Thursday, June 06, 2013

Fave Raves: 25 IT pros name their favorite products

Microsoft : Hybrid cloud is good for IT, end users and corporate bottom line

Intel shows 'world's fastest thumb drive'

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June 06, 2013
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Fave Raves: 25 IT pros name their favorite products

Each year we ask IT pros what they love -- which enterprise tech products make their lives easier, provide the security they need, and help keep end users happy and productive. See what 25 IT pros had to say.

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Microsoft : Hybrid cloud is good for IT, end users and corporate bottom line

Microsoft's vision of corporations using hybrid cloud has benefits for IT departments and end users as well as cost savings, says Brad Anderson, Microsoft vice president of Windows Server and System Center. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM

Gaining and Executing a Smarter Understanding of Customers

This article discusses the urgent need for firms to successfully engage with customers, including handling issues such as social media and mobility, and at accomplishing this goal with smarter IBM collaboration and CRM solutions. Learn More.

Intel shows 'world's fastest thumb drive'

Intel is showing off what it called the "world's fastest thumb drive," which uses Thunderbolt technology to provide breakthrough data transfer speeds compared to flash drives that plug into USB ports. READ MORE

Cisco adds a new midmarket arrow to its quiver

This week Cisco held its annual reseller event, known as "Partner Summit." I attended the first day of the event and much of the focus from the management team at the conference was on the midmarket opportunity for Cisco. While Cisco dominates the enterprise networking landscape, the midmarket is much more fragmented and presents a high-growth opportunity for Cisco. READ MORE

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Hot cloud products IT pros swear by

Spending on cloud services is so far just a fraction of total IT spending -- roughly 3% -- but the market is growing. IT pros explain what they like about their favorite cloud-based security, storage and management services. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP

This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments. Learn More!

Microsoft claims IE consumes less power than other browsers

Summer's approaching, and with energy bills are going up. And if you want to cut your PC's power bill, you should use--Microsoft's Internet Explorer? READ MORE

Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python

Red Hat has put out a beta release of Software Collections 1.0, in a bid to let developers use newer versions of languages such as Ruby and Python with support. READ MORE

Lenovo launches cloud storage service with access to social networks

Lenovo will enter the cloud storage market with a service that offers a single sign-on ID to access social networks, favorite applications, as well as a file manager with a search engine to help users find files, photos and other digital media. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary

Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More

CITE 2013: BMC's MyIT app helps employees receive IT services

At the CITE conference, Keith Shaw gets a demo of BMC's new MyIT app, which gives a company's employees access to IT services on their iOS-based phone or tablet, speeding up the process for the employee and IT. READ MORE

16 steps to surefire IT project success

Deft project management requires just the right blend of book smarts and street smarts READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM

Businesses are ready for a new approach to IT

Today's businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in "patterns of expertise" to address complex business and operational tasks for smarter computing. Learn More

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Our top picks for gaming on your Android device.

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