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15 products we love (or the geekiest Valentines ever)
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WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

EMA Advanced Performance Analytics report
Advanced Performance Analytics (APA), as Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) defines it, brings real-time or near real-time "big data" to IT operations, architects, service managers and even applications development, as well as IT executives and non-IT business stakeholders. Read Now

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WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc

Power Distribution in Data Centers
Today's data center managers are being asked to do more with less: to supply more computing power using less energy in a smaller space, while meeting limited budgets and maintaining mission-critical reliability. This white paper focuses on solutions that are successfully meeting these demands. Learn More

iPhoneys: The iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S edition
Can't wait for the next Apple iPhone, whatever it's called? Neither can these designers, marketers and iPhone addicts Read More

This company is one of the first to offer business intelligence software by the hour, in the cloud
Open source business intelligence company Jaspersoft is one of the first to offer its analytics software from the cloud on a pay-by-the-hour rate, according to the company and one independent analyst. Read More

The pleasure of finding things out about Richard Feynman
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and renowned teacher of science Richard Feynman, whose career was bracketed by work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger Commission, died of cancer 25 years ago tomorrow, Feb. 15, 1988, at the age of 69. Read More

The lifecycle of video viral-ity as demonstrated by the Harlem Shake
Chances are that by now you've heard of the latest video trend hitting the Internet - the Harlem Shake. This one is a bit hard to explain (go here for a full explainer), but basically it's a video where one person in a crowd full of people is dancing alone, and then when the music stops and starts again, you cut to a video of everyone dancing. Read More

F5's SDN investment puts it in play with Cisco, Juniper
Network acceleration vendor F5's recent purchase of LineRate Systems, a startup specializing in software-defined networking technology, is both a near-term attempt to associate itself with a hot industry technology and a canny look ahead to the future, according to experts. Read More

First bionic eye gets FDA blessing
The US Food and Drug Administration today approved what it says is the first bionic eye, or retinal prosthesis, that can partially restore the sight of blind individuals after surgical implantation. Clinical trials demonstrated that totally blind individuals could safely use the device to successfully identify the position and approximate size of objects and detect movement of nearby objects and people,... Read More

Internet Explorer only? IE doubt it
Just as Internet users in general have defected in huge numbers from Microsoft Internet Explorer over the past several years, the business world, as well, is becoming less dependent on the venerable browser. Read More

Ditch the PDF headaches: Three safer, speedier Adobe Reader alternatives
Another day, another critical security exploit discovered for Adobe Reader. Ho-hum. The PDF software's near-ubiquitous presence has made it a big, fat, juicy target for years now, and by this point, you shouldn't be asking what Adobe's going to do to shore up its perpetually leaky program. Instead, you should ask yourself: Why are you still using Adobe Reader at all? Read More

Avoiding basic BYOD blunders
For all the sophistication and power of the modern cell phone or tablet, people think of them more or less like pens: You can use the generic ballpoints they have at the office, or you can bring the one you like from home. That's a consequence of high technology becoming pervasive. People use technology widely, and they might prefer what they use on their own time. Read More

15 Top Cities for Tech Startups
If you're considering working for a tech startup or launching one of your own and need to know where the venture capital is flowing, one of these cities may soon be the place you call home. Read More

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