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	Dell buyout wins support from shareholder advisory group ISS Prominent shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services has given a stamp of approval to Dell founder Michael Dell's bid to take the company private. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Best Practices Performance Monitoring Recorded Webinar Webinar will examine the driving factors, objectives, requirements, and best practices surrounding converged network and application performance management. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft slates Windows 8.1 RTM for late August 10 IT Outsourcing Tips to Become a 'Very Important Customer' Cloud Services Pave the Way for Call Center Growth Gartner downgrades 2013 global IT spending forecast on currency shifts 10 excellent new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 State finds grocery store price scanning 100% accurate? 1,776 snap up free 'iPhone Liberation Kits' in mere minutes WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Considerations for Combating Modern Threats Download this White paper to learn how a new datacenter architecture based on F5's Application Delivery Firewall combats modern attacks while reducing capex. Learn More Microsoft slates Windows 8.1 RTM for late August Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 to computer and tablet makers in late August, a company executive said today. Read More 10 IT Outsourcing Tips to Become a 'Very Important Customer' Follow these simple steps to show your IT outsourcing provider a little love and get more attention than other customers in return (without giving away too much). Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now Cloud Services Pave the Way for Call Center Growth One provider of contact center services in Latin America sees cloud computing as critical to competing with much larger competitors. Read More Gartner downgrades 2013 global IT spending forecast on currency shifts Gartner has lowered its expectations for growth this year in global IT spending, saying it will rise 2 percent to US$3.7 trillion. Earlier this year, the analyst firm predicted 2013 growth of 4.1 percent. 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! 10 excellent new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 New and improved storage, networking, remote access, BYOD, and server administration features make the R2 upgrade Read More State finds grocery store price scanning 100% accurate? A distrust of the technology and/or those who implement it can be the only explanation for Massachusetts having been the very last state to drop its requirement that every individual item on supermarket shelves carry a price tag. Read More 1,776 snap up free 'iPhone Liberation Kits' in mere minutes They went so fast you might think iFixit was giving away tickets to Apple's instantly sold-out WorldWide Developers Conference. Read More
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