CDN Morning Briefing, July 9 – The channel’s guideposts to the ‘new normal’

The switches are designed to help enterprises optimize networks for collaboration, voice and video

Snapdragon chips, which are designed to run Windows 8, will be in tablets during the second half of 2012

Smaller businesses may think they’re immune to threats

B&N’s Nook Tablet has beefier specs than Amazon’s Kindle Fire, but it also has its share of limitations as a tablet

Plus, details on the Nook and tablets in healthcare

Canadian subsidiary boss Mitchell Martin looking to align with Apple Canada in the future

Many independent ISPs are uncertain what the effect of the ruling will be on the prices they will charge residential and business customers

Even Android could be vulnerable

Big data? Big deal. Actually, let me rephrase that. Big data? Big deals, plural. Possibly very big deals

CA Cloud 360 attempts to address some of the major concerns expressed by holdout customers intrigued by the cost savings promised by the cloud but daunted by the process

Scientists hope their computer model will be in use within five years

Plus, a look at how cloud stocks are doing and a day with the iPad 2