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	Fave Raves: 25 IT pros name their favorite products What IT pros like, in their own words Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Mellanox Technologies Join The Mellanox "Generation of Open Ethernet" Initiative The current landscape of proprietary Ethernet switches limits the foundation of compute and storage clouds and Web 2.0 infrastructures. The "Generation of Open Ethernet" initiative is an alternative approach to traditional closed-code Ethernet switches, which provides customers with full flexibility and freedom to custom-design their data center. Cloud computing and Web 2.0 IT managers must control their data center network to achieve higher levels of utilization and scalability. Mellanox is leading the "Generation of Open Ethernet" to enable this next era of open data centers. Join us! In this Issue Is this what future data centers will look like? Rights groups ask US spy court for justification of Verizon order The art and science of risk management What China's supercomputing push means for the U.S. Immigration bill could hike IT hiring, or send more IT jobs offshore, says Gartner Intel exec says Silvermont trumps ARM in power, performance External server disk storage sales drop for first time since 2009, says IDC Products of the week 6.10.13 Reader pines for a different kind of Microsoft store WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Make your data center available, efficient and safe We will discuss what you should expect from a world class service provider and the scope of services needed to make your data center the best it can be. Learn More. Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2pm Eastern Learn More. Is this what future data centers will look like? A few years ago LexisNexis, a supplier of legal resources for lawyers around the country, needed to expand its West Coast presence. In the past, the way that Terry Williams would have handled such a task as vice president of managed technology solutions for the company would be to find a collocation provider, rent out some space, then buy servers and configure them. Even though a collocation facility provides the power, cooling and building infrastructure, Williams says it still take months to configure the system just the right way. Then, if changes are needed, either more space needs to be rented out or the system has to be reconfigured. Read More Rights groups ask US spy court for justification of Verizon order Civil rights groups have asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for the legal justification of the U.S. government's surveillance of Verizon's customer records. Read More The art and science of risk management Computers, networks, and information security seem to fall comfortably under the heading of science, but science alone is not enough. Security system developerA Tripwire recently conducted a survey in cooperation with the Ponemon Institute to find out whether IT professionals consider risk management to be "science" or "art." Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Data Center Efficiency eGuide In this eGuide, you will learn some recent trends in power and cooling efficiency, offer advice to small organizations and examine how modern-day data centers attempt to tackle these problems. Learn More. What China's supercomputing push means for the U.S. China isn't downloading software off the Web to build its systems, it has design teams writing its software, says Argonne's Peter Beckman, who heads the DOE's exascale initiative. Read More Immigration bill could hike IT hiring, or send more IT jobs offshore, says Gartner The Senate immigration bill's impact on offshore outsourcing will be disruptive to outsourcers, their customers and potentially to the U.S. IT labor market, according to Gartner. Read More Intel exec says Silvermont trumps ARM in power, performance A top Intel executive said the power and performance battle with ARM is over, because Intel's upcoming chips based on its Silvermont architecture are ahead on key metrics required to deliver strong performance and battery life on smartphones and tablets. Read More WHITE PAPER: SiSense Ltd. Choosing the Right Tech for Your Business Analytics Project The size, speed and scalability of different business analytics technologies vary greatly. The advantages and disadvantages of RDBMS, In-Memory and In-Chip technologies are detailed in this report. Read Now! External server disk storage sales drop for first time since 2009, says IDC Global sales of external server storage have dropped for the first time since 2009, according to data from research firm IDC. Read More Products of the week 6.10.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Belkin and Fortinet Read More Reader pines for a different kind of Microsoft store For days now I've had the song "Buddy Holly" stuck in my head because of all the radio ads playing here in anticipation of Saturday's opening of a Microsoft retail store in the nearby Natick Mall that will be followed by a free performance by Weezer. Read More
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