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Quick look: 10 cool analog computers

Big virtualization: VMware is virtualizing Hadoop

Haswell vs. Sandy Bridge: Was the upgrade worth it?

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June 26, 2013
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Quick look: 10 cool analog computers

In their heyday analog computers handled heavy-duty math, scientific and industrial applications

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Issue highlights

1. Big virtualization: VMware is virtualizing Hadoop

2. Haswell vs. Sandy Bridge: Was the upgrade worth it?

3. Sprint to launch two Windows Phone 8 smartphones this summer

4. Apple's most important acquisitions

5. Who said that? Social network launched for anonymous users

6. Developers express enthusiasm for Firefox OS, survey shows

7. Square launches online marketplace service to rival eBay, Amazon and Etsy

8. Cisco Unveils a New Security Architecture at CiscoLive

9. At Cisco Live, Gigamon brings visibility to virtual environments

10. 15 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Site From Hacking and Fraud

11. Foxconn to speed up 'robot army' deployment; 20,000 robots already in its factories

WEBCAST: Egnyte

The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Sharing

Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now!

Big virtualization: VMware is virtualizing Hadoop

VMware today announced advancements that will allow vSphere to manage Hadoop clusters. In doing so, it gives the hundreds of thousands of VMware enterprise customers a way to work with Hadoop deployments within software they are already familiar with. READ MORE

Haswell vs. Sandy Bridge: Was the upgrade worth it?

After going through the process of installing Haswell, it's time to evaluate how much of an upgrade from Sandy Bridge it really is. READ MORE

Sprint to launch two Windows Phone 8 smartphones this summer

Sprint announced it will soon sell two Windows Phone 8 smartphones that run over fast LTE, the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV S Neo. 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!

Apple's most important acquisitions

It goes without saying that Apple's acquisitions have played a fundamental role in its products, such as OS X, the iPod, and the iPhone. That being said, here are some of Apple's most important and influential acquisitions over the last 30 years. READ MORE

Who said that? Social network launched for anonymous users

The Duvamis social network went online less than a month ago with a mission of keeping the identity of its posters from other users -- and site operators. READ MORE

Developers express enthusiasm for Firefox OS, survey shows

Developers find Firefox OS the most compelling among new smartphone OSes, generating more interest than Tizen and BlackBerry 10, even though no commercial products have been launched for it yet. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors

Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization

In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now!

Square launches online marketplace service to rival eBay, Amazon and Etsy

Mobile payments company Square has launched an online marketplace, an offering that an analyst said is similar to those from eBay, Amazon and Etsy, where merchants can sell products to consumers. READ MORE

Cisco Unveils a New Security Architecture at CiscoLive

As someone with more than 25 years in the IT industry, I have to give strong kudos to Cisco for putting on a great show this week. CiscoLive is being held in Orlando which is totally appropriate as Cisco has made the event the "magic kingdom" of all things IT. Surrounded by abundant symbols of the "Internet of Everything," Cisco really presents itself as the one vendor CIOs should look to... READ MORE

At Cisco Live, Gigamon brings visibility to virtual environments

Just a few short years ago, network managers couldn't have cared less about server virtualization, as it was a technology that was used to improve the utilization of servers and had little impact on the network. Obviously, things have changed significantly over the past few years. READ MORE

15 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Site From Hacking and Fraud

Hackers are stealing credit card and other sensitive information from ecommerce sites. To protect (and reassure) your customers, it's imperative to know how to protect your ebusiness and your sensitive customer data. Ecommerce and security experts share 15 tips on how you can prevent fraud and keep your site safe. READ MORE

Foxconn to speed up 'robot army' deployment; 20,000 robots already in its factories

Manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group is on track with its goal to a create a "million robot army", and already has 20,000 robotic machines in its factories, said the company's CEO Terry Gou on Wednesday. READ MORE

WEBCAST: IBM

Boost Profitability with Better Planning & Mobile Reporting

This session will discuss how Ashurst, a top-tier legal service provider for private and public sector clients worldwide, was able to effectively manage organizational change and improve their profitability using IBM Business Analytics. Learn More.

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