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	Age bias in IT: The reality behind the rumors Age bias: Some consider it IT's dirty little secret, or even IT's big open secret. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: GFI Software Is your AV solution a resource hog? 70% of McAfee, 50% of Symantec and 50% of Trend Micro users are unhappy with their antivirus performance. Get better performance now with GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business – the lightweight solution with superior protection, easy management and minimal performance impact. Try VIPRE free for 30 days! In this Issue Desktop virtualization users say the technology brings challenges Microsoft Accused of Collecting Windows Phone Location Data Summer of Google: 10 Hot New Features New comment system coming later today Cisco, VMware spec seeks to scale VLANs for VMs Lenovo says new 'Ultrabook' thinner than MacBook Air The Ruby Principle tells us Apple didn't fake latest 'lost iPhone' University tests ERP on new Dell cloud Windows 8 desktop to be 'just another app,' says Microsoft exec US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts Tintri rolls out VM-aware storage appliance IFA: Ford Evos concept car to connect to cloud iPad's Starring Role in Sci-Fi Movies WHITE PAPER: VMware A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud This IDC white paper includes two case studies and a sidebar highlighting the experiences of three enterprises with virtualizing their tier 1 applications, which include Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases and a Microsoft Exchange email system. Read now! Desktop virtualization users say the technology brings challenges Sacking the old PC in favor of desktop virtualization is starting to grow and the information technology managers taking the lead on that trend offered some perspectives on the networking and security challenges it brings. Read More Microsoft Accused of Collecting Windows Phone Location Data A Windows Phone 7 user has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming that the software maker collects data from mobile phone users without their knowledge. Read More Summer of Google: 10 Hot New Features Some businesses embraced the relaxed pace of summer, but not Google. Check out how Google was beating the heat and rolled out 10 new tools for shopping, tracking weather and more. Read More New comment system coming later today Sometime today our IT department is supposed to roll out a new comment system called Disqus, which will allow Network World and its sister publications within IDG Enterprise to automatically share comments that appear on news stories when those stories appear on multiple sites. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Accelerate Recovery Time After a Disaster In this Quest Software white paper authored by the Data Management Institute, learn the key challenges in designing an effective disaster recovery plan. Then discover how a solution based on continuous data protection can rapidly restore your critical applications and get your business running again with virtually no downtime. Read Now! Cisco, VMware spec seeks to scale VLANs for VMs The VXLAN technology introduced by Cisco and VMware this week is intended to scale VLANs to accommodate the exploding number of virtual machines in the virtualized data center. In addition to Cisco and VMware, Broadcom, Arista, Citrix and Red Hat also co-wrote the VXLAN specification. Read More Lenovo says new 'Ultrabook' thinner than MacBook Air Lenovo has jumped on Intel's "Ultrabook" bandwagon, announcing a new IdeaPad on Thursday that the company said is thinner than Apple's celebrated MacBook Air. Read More The Ruby Principle tells us Apple didn't fake latest 'lost iPhone' Those who believe a conspiracy was behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy routinely attempt to bolster their argument with a question: "Why would Jack Ruby kill Lee Harvey Oswald?" There is no plausible answer, they say, and I tend to agree. Read More University tests ERP on new Dell cloud University of Kentucky CIO Vince Kellen is considering moving some of the university's SAP work to a cloud environment, which would make him a relatively early adopter of ERP in the cloud. Read More WEBCAST: GFI Software GFI MailEssentials Complete Appliance Demonstration View a 20-minute product demo of this comprehensive email protection solution that combines antivirus, anti-spam and attachment filtering in a robust, highly scalable, easy-to-manage platform. View now Windows 8 desktop to be 'just another app,' says Microsoft exec The Microsoft executive who heads the company's Windows division said Wednesday that the next edition of the operating system will let users treat the traditional desktop as 'just another app' that loads only on command. Read More US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts The US Department of Energy and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory has built a security system that is aimed at thwarting at least some of the copper thefts that plague utilities and other large facilities. Read More Tintri rolls out VM-aware storage appliance Tintri last week announced is second-generation Tintri VMstore appliance, which now provides visibility into virtual machine performance bottlenecks and corrects misalignment problems between the guest file system and storage infrastructure. Read More IFA: Ford Evos concept car to connect to cloud Ford detailed its new Evos concept car during the IFA consumer electronics show this week. Billed as a cloud connected car, Ford envisions that the automobile will be able to make decisions based on driver preferences. Read More iPad's Starring Role in Sci-Fi Movies The cozy relationship between sci-fi and tech gadgets just got a little tighter. Check out how life imitates art, and vice-versa. Read More
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