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Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles
Major tech stalwarts, including Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco, rank among the most cash-rich companies in the world. They've got billions to spend on acquisitions, R&D, stock buybacks, dividends and more. Here's how they rank. Read More

WEBCAST: Juniper Networks

Converged Access for a More Agile Enterprise
A new convergence trend is making its way through the enterprise: converged user access across wired and wireless networks. Driving this trend is the need to accommodate a dizzying array of devices and data, communicating wirelessly from a variety of locations across and outside of the enterprise. View now >>

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WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation

Optimize UPS Battery Performance and Prevent Downtime
The UPS Battery Handbook provides the tools to extend the life of your UPS battery, prevent downtime, and, ultimately, save time and money. Learn the four factors that affect battery life and how to incorporate the five key components of a successful USP battery maintenance program. View Now

VMware: Win7 can cost more than twice as much on PCs as on virtual desktops
VMware says enterprises migrating to Microsoft Windows 7 can save a bundle by using virtual-desktop infrastructure technology rather than standalone PCs. Read More

IT hiring: Your text resume is soooo last century
Tim Ondrey has glimpsed the future of the job-search market, and it's going multimedia. Read More

Microsoft and Nokia: the bare facts
Microsoft's surprise announcement over the long weekend that it's buying Nokia's mobile phone business for just over $7 billion has set off a flurry of analysis from all directions. Here's a quick look at just the facts. Read More

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Live Event: Deploying a Virtual Network in Your Data Center
Many believe that data center network virtualization can effectively operate over any physical network infrastructure. Wrong! Join a live webinar discussion on September 26th at 11am PDT // 2 pm EDT with IDG, VMware and Juniper Networks where you'll learn to demystify this assumption. View Now

What we love/hate about Springpad
The Android and iOS versions of the note-taking app Springpad were both updated this summer. You can also use the website version of Springpad to create, edit, organize and share your notes. They serve as front-ends for a cloud-connected service that syncs your notes across your computers and mobile devices. Read More

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6 tips for finding mobile app talent
To understand what's hot in the IT job market today, just ask yourself a simple question: When is the last time you checked your mobile device or used the mobile Web? Read More

Google takes second browser spot on the back of mobile
Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications

SDN: The next wave of networking innovation
Brocade and IDG bring you this exclusive eBook exploring the impact of today's IT and Data Center challenges on your network. With a focus on software-defined networks, use this eBook to start your evolution toward a flatter, less complex and more agile network architecture—an architecture ready for the future. View Brocade's eBook on SDN

Best tools for protecting passwords
For enterprises trying to get a handle on password management, the good news is that there are products that can help implement stronger password policies for end users logging into corporate and personal Web-based services, as well as for employees who share a local server login. Read More

Cisco one of investors in log management startup Loggly
Log monitoring platform company Loggly today announced that it has acquired more than $10 million in venture capital funding, and that one of its new investors is none other than Cisco. Read More

Apple sends out invitations to September 10 iPhone event
As expected, Apple today made it official when it sent out invitations to a September 10 media event where the company is expected to introduce two brand new iPhone models -- an iPhone 5S and a lower cost iPhone 5C. Read More

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Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles

Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco are flush with cash, and so are many other tech companies.

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