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Forsyth County Schools Adds Ethernet To Engage Students, Reduce Costs

Georgia's ninth largest school system, Forsyth County Schools, is enhancing its technologically dependent educational tools and reducing its spending by using a new high-speed Ethernet network.

Oracle Desktop Virtualization Offerings Get Enhanced Storage, Security

Oracle has released new versions of its desktop virtualization products, Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 3.4, Sun Ray Software 5.3, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1.

Barracuda Launches 90 TB Backup Appliance

Barracuda Networks has introduced a new 90 TB server to its line of backup appliances, the Barracuda Backup Server 1090.

HP and F5 Automate Cloud Application Deployment

HP and F5 have teamed up to deliver technology intended to speed up the deployment of cloud applications by delivering automated, policy-based application, network, and user configuration.

Citrix Bolsters Tech Support Options for Users

Citrix is upgrading a remote support application to work on more mobile devices and will be adding a feature to its virtualized desktop application to give users remote access to their devices from any other device.

Citrix Project Avalon Delivers Windows as a Cloud Service

If there were any confusion about where Citrix Systems believes its future lies, it has tried to put confusion to rest with announcement of Project Avalon, an ambitious program to sew together its desktop and application virtualization technologies and infrastructure services and allow them to be managed from a common cloud-based layer.

Are You Ready for BYOD?

The do's and don'ts of beefing up your wireless network to handle the bring-your-own-device movement.

iPad Drives Tablet Growth While Android Tablets Slump

Worldwide shipments of tablets increased significantly in the first quarter of 2012, driven by strong sales of Apple's iPad. But owing to a slump in Android tablet sales, overall growth was weaker than expected. Meanwhile, on the smart phone front, Apple dropped to second place as Samsung more than tripled its unit shipments in the quarter to land in the top slot.

Caifornia District Takes Computer Labs Virtual

The Woodland, CA Unified School District has replaced its legacy computer lab desktop systems with virtual desktops.

California District Turns to NAC To Manage BYOD Program

The Napa Valley Unified School District has implemented a network access control solution (NAC) in an effort to manage bandwidth usage on its wireless network.

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