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	Google corporate IT builds before buying Bucking the corporate practice of buying instead of building internally, Google's corporate IT department will typically build management software itself, or adopt an open source software package, before investigating the feasibility of purchasing proprietary software. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix Get 5X capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Scale capacity on demand. Not with F5. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Shift up to the cloud. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network with NetScaler. Pay-As-You-Grow. Simple, software-based licencing. The capacity you need, when you need it. Download Pay-As-You-Grow: Investment Protection and Elasticity for Your Network today! In this Issue Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent? Dell announces big storage for Big Data Gartner survey says IT spending is top board-level priority VMware to acquire OpenFlow pioneer Nicira for $1.26 billion Why VMware is spending $1B-plus to buy Nicira Olympics CIO Gerry Pennell on creating a gold-standard team Does anyone know how much Marissa Mayer is making? IBM services, hardware revenue falls in Q2 while profit grows Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really How to choose an IaaS provider WEBCAST: Oracle Live: 2012 Database Management Survey Results Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT Learn how your experience stacks up against your peers and gain insight on strategies to address the most pressing issues as new survey results on managing databases are revealed by Crimson Consulting in this live Webcast. Learn More Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent? Savvy IT departments that set aside time for employee creativity say they gain happier workers, more satisfied customers and sometimes even revenue. Read More Dell announces big storage for Big Data Dell's announcement of a new Big Data Storage Data Retention product today highlights anew the company's ongoing transition from consumer hardware manufacturer to business service provider. Read More Gartner survey says IT spending is top board-level priority Corporate boards are prioritizing IT spending as highly as investments in sales operations, according to research announced Monday by analyst firm Gartner. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant remote support with LogMeIn Rescue With LogMeIn Rescue, you can start a support session in just 60 seconds. Connect 24/7 to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. You'll get in, solve the problem and save the day without ever leaving your desk. Try it free today. VMware to acquire OpenFlow pioneer Nicira for $1.26 billion Continuing its push to virtualize all aspects of the data center, VMware is acquiring software-defined networking firm Nicira for US$1.26 billion, the companies announced Monday. Read More Why VMware is spending $1B-plus to buy Nicira VMware is a company on the move: its planned $1.26 billion acquisition of Nicira not only brings it into the software-defined network (SDN) market, but should also broaden VMware's support for open standards and even open source. Read More Olympics CIO Gerry Pennell on creating a gold-standard team CIO for the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog), Gerry Pennell's Commonwealth Games experience allowed him to get up to speed quickly, although the scale of the Olympics is much larger. Read More WHITE PAPER: EVault (formerly i365) 12 Best Practices for Data Backup and Recovery When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. With tapes you never really know if your data is usable until you try to restore it, at which point it's too late. View Now Does anyone know how much Marissa Mayer is making? The appointment of former Google executive Marissa Mayer as CEO of Yahoo had tech industry tongues wagging Monday when the surprise announcement was made. Today, there's just as much talk about how much she stands to earn at Yahoo, but what people are saying depends on where they are getting their news. Read More IBM services, hardware revenue falls in Q2 while profit grows For its most recent financial quarter, IBM experienced a drop-off in revenue, though it was able to maintain profit growth. Read More Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really Some chucklehead working for Microsoft thought it would be funny to slip a thinly camouflaged sexist remark -- "big boobs" -- into software code that connects the Linux kernel to Microsoft's HyperV virtualization product. Read More How to choose an IaaS provider Something about IaaS TKTKTKTK Read More
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