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	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   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. That's why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. Rescue offers a simple, reliable interface packed with all the features technicians want. Check out LogMeIn Rescue to learn more and start your free trial today. In this Issue iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 20 High-tech heroes and zeros: 2013's best and worst (so far) 'League of Legends' account information and transaction records compromised Products of the week 8.19.13 10 small devices. No, we mean really small. Can the U.S. Postal Service find a future running a gov't cloud-based authentication service? CCIE turns 20: How Cisco transformed itself and the IT world With worker retirements looming, IT starts to prepare for a workforce exodus Gartner: Amazon still public cloud leader by a long shot Up all night: How the tech elite pushes a crazy workaholic culture WHITE PAPER: Verizon Secure, Stable Cloud Computing Business-critical applications in the cloud require the highest level of multilayered security. Learn how Terremark's secure, advanced data centers and clustered grid architecture provide the redundancy needed to keep critical systems up when hardware goes down while also providing monitoring, backups, patching and incident management. Learn More iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 20 Even the iOSphere seems bored with yet more photos purporting to show the iPad mini-like metal rear shell of the iPad 5. It's aluminum, it's flat, and the edges are rounded. For some, that's been an article of faith for at least eight months. Read More   High-tech heroes and zeros: 2013's best and worst (so far) Which tech newsmakers have made the biggest splash so far this year, and which have gone splat? Cringe has a few ideas Read More   'League of Legends' account information and transaction records compromised A portion of the North American user base of "League of Legends" (LoL) had its account information compromised by hackers, according to Riot Games, the company developing the popular online multiplayer game. Passwords and credit card numbers stored in encrypted form were accessed, as well as other details. Read More   Products of the week 8.19.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as CA and HP. Read More   10 small devices. No, we mean really small. From the world's tiniest semiconductor laser to a bee-sized flying robot, these minuscule devices -- many of which cannot be seen by a human eye -- are changing our world. Read More   Can the U.S. Postal Service find a future running a gov't cloud-based authentication service? Can the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) find a new future running a cloud-based authentication service for the government? The USPS intends to try and do just that under a three-year $15.12 million contract awarded to SecureKey Technologies today for some foundation technology to build a cloud-based authentication exchange. Read More   CCIE turns 20: How Cisco transformed itself and the IT world Let's roll back the clock 20 years and remember what was happening. Mark Zuckerberg was nine years old and learning to code on an Atari computer. Incidentally, I was a big Atari buff, but didn't monetize it quite like the future Facebook founder. Whitney Houston held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard music charts with "I will always love you," and Schindler's List won the Oscar for best picture.... Read More   With worker retirements looming, IT starts to prepare for a workforce exodus With 10,000 U.S. baby boomers turning 65 every day until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire. Read More   Gartner: Amazon still public cloud leader by a long shot Amazon Web Services remains the top IaaS public cloud computing provider, offering the widest breath of services of any vendor in the market, Gartner concluded in its annual Magic Quadrant report. Read More   Up all night: How the tech elite pushes a crazy workaholic culture Want to know why techies work such crazy hours and nap at their desks? Start at the top. Read More
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