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	100GB of free cloud storage ... with a catch A variety of cloud services offer free storage to get users signed up and on a path to become paying customers. Normally these free offers start at 2GB and range on up to maybe 10GB. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. In this Issue Products of the week 4.1.13 Network administrators look to SDN with hope, concern INSIDER Three biggest misconceptions about 3D printing FTC awards $50k in prizes to cut off exasperating robocalls In wake of gTLD security criticism, ICANN announces emergency back-up registry operators Mozilla refines Firefox's private browsing, patches 13 browser bugs Sorting out the Juniper data center switching puzzle Amazon Cloud is great, but not for business Why some U.S. homes and businesses still don't have cellular service Do's and don'ts for using Android in business WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel Easing the Online Overload Many transaction processing systems have reached their capacity limits, so the time is right to consider the potential for running tier 1 mission-critical workloads on opens standards. This white paper highlights the key components of a properly structured and highly optmized SQL Server OLTP reference architecture. Read Now! Products of the week 4.1.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Red Lion and Compuware Read More Network administrators look to SDN with hope, concern Some network operators say they need new tools to set up and manage connections in a virtualized world, even if that means adopting software-defined networking technology, which is still in its infancy. Read More INSIDER Three biggest misconceptions about 3D printing If your business isn't already investing in 3D printing, it should be. And if you have a 3D printer, you should buy another one, recommends Gartner research director Pete Basiliere. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Escape Lotus Notes With the Salesforce Platform, you can develop and deploy mobile, secure, scalable apps faster than ever. You'll get real-time reporting, visual work-flow, and with automatic feature upgrades, your apps will always have the latest innovations. Read Now! FTC awards $50k in prizes to cut off exasperating robocalls The Federal Trade Commission today said it picked two winners out of nearly 800 entries for its $50,000 Robocall Challenge which dared technologists to come up with an innovative way of blocking the mostly illegal but abundant calls. Read More In wake of gTLD security criticism, ICANN announces emergency back-up registry operators The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected three emergency back-end registry operators to guarantee domain names within a new generic top-level domain (gTLD)A will resolve in the event of a failure at a new TLD operator, it said on Tuesday. Read More Mozilla refines Firefox's private browsing, patches 13 browser bugs Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 20, adding more flexible private browsing and patching 13 vulnerabilities, five rated "critical" by the company's security team. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions from IBM IBM provides consulting, implementation and application management services for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a comprehensive solution that helps midsize and larger organizations easily create and maintain a 360 view of their customers from first contact through purchase and post-sales. Learn More. Sorting out the Juniper data center switching puzzle Last week, the esteemed Jim Duffy wrote this news article covering the release of the Juniper EX9200 data center switch. The article left many questions in my mind, including when should customers buy an 8200 now? What about QFabric? What types of customers are right for the beefiness of a product like the 9200? I had a chance to talk to Juniper about the product and I thought I'd clear up some questions... Read More Amazon Cloud is great, but not for business Amazon added a new element to its Cloud Drive service this week that expands it usefulness. The new Cloud Drive Sync app keeps files in sync across different devices and platforms, and pits Amazon Cloud Drive head-to-head against rivals such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple. However, businesses should steer clear of Amazon Cloud Drive. Read More Why some U.S. homes and businesses still don't have cellular service While large portions of the U.S. are looking forward to faster wireless broadband, some regions don't have even simple cell phone service. What is being done to help? Read More Do's and don'ts for using Android in business While it's important to remember that the use of Google Android software in the enterprise is still a comparatively young phenomenon, there are a few general guidelines that businesses looking to use the platform would do well to remember. Read More
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