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	Nicira debuts with its SDN baby One of the most anticipated debuts of a startup company happens today when Nicira, a maker of network virtualization software, comes out of stealth mode. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Can you deploy a new application in days rather than months? In this executive Q&A, Cloud Luminary and PGi CTO David Guthrie discusses how the cloud computing platform helped his company scale up immediately by getting his applications running efficiently in a matter of days, rather than months. 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Online backup services keep your data safe It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2,257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7% of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis. Read More Review: Intel's new 'Cherryville' SSD 520 drive Intel today started shipping its fastest solid-state drive to date, the 520 Series SSD, sporting its smallest 25nm NAND flash memory and SandForce's SATA 3.0 controller with 500MB/sec-plus performance. Read More Brain drain: Protecting your organization's IP Global healthcare provider Best Doctors employs the most robust technologies and practices available to protect the privacy of its members' personal data--but that's just a part of doing business in this industry. 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Read More Global semiconductor market to grow this year, SIA says The global semiconductor market is showing signs of a healthy recovery after a rough 2011 in which year-over-year growth was flat, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Monday Read More EMC to flesh out VFCache with VMware integration, other additions EMC has big plans this year for the VFCache flash storage it introduced on Monday, with the coming enhancements including SSDs, 1TB cards, integration with VMware and less expensive MLC flash media. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, 'Thunder' appliance EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same technology. Read More Lawsuit raises questions about email privacy at work A recent lawsuit filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is drawing attention to the question of whether employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy when using personal email accounts on workplace computers. Read More Dell forms software group, names former CA CEO as head Dell on Thursday said it is forming a Software Group, which will bring together disparate products under one roof as the company tries to sharpen its end-to-end enterprise offerings. Read More In-flight Wi-Fi struggling to gain altitude At first blush, it's another one of those, "Sure, it will happen ... eventually," type of situations. 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