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	Microsoft bundles MDOP goodies into new Windows Intune beta Microsoft released the beta of Windows Intune, a cloud-based tool that manages desktops for midsized businesses. With it, for the first time, the company is making its desktop virtulization tools, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, available to customers that do not have a Software Assurance license. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Zoho Corporation One tool to manage both the datacenter and the network Unified communications, virtualization & datacenter consolidation have complicated the way enterprises monitor and manage their IT. For long, IT management had no choice but to rely on expensive, complex solutions from the Big 4. Today ManageEngine brings a smarter alternative - OpManager. Get 90% of the features of the Big 4 at 10% of the price! Download the free 30-day trial of OpManager today, set it up in under one hour and start monitoring your entire IT infrastructure right away. In this Issue HP boasts "Cisco-free" data center with 3Com networking portfolio And the state with the fastest broadband is … Delaware Emergency network still needed, FCC public safety chief says One in four countries block some Google services Seagate, Microsoft launch disk-to-disk to cloud service Broadband has no regulator, BitTorrent CEO says Networks go green and save you money Technology runs the Boston Marathon Net neutrality's enterprise impact WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. HP boasts "Cisco-free" data center with 3Com networking portfolio HP has unveiled a new "edge-to-core networking portfolio" based on technology built by 3Com, just one week after closing the $2.7 billion acquisition of the network vendor. Read More And the state with the fastest broadband is … Delaware Delaware might be one of the smallest states geographically, but it comes up big when it comes to broadband speeds. According to CDN vendor Akamai's latest data, Delaware leads the United States in broadband connection speeds. Read More Emergency network still needed, FCC public safety chief says The Federal Communications Commission's top public safety official renewed his call for creation of a $16 billion national data network for public safety workers to be partly financed by a monthly fee on all broadband users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More One in four countries block some Google services Google's services are blocked or censored to some degree in one-fourth of the countries where it operates, the company says. Read More Seagate, Microsoft launch disk-to-disk to cloud service Seagate announced it has tightly integrated its EVault backup software and cloud storage service with Microsoft's Data Proteciton Manager disk-based backup appliance to offer multi-vendor application backup managed through a single dashboard. Read More Broadband has no regulator, BitTorrent CEO says The Internet industry has to regulate itself by responding to consumer demands in the wake of the recent U.S. federal court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission didn't have authority to enforce its net neutrality rules, BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker says. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Top 5 Hyper-V Best Practices Read this whitepaper to get advice on everything from making sure you configure enough network connections, especially in iSCSI, to specifying the specific initiator groups and the correct LUN type when provisioning the NetApp LUN for use with Hyper-V. Learn More! Networks go green and save you money Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up. Read More Technology runs the Boston Marathon The runners took center stage during the Boston Marathon on Monday, but behind the scenes of the prestigious road race was an enterprise-class data center capable of accurately tracking more than 26,000 runners and relaying that information to a number of outlets. Read More Net neutrality's enterprise impact Even though it could be considered to be "old news," by now, the April 6 Federal Court ruling in a case concerning Comcast and an FCC ruling could have long-term and quite serious impact on enterprise networks. Read More
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