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	How cloud-based disaster recovery is getting more efficient Through advancements to back-end systems, providers of cloud-based disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) are becoming more efficient at storing customer data and getting faster at restoring sites. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Right Size Your Network Performance Management Solution Paying too much for network monitoring? This white paper follows four organizations in their search for the most cost-effective network performance management tool. See the challenges they encountered along the way and how they used product fit and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to make the switch from bloated, overpriced solutions to SolarWinds. Click here to get this FREE whitepaper from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and learn how four organizations benefitted from choosing SolarWinds award winning Network Performance Monitor. In this Issue 2013 Ig Nobel winners: from opera-loving mice to stargazing dung beetles INSIDER 5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner Microsoft updates display 'worrisome' decline in quality Boulder's tech workers cope with historic flood Why HP's Successful Turnaround Is Closer Than It Looks In the rough post-PC seas, Intel fights back Survey: Email, calendaring, HR top list of SaaS buyers' priorities Now is 'good timing' for Twitter's IPO Consumer ignorance drives big jump in medical ID fraud WHITE PAPER: Webroot Software Managing Web Security in a Challenging Threat Landscape This whitepaper deals with the rise of mobility, BYOD and social networking, and how these trends have led cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities in browsers and mobile apps. From drive-by downloads to spearfishing to XML injection, web-borne threats represent a significant new risk for businesses. Learn More 2013 Ig Nobel winners: from opera-loving mice to stargazing dung beetles The 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes – handed out for questionable, bizarre and otherwise anomalous contributions to the march of science – were awarded Thursday night at Harvard University's Sanders Theater. Here are the winners. Read More INSIDER 5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner When Apple announced its new iPhone 5s last week, the fingerprint scanning technology, called Touch ID, stood out as one of the most notable additions. The benefits are easy enough to identify – iPhone users will no longer need to repeatedly type in an annoying security PIN code to unlock their phones or download apps or media from iTunes. Read More Microsoft updates display 'worrisome' decline in quality Microsoft had to rewrite four security updates just three days after releasing them after customers reported never-ending demands that they be installed, even though they already had been. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Free Whitepaper from SolarWinds: NetFlow Tips & Tricks Network bandwidth usage is one of the biggest contributors to your network performance. By taking advantage of the flow technology that is built into most routers and switches, you can quickly identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot bandwidth related problems. Take your NetFlow skills to the next level! Read this FREE whitepaper for an introduction to NetFlow & other flow technologies, as well as configuring your network to collect flow data. Boulder's tech workers cope with historic flood Tech firms in Boulder must shutter downtown offices as floods damage offices and close most roads. But the Internet-based firms keep running smoothly. Read More Why HP's Successful Turnaround Is Closer Than It Looks Hewlett-Packard's turnaround effort under CEO Meg Whitman, like an object in the rearview mirror, is closer than it appears. Credit the impending success on strategic partnerships, good hires and a broad view of the future of tech. Read More In the rough post-PC seas, Intel fights back Intel has been struggling as the world quickly shifts away from its bread and butter: chips for PCs. It has promised lots of low-power chips for several years, but they haven't been well received, driving the new generation of mobile and wearable devices to chips based on the ARM designs and made by others. A new set of chips promises to power everything from wearables to high-end PCs. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Business Value of Blade Infrastructures Download this white paper to discover how migrating to a blade platform helped eight companies in the education, healthcare, media, retail and telecommunications industries reduce annual IT infrastructure cost per user by almost 25%. Learn More Survey: Email, calendaring, HR top list of SaaS buyers' priorities Companies of all sizes are picking up their adoption of SaaS (software as a service), with email, calendaring and human resources applications garnering the most interest, according to a new survey from Constellation Research. Read More Now is 'good timing' for Twitter's IPO Twitter has become part of an international conversation. And now the social networking company is moving to take the company public, and industry analysts say it's great timing. Read More Consumer ignorance drives big jump in medical ID fraud Medical records contaminated by the perpetrator 'could actually have severe impact,' says study's sponsor, Medical Identity Fraud Alliance. Read More
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