Networking World: Why VMware's hybrid cloud could be a big deal

The 10 greatest betrayals in high tech | How Indiana tried to redefine pi

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Why VMware's hybrid cloud could be a big deal
Perhaps the biggest selling point for VMware's newly announced hybrid cloud strategy -- and the reason it could be a game changer in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market -- is because of the common platform VMware customers will now have between their private cloud internal systems and this new VMware-operated public cloud. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Cirba

Capacity Control: Why Capacity Management Needs to Evolve
IT organizations need to radically change how they plan and manage infrastructure to cope with the complexity of today's large-scale shared environments. Learn More

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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.

The 10 greatest betrayals in high tech
Tech-minded backstabbers abound. Don't get caught this Ides of March with your back turned to the wrong vendor, partner, or customer Read More

How Indiana tried to redefine pi
The spirit of Pi Day has captured my attention today, as I am sure it has for many of you. And nothing had done that more so than an essay recounting a late 19th Century attempt by Indiana legislators to put a stop to all those messy, meandering digits that follow 3.14 and officially declare the value of pi henceforth to be precisely 3.2. Read More

Software-defined networking is a 'limiting vision' says Cisco CTO
Software-defined networking (SDN) may be the buzzword of the moment within the enterprise networking industry, but it is a "limiting vision" according to Padmasree Warrior, chief strategy and technology office at Cisco. Read More

US intelligence agency wants to know how to use alternate reality gaming to bolster research
The researchers at the government's "high-risk, high-payoff research" group, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) want to know how alternate reality environments such as games in particular can help it develop "high-quality behavioral and psychological research in near real-world cont Read More

Google Reader faithful rip into Google
The Google Graveyard is soon going to get more crowded in light of Google's announcement Wednesday it plans to kill the Google Reader RSS tool on July 1. But fans of the service aren't about to let Google kill off the RSS tool off without a fight. Read More

Mobile enterprise management tools are targeted by spyphones, researchers warn
Enterprises that use mobile device management (MDM) systems to protect their corporate data on employees' mobile phones are not safe from attacks from spyphones, researchers warned at BlackHat Europe on Thursday. Read More

28 facts about pi that you probably didn't know
That's right, March 14 is international Pi Day. Get it -- pi is 3.14, and March 14 is 3/14? Read More

Security pros pan and praise Microsoft's plans on updating Modern apps in Windows 8, RT
Microsoft will issue security fixes for its Windows Store apps on the fly, not just on the familiar monthly Patch Tuesday, the company said this week. Read More

HTC One release pushed to April, risks conflict with Galaxy S4 launch
HTC's new One smartphone will arrive later than expected, and could lose any time-to-market advantage over Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S4 handset. Read More

10 top Google Reader alternatives
The tech world in general, and tech media in particular, greeted the announcement of Google Reader's upcoming demise with widespread frustration and angst. While we can't do anything about the July 1 shutdown of Google's popular RSS reader, we can at least point you in the direction of some possible ways to fill the void. Read More

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