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Transcend ESD200 review: A fast little external SSD | Windows 8 book authors dish on Windows 8

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Cisco posts higher profit and revenue in Q2
Cisco Systems posted higher revenue and profit in its fiscal second quarter as Chairman and CEO John Chambers reiterated the company's ambitious goal to become the biggest company in IT. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Fiberlink Communications

Mobile Device Management: Your Guide to the Essentials
Smartphones and tablets have become the tools of choice for today's workers - adding a whole new world of concern for corporate IT. How do we protect corporate data? What devices are accessing email and network resources? What does a Bring Your Own Device program truly mean for security and corporate liability? Learn More

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RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks

Light years ahead. Here now. A new species has arrived.
Announcing Visual TruView™. Smarter, faster and more advanced, TruView is the first to deliver time-correlated performance monitoring and troubleshooting across network applications, devices and users. One appliance. One user interface. To solve problems faster than anything on earth. This changes everything. Watch the video or visit www.flukenetworkscom/truview

Transcend ESD200 review: A fast little external SSD
Transcend's ESD200 external SSD is fast and very portable. Unfortunately, the backup software doesn't impress. Read More

Windows 8 book authors dish on Windows 8
Writing a book about Windows 8 takes a peculiar combination of perseverance, insight, and a high tolerance for pain. Those who write books about Win8 get to dig into the heart of the beast -- they're exposed early and often to inconsistences and difficulties, and they're tasked with making the hard parts of Win8 accessible to regular people. Along the way, book authors acquire an enormous amount of experience with how the product actually works, going far beyond the stunted feature lists, glib reviews, and sound bites we've all come to expect. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Condusiv (Formerly Diskeeper)

Managing the I/O Explosion Without Extra Hardware
In this Technology Spotlight, IDC highlights the unexpected I/O explosion brought about by virtualization and presents new technologies that deliver exceptional application performance without additional hardware by eliminating unnecessary I/O traffic at the source. Read more. Read Now!

Microsoft warns of looming retirement for Windows 7 RTM
Microsoft is reminding customers that Windows 7's first edition, which shipped more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. Read More

6 Reasons to Pay for Open Source Software
Open source software is free to download, modify and use, but that doesn't mean it's not worth paying for sometimes. If you're using open source software in a commercial, enterprise capacity, here are six reasons why you should pay for free software. Read More

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

Big Data Requires a Remodeling of the Data Warehouse
Take a few moments to learn about a data warehouse appliance that is a massively parallel server optimized to run Microsoft's SQL Server that delivers enterprise scalability, ease of maintenance, and a single version of the truth, all for a low cost. Read Now!

Intel cuts back Itanium plans, raising questions about chip's future
Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium in a move that raises questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in Hewlett-Packard's high-end Integrity servers. Read More

The data shows: Top H-1B users are offshore outsourcers
The largest single users of H-1B visas are offshore outsourcers, many of which are based in India, or, if U.S. based, have most employees located overseas, according to government data obtained and analyzed by Computerworld. Read More

Tech 'firsts' that made a President's day
From the first presidential steamboat ride to the introduction of electricity in the White House to Obama's famous BlackBerry, our nation's commanders in chief have always enjoyed the privilege of being exposed to technology's cutting edge -- even if they haven't always embraced the opportunities. So in honor of Monday's celebration of Presidents' Day, here's a look at some of the more notable – and controversial -- presidential first encounters with the leading technologies of their days. Read More

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