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Study ranks US least riskiest place to open data center
Last year the U.S. was the least riskiest place in the world to open a data center, according to a study released this week. Read More

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver

IT Roadmap Denver Focuses on Five Pillars of Technology
The content-rich agenda has been redesigned and reenergized to include increased IDG content from editors you know and trust on topics such as: Security & Management, Network - From the Edge to the Core of the New Data Center, Analytics & Data Management, Cloud & Next Generation Apps, The Mobile/BYOD Enterprise, and more!

In this Issue

WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc.

Network protection and UTM Buyers Guide
This buyers guide is designed to help you choose the right solution for your organization. It looks at the factors you should consider when evaluating solutions to ensure you have the protection and functionality you need, both now and as your business evolves. View Now

5 Reasons to Move to Big Data (and 1 Reason Why It Won't Be Easy)
Companies of all sizes are beginning to reap the benefits of data analytics technology. If you're not up to speed yet, here are five ways that big data can benefit your business--and one precaution that may well thwart your big data plans. Read More

40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. Read More

WEBCAST: Fluke Networks

Redefining Performance Management Video
See Jim Frey, Managing Research Director, Enterprise Management Assoc., Doug Roberts, Managing Director of Product Strategy, and Bruce Kosbab, CTO, Fluke Networks discussing how TruView redefines enterprise performance monitoring and troubleshooting. Learn More

10 things you may not know about Ethernet
Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here: Read More

Salesforce.com aims its customer service, social monitoring apps at governments
Salesforce.com is hoping to set the standard for how government bodies deliver online services to citizens using mobile devices. Read More

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!

IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. Read More

U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack
A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. Read More

NASA pondering bleak future of exoplanet-hunter
NASA and a team of other experts will in the next few weeks evaluate options for recovering the crippled space telescope Kepler. Read More

Federal IT Mobile Plans Slowed by Security, Budget Concerns
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the White House's digital government strategy, a new study from the Mobile Work Exchange takes stock of how agencies are pressing ahead with mobility plans. Read More

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20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years

Reviewing the highlights of Ethernet's first four decades.

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