and challenges Westminster College has made significant progress in migrating its backup operations from Backup Exec to Data Protection Manager 2010. Scott Lowe discusses some of the successes and the challenges of the project. Read more Evolving backup: From tape to disk to cloud or none at all? Scott Lowe shares his thoughts about various data protection options. He also discusses why some organizations, including Microsoft IT, are eliminating backups altogether. Read more Webcast: Learn how to improve your VM consolidation ratios Register for a TechRepublic Webcast that will focus on the best practices for matching and even exceeding the industry's average VM consolidation ratios. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: January 2011 Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right decision on applying Microsoft's January 2011 patches in your organization. Read more How will cloud computing change the IT pro's job in 2011 and beyond? Colin Smith advances some considered predictions about what the trend toward cloud computing really means to IT pros and organizations in 2011 and beyond. Read more Featured multimedia   Slideshow: Shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 7 Use the Disk Management Tool in Microsoft Windows 7 to shrink a hard disk volume to create room so you can add a new partition. View on site Top cracking open galleries of 2010 Xbox 360 S (2010) Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Apple iPhone 4 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server Apple iPad Top 10 cracking open galleries of 2010 Today's recommended downloads Your Guide to Innovations in Enterprise Mobility (TechRepublic) Realizing the Full Benefits of Virtualization (American Power Conversion (APC)) Sales PM Demo (IBM) Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy (Google) Audio Conferencing: No longer keeping a low profile (Citrix Online) Verizon officially lands iPhone: Answers to five big questions It's official. Verizon is getting the iPhone. There are five big questions that we've been hearing in relation to the iPhone 4 launch on Verizon. Here are the answers. TechRepublic newsletters   Get smartphones news, product reviews, and need-to-know lists in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones Product Spotlight Five Tips 10 Things Featured training courses   Configuring, Managing, and Maintaining Server 2008 MCITP: Server and Enterprise Administrator Combo Boot Camp Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services Implementing and Administering Windows 7 in the Enterprise Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Browse all training courses Presented by Global Knowledge

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