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25 weirdest things in the ‘Internet of Things’

Interop planning guide 2013

Three quick ways to ease your transition to Windows 8

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April 22, 2013
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25 weirdest things in the 'Internet of Things'

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Interop planning guide 2013

It's that time of the year again: Interop is almost here. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: VMware, Cisco and NetApp

Meritrust Sees Results with FlexPod and VMware

Faced with an aging physical IT infrastructure, Meritrust Credit Union sought a more stable foundation for its business critical applications and for its Oracle database, which is central to its operations. Read Now!

Three quick ways to ease your transition to Windows 8

Over the past few weeks I've had the opportunity to test-drive a couple Windows 8 laptops, and even though I've used the OS intermittently for months now, I still find it jarring every time the Metro interface (a.k.a. Start screen) appears. READ MORE

Air Force hackers win NSA's 13th annual Cyber Defense Exercise

Did you hear about the big game last week? Perhaps not, since as "this annual battle might not yet have achieved the same mythic status as, say, the Army-Navy football game," but there was a simulated cyberwar being waged from April 16 - 18. READ MORE

Some Windows XP users just can't afford to upgrade

I've already written about what I consider the folly of Microsoft's 15% off discount for XP holdouts, but this past week it was driven home to me just how bad the problem is, at least in some quarters. On Friday, I headed to the nearby Costco for an eyeglasses check. After all, you can't beat a $49 eye exam and it's as good as anything else I've had for much higher cost. Looking at the doctor's computer,... READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

10 Steps to Risk-based Security Management

Many professionals in information security espouse the belief—and commitment to—"risk based" security management. In fact, according to the latest Ponemon Report on Risk Management, 77% of those surveyed claimed a commitment to it. Learn More

Post Boston: Privacy advocates warn about coming tsunami of surveillance cameras

In The Dangers of Surveillance, Neil Richards, law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, made a case for legally recognizing why surveillance is harmful. READ MORE

How OpenStack Should Prepare Itself for the Enterprise

With major vendors such as Dell, HP, IBM and RackSpace throwing their weight behind OpenStack, the project is poised to be a preeminent private cloud player. But discussions at the recent OpenStack Summit show that the project does have some growing up to do before it gets there. READ MORE

Apple's lead over Samsung in future-purchase plan survey cut in half

Apple's iPhone lost ground in the last three months to smartphones from rival Samsung in a survey of consumers' future purchase plans, a market research firm said last week. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation

The Essential Guide to Managing Power

In this interactive KnowledgeVault, you'll find short videos, white papers, case studies, briefs and more, all designed to tackle the issues surrounding electrical power and how to better manage it in light of the demands caused by virtualization and cloud computing. Learn More

Logitech cuts cord on latest UC headset

Logitech today has a new wireless headset on the market - the company announced its Wireless Headset H820e, geared towards workers who use unified communications and PC-based soft phones. READ MORE

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Microsoft faces a loss of relevance

Microsoft took another hard knock this month when top tech researchers laid much of the blame for dwindling first-quarter PC sales at the feet of the beleaguered Windows 8 operating system. Insider (registration required) READ MORE

'We can't use asymmetric broadband' - knocking down more MPLS myths

As we started to address a couple columns back, until recently, for a serious enterprise WAN, you probably needed MPLS. Thanks to the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture, this is no longer the case. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: McAfee

The Case For a New Data-Centric DLP

This ESG report focuses on how data-centric DLP provides an opportunity to lower risk and enable business agility. Read Now

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How to solve Windows 8 crashes

Like any computer operating system, Windows 8 can fall over. Luckily, there is an easy way to diagnose the cause of most crashes.

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