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Apple's new 128GB iPad to go on sale this week | Ticketmaster dumps CAPTCHAs to beat touting systems

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2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries
A look back at the most memorable tech-related happenings of 1988. Read More

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In this Issue

WHITE PAPER: Cisco

The Expanding Role of Mobility in the Workplace
Momentum is growing for corporate mobility--64% of firms say that unleashing employee mobility is a priority. Forrester examines the trends, outlines deployment priorities, and highlights the business benefits of crafting a mobile strategy. Read Now

Apple's new 128GB iPad to go on sale this week
In case you missed it, Apple last week expanded its iPad lineup by announcing the upcoming release of a 128GB model of the fourth generation iPad. The new device is set to go on sale on February 5th and will naturally come in both Wi-Fi and Cellular options. Read More

Ticketmaster dumps CAPTCHAs to beat touting systems
Could the days of the annoying and increasingly ineffective CAPTCHA web verification box finally be numbered? Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5

Scale Your DNS Infrastructure to Protect Your Business
DNS continues to be a tempting target for attackers, and when they succeed in disrupting DNS, all external data center services are affected. This paper helps organizations confronting these growth and security challenges understand how a new, full-proxy architecture for DNS provides a complete solution for global, local, and cloud load balancing. Learn More.

FAQ: Microsoft rents out Office 365
Microsoft launched the first two of its new pay-as-you-go subscription plans for Office. Is this the way we'll get software from now on? Or is it a gamble that could easily go awry? We've got the answers. Read More

Lotus position: IBM kills the name, but software and founders live on
Thirty-one years ago, Massachusetts-based software developers Mitch Kapor and Jonathan Sachs created a program — an electronic spreadsheet — that would change the world. A year later, on Jan. 26, 1983, Lotus Development Corp. released Lotus 1-2-3 for the IBM PC and grossed $53 million in sales. The following year, sales tripled to more than $150 million. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Application Visibility: The Root of Good Service Management
As your business needs become more dynamic, monitoring systems will be key to understanding how applications fulfill business needs and your ability to provide governance will determine the success level of your entire enterprise. Learn More

How BYOD saved VMware $2 million
As more companies adopt a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach to mobile, many are getting caught by hidden costs. But virtualization titan VMware has bucked that trend. VMware CIO Mark Egan explains how his company accomplished its feat. Read More

IBM bulks up analysis muscle with Star Analytics buy
Adding more performance management muscle to its line of analysis software and services, IBM is acquiring the software assets of Star Analytics. Read More

Lesson learned in cyberattack on The New York Times
The New York Times' description of a cyberespionage campaign waged against the newspaper by Chinese hackers demonstrates the importance of assuming criminals will eventually break into a computer system, and the best defense is to detect the intrusion as soon as possible. Read More

HP ships Chromebook, looks beyond Windows laptops
Hewlett-Packard has announced the availability of its latest Pavilion laptop with Google's Chrome OS as the PC maker tries to improve laptop sales by offering an alternative to the Windows OS. Read More

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