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iFixit's Surface Pro teardown shows repairs won't be easy
Although Microsoft likes to say the Surface Windows 8 Pro is a full-blown PC, it's not nearly as repairable as a typical laptop. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Service-Oriented Performance Management Strategy
This white paper is to help IT organizations adopt a management methodology that enables them to improve the user experience by focusing on service delivery management. Learn More.

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WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

On the Fast Track to Data
The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now!

Bill Gates proves he's Bill Gates ... to Reddit's satisfaction
Bill Gates conducted an "Ask Me Anything" session with the Reddit community, where interview subjects - not all of whom are famous or identified by name -- are routinely required to provide forum moderators with proof that they are indeed who they claim to be. This is the picture Gates provided ... and it's priceless. Read More

Microsoft mega-patch closes critical IE flaws, fixes 57 vulnerabilities
Microsoft rated five patches as critical and seven as important, but advised first deploying MS13-009 and MS13-010 for IE and MS13-020 for those still using XP. Read More

BYOD nightmare: iOS devices hobble Exchange servers when they synch
Microsoft and Apple recommend that businesses deny certain iPhones, iPads and iPods access to Calendar items until the companies can clear up a problem that slows Exchange servers to a crawl when the devices try to synch. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Solution Brief
Learn how enterprises must tackle these challenges for SaaS applications to remain a viable option. Read now.

Microsoft unleashes a Patch Tuesday to make your head spin
It doesn't break the record for most vulnerabilities patched, or even the most security bulletins in a single Patch Tuesday, but Microsoft comes pretty close. For the February 2013 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has a whopping 12 security bulletins, which fix a mind-numbing 57 separate flaws. Read More

No good deed goes unpunished, Dolly Parton Edition
As Bill Gates showed, there's no cooler spot to be on the Internet these days than atop the Reddit homepage. Now it's Dolly Parton's turn, though her appearance there has come at a cost: one website down and out. Read More

Windows Phone 8 may have a fighting chance
Gartner has released 2012 worldwide smartphone sales figures, and three companies have something to crow about: Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft. Well, Nokia and HTC by way of Microsoft. Regardless, WP8 now has real momentum. Read More

WHITE PAPER: McAfee

Protect Critical Assets with Virtual Patching
Virtual patching, using predictive threat coverage, automated vulnerability scanning, and risk visualization, is a scalable, cost-effective approach to protecting critical assets. This paper discusses change management approaches and details the McAfee solution suite. Read Now

Mozilla delivers 'Metro-ized' Firefox to testers
Mozilla took another step toward delivering a 'Metro' version of Firefox to Windows 8 users. Read More

Windows 8 Update: Bill Gates gushes about Surface Pro - 'It's very nice'
Never let it be said Billl Gates is a hype machine. When asked what type of computer he was using to participate in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session, he confided it was one of Microsoft's new Surface devices that the company talks about in glowing terms. Read More

12 enraging Office 2013 flaws -- and how to fix them
A step-by-step guide to exorcising the new demons in Microsoft Office 2013. Read More

Windows 8 Surface Pro could be an OS/2 victim
One of the biggest knocks on the Windows 8 Surface Pro model is that while it runs Windows desktop programs fantastically, there are not a lot of tablet apps for it. That is absolutely true. Read More

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