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	Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message   It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network Driven by the rapid evolution of mobile devices, the move to cloud-based applications and data, and the continued development of new wireless technologies, Wi-Fi has become the network of choice for connectivity. Most new devices no longer have wired connectivity. IT managers now count Wi-Fi as an essential business facility. Learn more. In this Issue Can anybody catch Amazon? Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers Has Apache lost its way? 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. Can anybody catch Amazon? It is quite a stretch for most cloud service providers to match the geographical reach of Amazon Web Services. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies Managing the I/O Explosion Without Extra Hardware In this Technology Spotlight, IDC highlights the unexpected I/O explosion brought about by virtualization and presents new technologies that deliver exceptional application performance without additional hardware by eliminating unnecessary I/O traffic at the source. Read more. Read Now! Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers While industry analysts don't foresee any public cloud service vendor making a noticeable dent in Amazon's huge market lead anytime soon, Cloud Technology Partners, Forrester Research and Gartner do consistently name 10 providers that have a shot of picking up significant future revenue as the overall demand for public compute, infrastructure and storage services grows in the next three to five years. Here are the 10 companies and why they have a shot at challenging Amazon. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks   Cloud-based UC: A Foundation for Business Transformation CIOs are turning to cloud-based UC to reduce IT costs and focus resources on projects that deliver the greatest strategic advantages. Read Now Has Apache lost its way? Since its inception, the Apache Software Foundation has had a profound impact in shaping the open source movement and the tech industry at large. Read More
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