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	Giants: 10 of the biggest pieces of heavyweight hardware The outsized, the hefty and the completely ridiculous Read More 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. In this Issue Interop planning guide 2013 25 weirdest things in the 'Internet of Things' Indirectly connected to The Internet of Things Viewpoint: When it comes to enterprise security, is it better to focus on compliance or risk? IBM researchers model human blood system to build solar power prototype Some Windows XP users just can't afford to upgrade Post Boston: Privacy advocates warn about coming tsunami of surveillance cameras INSIDER Microsoft faces a loss of relevance College-level Cobol classes are scarce Career Watch: Computer science enrollment on rise WHITE PAPER: VMware, Cisco and NetApp Oracle RAC Built on FlexPod with VMware This technical white paper for Database Administrators (DBA) and Data Architects demonstrates how enterprises can apply best practices to deploy Oracle Database 11g R2 GRID Infrastructure with RAC option. Read Now! Interop planning guide 2013 It's that time of the year again: Interop is almost here. Read More 25 weirdest things in the 'Internet of Things' Read More Indirectly connected to The Internet of Things Not everything needs to, or can, connect to the Internet of Things by IP Read More Viewpoint: When it comes to enterprise security, is it better to focus on compliance or risk? A CIO once quipped, "Security isn't hard, compliance is." And in fact many companies focus their security efforts on meeting compliance requirements. But if you are audit compliant, have you in fact addressed all of your risks, or are you just kidding yourself? Is it better to focus on the risks presuming that doing so will cover you off on the compliance side? Network World Editor in Chief put the question to two practitioners, both of whom come down on the side of risk. Read More IBM researchers model human blood system to build solar power prototype IBM today said its researchers are developing a solar power system that concentrates solar radiation 2,000 times by using a human-blood supply modeled way of cooling and coverting 80% of Sun's heat into useful energy. IBM says the system can also desalinate water and cool air in sunny, remote locations where such systems are often in short supply. 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 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 INSIDER 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 College-level Cobol classes are scarce At universities today, Cobol is often taught as an elective, if it's included in the curriculum at all. Read More Career Watch: Computer science enrollment on rise Enrollment shot up nearly 30% last year. Read More
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