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	Gov't watchdog report outlines disturbing patent battle directions Can the quagmire that has become patent infringement law arena ever be truly be cleaned up? One has to wonder especially after reading through the Government Accountability Office's evaluation of the patent litigation arena this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks     A Proven Solution for Today's BYOD Demands Wireless access is mission-critical for most organizations. BYOD has accelerated the need or wireless capacity, and WLANs must deliver a robust wired-like experience in today's dense environments. High-scale, third-party testing has validated Juniper's ability to support the densest BYOD environments while delivering reliable wireless access. Learn more. In this Issue Consumer 3D printing, affordable, great ROI, and delicious There's boosterism and then there's this guy ... 5 steps Microsoft can take to beef up Windows Phone 8 market share Here's what can happen at Rackspace when it's your birthday 3 more ways the government will think you're a terrorist Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 9 How do you abandon the cloud? WHITE PAPER: SolarWinds Rightsizing Your Network Performance Management Solution The phrase "doing more with less" is something most IT organizations have heard before. This white paper from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) profiles four organizations who decided to prioritize total cost of ownership and made the switch to SolarWinds. Click here to read the report. Learn More Consumer 3D printing, affordable, great ROI, and delicious Read More There's boosterism and then there's this guy ... You've got to love this guy - talk about going for it ... a truly epic welcome speech speech to Georgia Tech's freshman convocation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation Five Simple Steps to UPS Maintenance Keeping your finger on the pulse of your battery health is quick and painless, and offers big payoff in terms of preventing cost casualties. Follow these five steps to building a successful maintenance program and ensuring the ongoing optimal performance of your UPS. Learn More 5 steps Microsoft can take to beef up Windows Phone 8 market share A little over a year and half ago, I wrote about an IHS and iSuppli smartphone market report, which claimed that Windows Phone would surpass iOS in market share by 2015, due in part to Nokia's aggressive push into the space and Microsoft's huge marketing blitz. Read More Here's what can happen at Rackspace when it's your birthday Imagine coming into work and seeing a nice happy birthday sign dedicated to you near the parking garage of your building. "That's cute," you may say. Then as you get closer, you see items hanging from a catwalk. A chair; a computer monitor; a desk and a trash can. You may think, "Hmm, that's odd." Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies Lab report: V-locity VM Accelerates Exchange 60% on VMs For this briefing, openBench Labs tested the ability of V-locity VM to optimize I/O in a dedicated email service domain centered around a VM running Exchange 2010. Read Now! 3 more ways the government will think you're a terrorist Read More Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 9 Memes are all the rage. Most are lame, but a few are funny, so I have started publishing what I consider to be the better ones here once a week. Here is No. 9. I couldn't agree more. And if you'd like more memes, here is the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive". Read More How do you abandon the cloud? For quite some time I was an advocate of boycotting various cloud services. Instead of Gmail, I opted to utilize an old-fashioned, desktop email client and POP server. Instead of DropBox, I went with a variety of file storage solutions that I could host myself (such as SparkleShare). I had two key motivating factors for this: Read More
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