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IT's 9 biggest security threats
Hacking has evolved from one-person crime of opportunity to an open market of sophisticated malware backed by crime syndicates and money launders Read More


WHITE PAPER: F5

Three Phases to Improve Application Delivery Teams
Most organizations struggling with application performance have not developed the processes and organization that can maximize the benefits of their application delivery solutions. In this report, Gartner outlines three phases to help IT organizations improve their structure to deliver better application performance. Learn More!

WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc.

Proven Techniques to Cope with Packet Loss
If you have a WAN link with an RTT of 100 ms and packet loss of 1% the throughput is virtually nil. Learn how to overcome this issue in this paper that highlights: - Key WAN characteristics of out of order and lost packets - Packet loss impact on data replication - How MPLS statistics fool network professionals Learn more.

iPhoneography: Amazing artwork created using an iPhone
The inaugural LA Mobile Arts Festival in Santa Monica this week features more than 600 images of artwork, all of which originated from the lens of an iPhone Read More

5 reasons Android users will switch to the iPhone 5
Unless you've been living under a server farm for the past few months -- subsisting on Ethernet cables and waste heat -- you're probably aware that the iPhone 5 is likely to be released within the next month or so. Read More

What the Apple-Samsung verdict means to you
In one sense, the verdict against Samsung in its patent contest with Apple isn't that momentous. The damages--a bit north of $1 billion--are less than half of what Apple originally sought. Read More

Phishing attack targets users with fake BlackBerry ID email
Security vendors say they've spotted phishing attacks trying to fool BlackBerry users into opening email on their Windows machines that launches malware for taking over the system. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Red Hat

The Economics of Scale-Out Storage
Scale-out storage technologies have rapidly gained popularity over the past several years, successfully crossing the chasm from niche technology to mainstream enterprise solution. Learn More

Quick verdict in Apple trial doesn't mean jury shirked its duty, expert says
With the verdict in the Apple-Samsung trial delivered after less than three days it's tempting to think the jury just wanted to get it over with by the weekend, but that's not necessarily the case, one legal expert said Friday. Read More

Dell, HP say Windows 8 is trashing PC sales
To hear Dell and HP tell it, the slump in PC sales can be blamed in part on Windows 8, which won't do much to improve the situation until sometime next year. Read More

Twitter latest big name to join Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation will announce next week that Twitter has joined the organization, along with open source storage services company Inktank and high-performance data center manufacturer Servergy. Read More

Federal judges to discourage social media use by jurors
Federal judges are getting new instructions on how to discourage juror use of social media via mobile or other computing devices during a trial. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Good Technology

Data Loss Prevention eBook: Beyond Mobile Device Management
Critical business data, intellectual property, and sensitive information are spread throughout your organization on servers and desktops they're also being transmitted to smartphones and tablets. Learn how to go beyond device control to manage mobile apps and user interactions. Read Now!

VMWorld weather forecast: Watch out for performance storms
This year's VMWorld kicks off this week in San Francisco and I'm expecting the typical huge audience. One of the reasons why VMWorld has become the premier show that is has is because virtualization itself is changing. Virtualization used to be a tactical technology used to consolidate servers. Have 10 servers? Consolidate that down to one or two. The architecture fundamentally stays the... Read More

10 things we love about Microsoft Office 2013
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Cell service bogus charges and limitations
If there's one thing that chaps everyone's butt it's how the cellphone carriers seem to just keep grinding away to extract a few extra cents from their customers through bogus charges and ridiculous limitations. Read More

Dropbox upgrades security with two-factor authentication
The file-sharing utility Dropbox is now offering two-factor authentication, a system that makes it much harder for hackers to capture valid credentials for a person's account. Read More

Test drive: Cadillac's high-tech Cue
Test drive: Cadillac's high-tech Cue Cadillac is getting in on the gadget game with Cue - the Cadillac User Experience -- it's a grand name, but how does it perform? We took a ride in a 2013 Cadillac XTS to find out. From: networkworld Views: 24 3 ratings Time: 03:00 More in Science & Technology Read More

Amazon's Glacier storage service could give tape a run for its money
Amazon Web Services is no stranger to being a first-mover in offering new cloud-based services, which analysts says it has done by introducing Glacier, a long-term cloud-based archival service that is meant to be an inexpensive way to dump data into technology's equivalent of cold storage. Read More



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