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	10 superb free tools for your basic business needs Introducing new software into a typical small business environment can be costly, to say the least. Depending on the size of your business, buying multiple copies of a program--or its licenses--can quickly drive your balance sheet into the red. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP 3PAR Storage: Optimizing I/O Service Levels According to ESG, making solid-state usable is "job number one." This report explores how 3PAR Storage optimizes the SSD tier with multiple, smaller-capacity that can be characterized as a clustered SSD implementation. Learn how this architecture spreads SSD benefits across more data to improve service level and I/O costs. Learn more. In this Issue Dire warnings don't yield better critical infrastructure security Facebook event speculation turns to phones, mobile, search NASA open-source initiative stalled by vendor protest, report says IT Salaries Expected to Grow Only Slightly in 2013 HP fends off Lenovo, reclaims PC crown Java security comes down to 'war of attrition' Watching CES 2013: Events and Trends Watching CES 2013: Enterprise stuff Watching CES 2013: Storage products The dumbest products of CES 2013 Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc Remote Management and Control for Business Continuity Data centers are susceptible to a variety of disasters, attributable to human error, system breakdowns and other factors. Secure remote access and control are essential to minimizing fallout. This white paper focuses on solutions that allow quick access and recovery of virtually any server. Learn more. Dire warnings don't yield better critical infrastructure security The warnings of possible catastrophic cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the U.S. have been issued for more than a decade. They were frequent and insistent in 2012, from high-ranking government officials and others. Read More Facebook event speculation turns to phones, mobile, search With Facebook preparing for its mysterious press conference on Tuesday, speculation is surging that the announcement could be about anything from a new smartphone, a new mobile plan to a new search feature. Read More NASA open-source initiative stalled by vendor protest, report says A formal bid protest by a proprietary CMS provider over NASA's desired move to an open-source system has halted the process at least temporarily, according to a report from Federal Computer Week. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Blade Servers eGuide In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! IT Salaries Expected to Grow Only Slightly in 2013 With 2013 comes hope for a better year. If you work in the IT field and are hoping for a salary increase the news isn't all that bright-unless you're a CIO or other IT executive. Read More HP fends off Lenovo, reclaims PC crown In its battle for the top spot in the rocky PC industry, Hewlett-Packard has edged out rival Lenovo to take back its leadership position. Read More Java security comes down to 'war of attrition' Users and Oracle both need to do their part against a malware industrial complex that can quickly attack any security hole Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Solve QoS Problems in VoIP Call Centers View this short video "Maintaining High VoIP Quality for Call/Contact Centers with Network Time Machine", to learn more about how carrier and call center customers are using Network Time Machine to rapidly determine problem domain and identify choke points in the network. View Now! Watching CES 2013: Events and Trends The team at IDG Enterprise (including Network World, Computerworld and CIO.com) and the IDG News Service created more than 50 videos last week at 2013 International CES, covering everything from news events, computers, smartphones, tablets and other electronic gadgets. In this post, we are highlighting videos from some of the events that took place at the show, whether it was a visit by a former U.S.... Read More Watching CES 2013: Enterprise stuff The team at IDG Enterprise (including Network World, Computerworld and CIO.com) and the IDG News Service created more than 50 videos last week at 2013 International CES, covering everything from news events, computers, smartphones, tablets and other electronic gadgets. In this post, we are highlighting videos focusing on some of the enterprise products and news from the show. It's not just the "consumer"... Read More Watching CES 2013: Storage products The team at IDG Enterprise (including Network World, Computerworld and CIO.com) and the IDG News Service created more than 50 videos last week at 2013 International CES, covering everything from news events, computers, smartphones, tablets and other electronic gadgets. In this post, we are highlighting videos focusing on storage and networking gear that we saw at the show: Read More The dumbest products of CES 2013 Maybe these companies should've thought twice about showing off their wares Read More Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers Wayne Dobson has had all he can take of Sprint customers showing up at his Las Vegas home to demand that he hand over the cell phone of theirs that they are mistakenly certain Dobson possesses because a GPS-based tracking application has led them to his front door. Police corroborate Dobson's professions that he is no phone thief, in part because they, too, have mistakenly responded to the man's address.... Read More
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