Dell launches dedupe appliance, VMware integration

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	Dell launches dedupe appliance, VMware integration Dell today announced its first deduplication appliance, along with an upgrade to its Compellent Storage Center management software that includes tighter integration with VMware. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan What to Look for in Smart Card Readers Deploy servers with PKI authentication without sacrificing convenience or security. Learn how modern KVM switches with smart card capabilities go beyond simply integrating card readers as an additional peripheral at the KVM workstation, but rather make necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. Learn More In this Issue 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros Kundra, first CIO of U.S., joins Salesforce 5 Tips to Keep IT Outsourcing on Track as Global Providers Cut 5 key takeaways from CES Windows 8 on ARM: You can look but you can't touch IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms IBM wins most patents for 19th straight year; Microsoft only other U.S. company in top 10 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks Evolving Your Data Center Network Security Palo Alto Networks, Brocade, and guest speaker Principal Analyst John Kindervag from Forrester Research, Inc. will discuss the evolution of data center networks, and how leading-edge organizations are implementing next-generation data center network security. Click to continue 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros Ditch the slackers, take on dirty work, do it with data -- here's how to get the inside track on a highly rewarding career in IT Read More Kundra, first CIO of U.S., joins Salesforce Salesforce on Monday said that Vivek Kundra, who was the first person to serve as CIO of the U.S. federal government, has joined the company as executive vice president of emerging markets. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! 5 Tips to Keep IT Outsourcing on Track as Global Providers Cut Are you prepared as global IT outsourcers shrink onshore staff? These tips will help you keep projects moving as offshore IT service provides cut back on the on-site staff that used to work as liaisons between customer and provider. Read More 5 key takeaways from CES As is often the case, the expectations of what will be the big story at the Consumer Electronics Show are different from what actually becomes the big story. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE/VMware Driving Business Value with VBlock Infrastructure Platforms With Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, organizations of any size can rapidly deploy a pervasive virtual infrastructure and implement a private cloud while lowering risk and operating expenses. Learn More Windows 8 on ARM: You can look but you can't touch For a touch-based interface it was awfully hard to get hold of. Microsoft's Windows 8 OS was shown on a handful of prototype ARM-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but almost no one was allowed to try it out. Read More IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms IBM researchers have discovered a way to create a bit of data using only 12 iron atoms, which compares to today's magnetic data storage technology requiring about one million atoms for a single bit. Read More IBM wins most patents for 19th straight year; Microsoft only other U.S. company in top 10 IBM retained its patent crown for 2011, topping the list of U.S. patent winners for the 19th year in a row. The only other U.S. company to make the top 10, Microsoft fell from third place to sixth place, according to data from IFI Claims Patent Services. Read More
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