Networking World: Targeting cloud, Microsoft set to revamp major enterprise software platforms

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Targeting cloud, Microsoft set to revamp major enterprise software platforms
Microsoft today is showing off improvements to most of its enterprise infrastructure software designed to make it simpler for businesses to deploy hybrid cloud services that can allocate resources as needed. Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Vulnerability Assessment with Application Security
This document examines various DDoS attack methods and the application of specific ADC technologies to block attacks in the DDoS threat spectrum while securely delivering applications and protecting the network, the session, and the user. Read Now.

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WHITE PAPER: Raritan Inc

Remote Management and Control for Business Continuity
Data centers are susceptible to a variety of disasters, attributable to human error, system breakdowns and other factors. Secure remote access and control are essential to minimizing fallout. This white paper focuses on solutions that allow quick access and recovery of virtually any server. Learn more.

Microsoft CIO Tony Scott has left the company
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott has left the company after five years. Read More

IE10 steals user share from IE9, jumps 53%
Microsoft's Internet Explorer boosted its user share last month by 53% as the company's enforced upgrade for Windows 7 continued to take effect. Read More

Windows 8 earns a second chance in enterprise after changes
Microsoft will get another shot at tempting businesses to try Windows 8 after it rolls out the "Blue" update later this year, analysts said Thursday. Read More

WEBCAST: VCE

Vblock Specialized System for SAP HANA
Overview video from DJ Long about the new Vblock Specialized System for SAP HANA. Learn More.

Hands-on with Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, Iconia W3
After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed off what could be the first of many Windows 8 tablets to come in smaller screen sizes, following the success of Apple's iPad mini and Google's Nexus 7. Read More

A serious plan to fix Windows 8
Microsoft didn't fail to execute a good plan; it succeeded in executing a horrible plan. InfoWorld has a good plan. Read More

How Windows Red can fix Windows 8: The right strategy for Microsoft
When Microsoft first outlined its strategy 32 months ago to bridge the old style of PC computing with the new world of tablet computing, we were optimistic. Although Apple had revolutionized computing with the iPad, creating the fastest-adopted technology ever, its approach walled off the tablet from the PC, with two different operating systems, user interfaces, and applications. Instead, Microsoft promised a unified, adaptive approach that would satisfy everyone. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Latisys

How to take advantage of the cloud
The companies that achieve the greatest success in using cloud computing are those that incorporate the cloud into a broad IT strategy. Learn More

Lower license costs alone won't save Windows RT from extinction
Windows RT has struggled to gain adoption for months. Samsung and Acer are among the companies abandoning RT devices, while Toshiba, Hewlett Packard, and HTC won't touch it. So Microsoft's latest effort to boost Windows RT is apparently to cut the licensing costs device makers pay to use the ARM-based version of Windows. Read More

Microsoft TechEd focuses IT pros on the 'Cloud OS'
For the kickoff of Microsoft's annual North American TechEd conference, the company is urging administrators and IT professionals to think of it as the provider of the "Cloud OS." Read More

Dell scapegoats Windows 8 -- again
Dell says Windows 8 contributed to a decline in its PC-related revenue during the quarter that ended May 3. Read More

F5 bridges the physical and virtual worlds at Microsoft Tech Ed
I'm not sure there's a city that's more synonymous with fun than New Orleans. The home of Mardi Gras, several Super Bowls, Bourbon Street and Jazz Festivals is always a great place to visit if you're looking to have some great entertainment. Well, there's an event that tops all of them for fun, and that's Microsoft's North American Tech Ed event. Read More

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The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013 so far

Fish turn into money, sorcerers rule and things get creepy in these iPhone and iPad games.

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