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	Dell takes deeper dive into networking, buys Force10 Dell this week said it will acquire switch maker Force10 Networks for an undisclosed sum. Read More WHITE PAPER: MSDI Why Third Party Maintenance is Right for You If you're looking to reduce costs and avoid hidden fees with a custom contract that allows you to pay for only what you need, third party maintenance may be the best option for you. Read now In this Issue 4 Tips for Keeping Your Data Center Cool This Summer Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings show sector strength Virtualizing network appliances Study: Sharp rise in ERP users mulling support alternatives How dare Mercedes, Google exec use Apple's 'magical'? Analog Gear That Makes Us Nostalgic WHITE PAPER: Raritan Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure Management This paper looks at how DCIM products can help you streamline operations, automate asset management, optimize resources and reduce costs. Read More 4 Tips for Keeping Your Data Center Cool This Summer Now that summer is in full swing, it's natural for IT shops to be concerned about keeping their data centers cool. But with limited budgets, keeping the data center operating efficiently without blowing the utility bill out of the water can be a challenge. Read More Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings show sector strength A raft of computer and software vendor financial results this week, including reports from IBM, Intel, Apple and Microsoft, revealed some record quarterly results and a healthy market for business technology, though clouds remain for segments of the consumer arena. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Addressing the Leading Root Causes of Downtime This white paper is based on a study of data center outages that revealed the frequency and root causes of data center downtime. It analyzes the most common root causes and presents cost effective solutions, design strategies, and best practices for eliminating the vulnerabilities that lead to downtime. Read now Virtualizing network appliances With the explosion of job-specific data center appliances, it is common today to find several appliances monitoring a single resource. A typical scenario, for example, is three appliances monitoring the same connection, with one monitoring flows, another doing performance analysis and a third providing intrusion detection functionality. Read More Study: Sharp rise in ERP users mulling support alternatives A growing number of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software customers are considering a jump to third-party software support providers, according to new data from analyst firm Constellation Research. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful. Read Now. How dare Mercedes, Google exec use Apple's 'magical'? We know Apple has claimed possession of the lowercase letter "i" and is fearsomely combative toward anyone with the audacity to name anything iProduct. Same goes for the word "app" followed by the word "store." We also know that Apple considers its own products "magical;" so "magical," in fact, that the word is used over and over and over again in its advertisements and press releases. Read More Analog Gear That Makes Us Nostalgic From the Betamax to transistor radios to the Walkman, some products from the Analog Age are too good to forget. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 20 of the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2011 (so far!) From IT geeks winning millions to Google mush-brain syndrome, 2011 is shaping up to be one wacky year. MOST-READ STORIES 10 wicked off-the-cuff uses for retired NASA space shuttles 15 incredibly useful (and free) Microsoft tools for IT pros 10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years 20 of the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2011 (so far!) iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending July 22 Analog Gear That Makes Us Nostalgic Adobe software breaks down on Mac OS X Lion Is wireless making us nuts? Alcatel-Lucent confirms Enterprise business may be sold Google: Sun offered to license Java for $100 million
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