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	Killer open source admin tools 13 tools for system and network admins looking for an edge Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM SmartCloud for Social Business Mobility Combining the power of cloud computing with the freedom and functionality of mobile devices can give enterprises access to a wide range of key benefits, including increased reliability, real-time updates and access to applications that embrace and cultivate the spirit of collaboration and community. Read Now In this Issue Firewalls: The security tool we love to hate iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6 Asus: Windows 8 acceptance still low, but touch-based notebooks performing well Rackspace enhances private cloud offering FoundationDB aims to consolidate NoSQL 'Sandboxing' leader FireEye seen moving toward an IPO 5 boring domain names: Where they are now? The Facebook privacy conundrum: Desire for more confidentiality grows but so does amount of personal data It's an extension cord with a brain – a BRAIN! WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Good APM Practices Get Results According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More. Firewalls: The security tool we love to hate Firewalls, quick what do you think of? For many in the security industry and IT in general we think "are they still around, do we still use them?" But the fact is in a recent study by Wendy Nather of 451 Group if you asked Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to name their top 3 technology solutions they would implement in a green field situation, firewalls and anti-virus are still in the... Read More iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6 The iOSphere is gripped in a rumor drought regarding the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2. Most of this week's buzz was over a blogpost that claims an "April-ish" release for the Next iPads. Potentially. Maybe. Read More Asus: Windows 8 acceptance still low, but touch-based notebooks performing well Touch-based Windows 8 notebooks have been selling well for Taiwanese PC maker Asus, but overall Microsoft's new operating system has yet to find a major following, the company said. Read More Rackspace enhances private cloud offering Rackspace, the major public cloud provider, is not ignoring private clouds. Read More FoundationDB aims to consolidate NoSQL In an effort to combine the best of two database technologies, startup FoundationDB has launched a new data store that it claims can offer the reliability of transactional databases and the scalability and speed of NoSQL. Read More 'Sandboxing' leader FireEye seen moving toward an IPO Though still privately held, FireEye is getting plenty of attention right now because its anti-malware sandboxing technology is something a number of other vendors want to emulate -- and FireEye's growing commercial success is inching it toward possibly going public later this year. Read More 5 boring domain names: Where they are now? It's easy to forget the first Internet gold rush of the mid-to-late '90s, when dot-com domain names based on ordinary (and, investors hoped, marketable) nouns and verbs were snapped up by hopeful companies. Here are five of those generic domain names, and a look at their history. Read More The Facebook privacy conundrum: Desire for more confidentiality grows but so does amount of personal data A look at the history of a select portion of Facebook users from 2005 thorough 2011 finds a contrast in privacy - on one hand the group sought greater privacy controls but actually disclosed more personal data over time. Read More It's an extension cord with a brain – a BRAIN! Pro tip for you public relations professionals: When writing an over-the-top press release, never settle for Mt. Everest-scale over the top ... shoot for the moon and stars. For example, here's a headline on a press release received here yesterday: "Extension Cord with a 'Brain' Sets New Industry Standard." How could I resist? It's an extension cord with a brain - a BRAIN! The text begins: Read More
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