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	Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Microsoft long ago leaked 2012 as the release date of Windows 8. If you haven't rolled out Windows 7 yet, will it be tempting to wait? Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Unified Communications Buyer's Guide The mobility offered by unified communications is just one of the benefits businesses who deploy UC enjoy. This buyer's guide offers tips to make sure you find the right UC solution. It explains how to avoid a complex deployment, the key questions to ask prospective vendors, and how not be fooled by the demo. Read now! In this Issue Why FCoE is Dead, But Not Buried Yet Twitter needs to fix or ditch 'Trends' IT Meets Comedy Central Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? Banksy had it right: The future holds a mere 15 minutes of anonymity for everyone Windows Server 8: The Microsoft Server Fork The Game of Clue, Linux Edition: Who Hacked Linux.Com? WEBCAST: Neustar Webmetrics Load Testing Best Practices and Tools for Site Performance Learn the latest and most effective techniques for managing website performance with Neustar Webmetrics, including: how to plan, execute and analyze load tests; best practices that can simplify your life and make tests more effective; plus, innovative (and free!) tools to speed up your site quickly. View now Why FCoE is Dead, But Not Buried Yet Have you ever watched one of those spy films where someone gets fatally poisoned, but it hasn't hit them yet and they are acting like its any other day and not the last days of their life and you just want to tell them that they should enjoy it while they can? I feel like that for Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Read More Twitter needs to fix or ditch 'Trends' Regular Twitter users know the site's homepage "Trends" box as the place to look for big breaking news, celebrity deaths (real and fake), as well as hashtag silliness such as #IfTwitterWereHighSchool. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Service Assurance Defined This Forrester paper explains the concept of service assurance and highlights how it can address fundamental issues around managing application performance and business services. Learn More IT Meets Comedy Central Over the past few weeks, numerous industry contacts have forwarded me links to three different short videos produced by leading IT vendors. First there was EMC's "cloud-in-a-box" video poking fun of Oracle. Read More Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? Seemingly every day, the Google+ "suggestions" feature implores me to "circle" (read: follow) the Google+ activities of Google CEO Larry Page, as a whopping 302,319 users have done already. Yesterday I decided to relent - probably should have done so long ago -- and clicked on the link to Page's page so I could see what I've been missing: Turns out I haven't been missing anything. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Business Service Assurance Define and manage IT service quality & delivery based on business impact and priority. View Now Banksy had it right: The future holds a mere 15 minutes of anonymity for everyone Graffiti artist Banksy may have had it right when he claimed invisibility is a superpower and in the future you can be anonymous for only 15 minutes. There are now privacy invasive plans to track the sale of spray paint, prepaid cards, and your license plate. Read More Windows Server 8: The Microsoft Server Fork Windows Server 8 is categorically different than its predecessor versions. There's an argument to say that it's not actually Windows. Read More The Game of Clue, Linux Edition: Who Hacked Linux.Com? By now you have probably heard that most of the Linux Foundation's websites including Linux.com and Linux.org are down, the victims of a hack. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler Our Cloud Companies to Watch story gives you the lowdown on a handful of startups looking to make their mark in a business so far dominated by the likes of Amazon, Google, Rackspace and VMware. Here's a closer look at some of the products and services being rolled out by these newcomers. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center Opalis Integration Server and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Buzzblog: Blue screen of death gets a new look in Windows 8 Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? Enterprise WAN connectivity: MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Bot army being assembled, awaiting orders Facebook's new friend lists: 5 things you need to know Stevie Wonder thanks Steve Jobs for making the iPhone and iPad so accessible Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Windows Server 8: The Microsoft server fork Server 8 benefits from lessons learned with Azure
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