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Why, when and how to migrate to Windows 8

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Why, when and how to migrate to Windows 8
Windows 8 machines are coming out sometime this fall, but that doesn't mean businesses should shift to panic mode to upgrade their corporate desktops and laptops, experts say. Read More


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WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel

The Cost of Retaining Aging IT Infrastructure
This paper describes HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, the technology on which they are based, and the way they address many of the causes of operational costs found at customer sites. Read Now!

Google's Most Innovative Projects
Google unveiled two new products yesterday at its I/O developer conference: the Nexus 7 tablet and Project Glass. Here's a look at how some of Google's other famous projects got their start. Read More

Silicon Valley's top threat is China, survey finds
A significant number of high-level technology executives appear to believe Silicon Valley's days as the world's innovation hub are numbered. Read More

Canon shows augmented-reality platform with head-mounted displays
The Japanese electronics maker's new system, which it will begin selling shortly, projects virtual objects on the real world, where multiple users can interact with them. Read More


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Getting Schooled on Next-Generation Mobility
This whitepaper discusses how K-12 districts can unleash the freedon that Wi-Fi affords then in learinging and administration, by embracing sophisticated WLANS. It provides an overview of wireless learning, the HP Advantage, protecting students/data, easing and unifying managemnet and how to lower TCO. Read Now!

Wickr, a mobile privacy application, sweeps digital crumbs away
A new mobile application for Apple devices called Wickr lets people exchange files and messages without leaving digital traces that could be examined by law enforcement or cyberspies. Read More

Can Microsoft Avoid Compaq's Fate?
Here's a bedtime story of how a playground leader with lots of friends (Compaq) got undercut by the new kid on the block (Dell). Is this cautionary fable repeating itself with Microsoft and Apple? Read More

Evidence that the iPhone 5 may support NFC payments emerges
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Byer California Improves Business Agility
Learn how Byer California and A.T. Kearney improved application performance and availability with an ADC. Learn More!

Google's Nexus Q: A failed Apple TV clone
I wanted to like Google TV. The first models really don't work that well. I really wanted to like Google's Nexus Q streaming media player. It was supposed to be a new take on bring Internet video to your TV. It's not. Feh! Read More

Microsoft says you, yes you, are the reason it killed the Start menu
Is the blame game starting before Windows 8 even ships? Or am I just spoiling for another fight with Windows 8? A Microsoft executive spoke to UK publication PC Pro during the TechEd show in Amsterdam and made some rather interesting comments that explain just why the heck the Start button was axed from Windows. Read More

FBI: High-tech economic espionage a vast, expanding threat
Driven by the general ease of stealing electronically stored data and the reality of growing global businesses, US companies have lost some $13 billion through economic espionage in the current fiscal year - and the problem is growing. Read More

No shortage of requests from Android devs at Google team's 'fireside chat'
While Wednesday's release of Android 4.1 -- better known as Jelly Bean -- introduced a host of improvements to Google's mobile platform, a "fireside chat" that evening demonstrated that the developer community is far from completely satisfied with the state of their environment. Read More

Apple hardware engineering chief Mansfield retires
The Apple executive in charge of hardware engineering for the iPhone, iPad and other Apple products is retiring from the company, Apple said Thursday. Read More

 
 
 

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Deduplication Performance: More Than Processing Power

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Storage performance problems can't be solved by just throwing more processing power at them.

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Twitter Crash: Hack Or Hardware Fail?
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NASA Drops OpenStack For Amazon Cloud
Space agency touts Amazon cost savings to explain why it's no longer using the OpenStack open source cloud project it co-founded.

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White House announces federal working group, public-private partnership to boost development and usefulness of high-speed broadband networks.

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Universal key management for the cloud

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Universal key management for the cloud
Data protection processes like encryption and tokenization tend to create a lot of objects like keys and tokens that require their own level of security and protection. As companies migrate to cloud computing, they may suffer from "key sprawl": having numerous key management solutions and token vaults to administer. Now there's a new universal key management solution on the market that is purpose-built to secure keys, tokens, certificates, passwords, etc. all in one secure system. Read More


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Top 5 Reasons to Choose SolarWinds® LEM Over Splunk®.
SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM), with node-based licensing that lets you pay only for what you monitor, is an affordable alternative to volume-based Splunk pricing. With real-time, in-memory event log correlation, active response technology and advanced IT search, you get all the features of a powerful SIEM solution, at an affordable price! Interested in learning more about powerful SIEM software for log collection, analysis and event management from SolarWinds? Click here to learn more and why to choose SolarWinds LEM over Splunk!

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Tablets in the Enterprise
Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more.

The school of hard knocks teaches a lesson on managing Active Directory
What would you do if an administrator for an Active Directory sub-domain told you he had accidentally deleted his entire Organizational Unit? Temple University's IT department learned a hard lesson about managing AD in a highly decentralized environment. Read More

Training workers to be cyber safe
Cyber thieves and scam artists have become more sophisticated in their means to steal login credentials and gain access to valuable information or other assets. The scams affect individuals at work as well as at home. It's more important than ever for companies to teach their workers how to be cyber safe and to think about their actions and the risks involved. Read More


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Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud: Software Overview
The need for enterprise IT organizations to provide next-generation cloud features such as elastic capacity while meeting ever more demanding performance and reliability requirements is driving demand for a new approach to infrastructure. Read More!

Manage software deployments across complex environments
The larger and more complex an organization's processing environments are, including cloud instances, the more challenging the process of application deployment. Automation tools support the best practice of keeping these apps updated for peak performance, capability and security. Read More

Startup Allgress delivers heat maps that display cold risk management facts
Startup Allgress made its debut Tuesday with software designed to give chief information security officers (CISOs) a view into the security and risk-compliance status of corporate networks and data resources. Read More


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Experience a Smooth and Swift Backup
Virtually every company, regardless of size or industry, needs data archive capabilities. Datacenter administrators across all industry segments face similar archive challenges. Learn More!

GOP Senators revise cybersecurity bill
A group of Republican Senators introduced on Wednesday a revised version of a previously proposed bill that seeks to improve cybersecurrity through improved information sharing between private industry and government. Read More

Web attackers start borrowing domain generation tricks from botnet-type malware
Hackers have started to adopt domain-generation techniques normally used by botnet-type malware in order to prolong the life of Web-based attacks, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Symantec. Read More

Changes to PCI rules: What you need to know
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) rules related to the security of customer card information play a big role in network design, and with some updated modifications to the PCI Data Security Standards (DSS) 2.0 guidelines kicking in at the end of the month, here's what you need to know. Read More



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  5. First look -- Googe's new Nexus 7 tablet
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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 29

Data plans: Who costs you less | Salesforce.com hit with outage

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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 29
On this day, the anniversary of the original iPhone going on sale, the iOSphere celebrates with ever more tenuous and ever more familiar rumors of iPhone 5. This week: iPhone production battered by flawed batteries; speculation that The Date of the Unveiling will be sometime after June 29; wireless charging; NFC ecstasy. Read More


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Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion
Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. Learn more at blackberry.com/mobilefusion

WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel

The Cost of Retaining Aging IT Infrastructure
This paper describes HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, the technology on which they are based, and the way they address many of the causes of operational costs found at customer sites. Read Now!

Data plans: Who costs you less
Verizon Wireless has shaken up the familiar data plan with shared-data options, but is it the best deal for you? Not always Read More

Salesforce.com hit with outage
Salesforce.com experienced system problems in a number of regions on Thursday, starting at 3:34 a.m. PDT, according to an online status page. Read More


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Getting Schooled on Next-Generation Mobility
This whitepaper discusses how K-12 districts can unleash the freedon that Wi-Fi affords then in learinging and administration, by embracing sophisticated WLANS. It provides an overview of wireless learning, the HP Advantage, protecting students/data, easing and unifying managemnet and how to lower TCO. Read Now!

The original iPhone: The blueprint for all modern day smartphones
A famous quote from Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky reads, "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." In designing the original iPhone, you might say that Apple took this line of thinking to heart. Indeed, Steve Jobs once referenced the aforementioned Gretzky quote in reference to the company's approach to developing new products. And when Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone for... Read More

Can't wait for Google's Project Glass? Try these video glasses on for size
At last week's Pepcom Digital Experience event in New York, I met with the people from Pivothead, who were showing off their Video Eyewear glasses ($350, shipping in July). Read More


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Bank Raises the Bar on Service Delivery with Comcast
Read this exclusive case study to learn how Comcast and Eastern Bank teamed to maintain a secure, reliable network infrastructure for transferring and protecting an enormous amount of data, including customers' bank account and credit card information, financial transactions, mortgage payments and payroll processing for their businesses. Learn More

Lack of features could hamper Nexus 7's market entry, analysts and users say
At US$199, Google's Nexus 7 may seem like a tempting tablet, but some potential buyers and analysts say that it lacks hardware features and is a feeble attempt to energize the Android OS in a market dominated by Apple. Read More

Evidence that the iPhone 5 may support NFC payments emerges
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Samsung Galaxy S III: 8 Key Features and Facts
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Google announces offline editing for Docs, and Google Drive for iOS
Google kicked off the second day of its I/O conference by announcing offline text editing for Google Docs, and a version of its Drive storage service for Apple's iOS. Read More



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Top CIOs take home seven-figure pay packages
Fortune 500 CIOs and IT SVPs netted multimillion dollar compensation packages in 2011.

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  1. Google's computerized glasses steal the show at I/O
  2. Five years ago they said the iPhone would be a flop ... Now?
  3. U.S. retires famous Red Storm supercomputer
  4. FTC goes after Wyndham for data breaches at its hotels
  5. First look -- Googe's new Nexus 7 tablet
  6. Cisco adds 802.11ac, cloud features to new home router
  7. The 10 most demanding jobs in IT
  8. A look back: Steve Ballmer laughs at the iPhone
  9. Resurrecting HP Touchpads by rooting them, installing Android
  10. Does two-factor authentication need to be fixed?

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