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Amazon slashes prices up to 80% to lure public-cloud weary enterprises

High tech for high times: What it takes to run a medical marijuana business

10 Hot Security Startups to Watch

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July 11, 2013
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Amazon slashes prices up to 80% to lure public-cloud weary enterprises

Amazon Web Services Wednesday dropped the price of its dedicated instances, which are virtual machines allocated to individual customers and that do not run on shared hardware.

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Issue highlights

1. High tech for high times: What it takes to run a medical marijuana business

2. 10 Hot Security Startups to Watch

3. Why 3D printing matters to Microsoft's Windows 8.1 strategy

4. Alert! Study finds Internet users heed browser warnings

5. John Malkovich makes Redditor a voicemail greeting

6. Microsoft aims Windows Phone at enterprises with longer support, 'Blue'-style upgrade

7. First Look: Google Chrome 28

8. Can BYOD Breathe New Life Into the Virtual Desktop?

9. FCC wasting phone subsidy money, study says

10. Hesse remains CEO as Sprint, Softbank close $21.6B merger

11. T-Mobile lets customers upgrade phones twice a year

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High tech for high times: What it takes to run a medical marijuana business

In some ways, getting into the legal marijuana industry is a lot like launching any small business. You need capital. You need grow lights. You need Febreze. And you need technology -- which turns out to be the easy part. READ MORE

10 Hot Security Startups to Watch

Tablets and smartphones, which employees are bringing into work in "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) style, are leading IT managers to ask security questions, starting with whether they should sort out corporate mobile apps and data from personal ones. It's all encouraged a spate of security start-ups to come up with their own answers, and highlighted here are a few that have recently hung out a shingle for mobile security. But it's not just mobile spurring the creation of young security firms out to change the world. READ MORE

Why 3D printing matters to Microsoft's Windows 8.1 strategy

A Microsoft representative explains the company's decision to support 3D printing in Windows 8.1, revealing a smart strategy in the process. READ MORE

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Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT

This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

Alert! Study finds Internet users heed browser warnings

Security warnings displayed by Web browsers are far more effective at deterring risky Internet behavior than was previously believed, according to a new study. READ MORE

John Malkovich makes Redditor a voicemail greeting

So actor John Malkovich is doing an "As Me Anything" session on Reddit and a guy has this brilliant idea for a question: "Could you record a voicemail greeting for me and upload it somewhere? My name is Benjamin and aside from that I give you full creative freedom. Thanks, Mr. Malkovich." Malkovich's reply: "Doing it as we speak. Please (private message) your email address." Benjamin: "Confirming receipt... READ MORE

Microsoft aims Windows Phone at enterprises with longer support, 'Blue'-style upgrade

Microsoft today doubled the support lifespan of Windows Phone 8 from 18 to 36 months and promised to release an enterprise-oriented "feature pack" for the mobile operating system in the first half of 2014. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM

The Top 10 Secrets to Using Data Mining to Succeed at CRM

This white paper address how data mining is used to get more value from CRM systems -- particularly focused on application of predictive analytics to the customer lifecycle (acquire, grow, retain.) Learn More.

First Look: Google Chrome 28

A new rich notification feature, a different kind of WebKit and a raft of security fixes made it into the latest stable version of Google's Chrome browser. READ MORE

Can BYOD Breathe New Life Into the Virtual Desktop?

Seattle Children's Hospital isn't your typical BYOD story. Its mobile device strategy isn't bound by onerous user policies and monitoring software. Rather, the hospital's CIO reports an interesting twist: BYOD is resuscitating ill-fated virtual desktop infrastructure technology. READ MORE

FCC wasting phone subsidy money, study says

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on telephone subsidies, with some rich areas of the country receiving up to US$23,000 per line per year from the agency's Universal Service Fund, according to a new study. READ MORE

Hesse remains CEO as Sprint, Softbank close $21.6B merger

SoftBank completed its US$21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint Nextel on Wednesday, capping a months-long effort that was complicated by two bidding wars and some national-security objections but is expected to produce a stronger rival to the dominant U.S. mobile operators. READ MORE

T-Mobile lets customers upgrade phones twice a year

T-Mobile US will let its customers switch phones twice a year under a new service announced Wednesday, the company's latest move to set itself apart from its larger rivals. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM

The Power of Cloud: Driving Business Model Innovation

Companies worldwide are beginning to recognize cloud's capabilities to generate new business models and promote sustainable competitive advantage. To manage and respond to these market pressures, IBM offers a comprehensive suite of system and software solutions that can help you scale your IT investments as your business grows. Read Now

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