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	How Tech Companies Can Succeed by Going Private This week BlackBerry joined BMC and Dell in attempting to go private as a means of restructuring for the future. At the core of this move, though, is a bigger concern that has broader meaning for the technology industry: It's increasingly clear that one of the fastest ways for a company to stagnate is to go public. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP StoreOnce with Symantec Backup Solutions This paper looks specifically at the considerations and benefits achievable when an organization deploys data protection architectures powered by HP StoreOnce appliances and Catalyst APIs with Symantec OpenStorage Technology (OST). Learn More In this Issue Cisco to launch Insieme Nov. 6 15 geeky places to visit before you die Suitcase-size device may help save lifes of disaster victims Shuttersong iPhone app makes even boring photos fun Google shows off baby picture to celebrate 15th birthday The America's Cup: nerves, skill and a lot of computers DevOps a new wave for IT 2013 Ig Nobel Prize winners: from opera-loving mice to stargazing dung beetles 'Viceroi' algorithm improves detection of click fraud H-1B workers in line for Obamacare work A trustworthy cloud guarantees data privacy and chain of custody Top 10 productivity apps for Windows RT WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks   F5 makes Citrix App Delivery better As Cloud, VDI, and BYOD converge upon IT, it can be challenging to meet performance and security expectations. Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp, and CloudGateway--coupled with F5 ADCs--enable you to meet business objectives while streamlining IT and creating a flexible foundation that adapts to new clients and devices immediately. Learn More Cisco to launch Insieme Nov. 6 It's official, but a month later than Cisco initially planned: Insieme Networks will debut in New York on Nov. 6. Read More   15 geeky places to visit before you die If you like reliving geeky history, you'll want to add visiting to these places to your bucket list Read More   Suitcase-size device may help save lifes of disaster victims   The device looks like a small piece of carry-on luggage, but it has a more important job than carrying a toothbrush, deodorant and a couple of pairs of underwear. Read More   Shuttersong iPhone app makes even boring photos fun It's no surprise to hear that the new free iPhone app Shuttersong, which lets you easily match up photos from your smartphone with music or other audio and then share it, came from the mind of a marketing veteran. After all, this startup has one of those cool backstories that every journalist begs for when writing up a new company. Read More   Google shows off baby picture to celebrate 15th birthday Google officially celebrates its 15th birthday tomorrow but has already kicked off the commemoration with an Easter egg you can see by typing "Google in 1998" into the search box. Here's what you'll get (cropped some): I hadn't known about the Yahoo-like exclamation point. And now, if you're so inclined, you can watch skateboarder Tony Hawk do 15 different inverts as his 15th birthday present of sorts... Read More   The America's Cup: nerves, skill and a lot of computers The teams used to test their boat designs in wind tunnels and water tanks, but they now do most of it with computers Read More   DevOps a new wave for IT In speaking to my friends at JumpCloud they have talked an awful lot about DevOps. They have spent a lot of time speaking to companies moving infrastructure to the cloud. Many of these cloud migrations were instituted by the developer teams at these companies. Read More   2013 Ig Nobel Prize winners: from opera-loving mice to stargazing dung beetles Improbable research efforts honored with Ig Nobel Prizes Read More   'Viceroi' algorithm improves detection of click fraud   A group of researchers have devised an algorithm they say could help advertising networks better detect fraudulent clicks. Read More   H-1B workers in line for Obamacare work Some state governments are willing to hire offshore outsourcing firms to work on controversial IT contracts that don't bar use of temporary foreign labor, or workers on H-1B visas. Read More   A trustworthy cloud guarantees data privacy and chain of custody Trust, applied to the cloud, means that, even though organizations no longer have physical custody of their files, by embedding security into the document itself they have the means to secure sensitive documents so that they can be shared and still remain private. Read More   Top 10 productivity apps for Windows RT The apps that will help users get the most use out of their Windows RT devices. Read More
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