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	ENIAC, world's first digital computer, turns 66 Massive machine was world's first large-scale electronic general-purpose digital computer Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Mitel Virtualized voice: real benefit or illusion? Does integrating your voice applications into your virtual data center sound like magic? Find out how companies of all sizes are realizing the cost benefits and simplified disaster recovery of unified virtualized voice and data. Learn why Mitel received VMware's prestigious Technology Innovator Partner of the Year award. It's not Magic. It's Mitel. Get in on the Voice Virtualization Act! In this Issue Cisco aims to blunt the power of Microsoft-Skype merger Prioritizing tech projects: How managers make a short list of long demands Is Microsoft leveraging the consumer tablet craze to force enterprise Windows 8 upgrades? EFF promises new fight against software patent abuse, but ... Cisco study finds The Who was right! Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug 6 cool uses of near-field communication Enterproid to enable work and personal numbers on one phone 6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems 8 Reasons Why Citrix NetScaler Beats F5 Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. Shift up to the Cloud. Download 8 Reasons Citrix NetScaler beats F5. Learn More Cisco aims to blunt the power of Microsoft-Skype merger Cisco's plea to make Skype video conferencing protocols public is at least in part a defensive move to protect Cisco's dominance in video as it faces the potentially formidable blending of Skype with Microsoft's unified communication platform, Lync, experts say. Read More Prioritizing tech projects: How managers make a short list of long demands As top technology dog at Aspen Skiing Co. for the last 16 years, Paul Major has honed the art of keeping multiple balls in the air. Read More Is Microsoft leveraging the consumer tablet craze to force enterprise Windows 8 upgrades? Much of the appeal surrounding Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system stems from the compatibility it will offer across tablets and PCs. By generating that appeal, Microsoft may successfully leverage two of the biggest ongoing trends in IT – consumerization and data security – to make Windows 8 a sure-fire home run when it finally does hit shelves. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More EFF promises new fight against software patent abuse, but ... The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has long been at the forefront of fighting software patent abuse with its Patent Busting Project, is promising to launch a new initiative called "Patent Fail: In Defense of Innovation." What will that entail? Read More Cisco study finds The Who was right! The number of mobile Internet - connected devices will exceed the number of people on earth by 2016, leading to an 18-fold increase in the amount of mobile data traffic and a 3X increase over fixed data traffic in the next five years. Read More Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid As organizations increasingly adopt cloud offerings for critical business operations from public and private providers, connecting them all back to the core of the business is becoming a challenge involving complicated integration, orchestration and rules management. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management Attend this webcast to learn how the new VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite allows IT to: - Dramatically simplify services - Automate service delivery and management View Now! Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug Adobe on Wednesday patched seven critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including one reported by Google researchers that hackers are using in 'active targeted attacks.' Read More 6 cool uses of near-field communication NFC is about much more than Google Wallet and corporate ID badges Read More Enterproid to enable work and personal numbers on one phone Enterproid is expanding its dual-persona phone platform to include voice through a new deal with BroadSoft. Read More 6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on their machine--until it's too late. Here are six ways IT departments can protect end users from the productivity sink and potential data loss that drive-by downloads create. Read More
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