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	Biggest Tech Industry Layoffs of 2013 HP, IBM, Cisco and Juniper among those slimming down this year. Read More WEBCAST: Egnyte Consider Hybrid Approach to File-Sharing Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now! In this Issue Users reveal their biggest concerns with the cloud 6 things you need to know to switch your business from PC to Mac Google+ gains new controls to give business users more privacy Open Text buys cloud B2B integrator GXS in $1.17 billion deal Employees easily tricked on social media prime phishing attacks Rackspace aims for a more flexible public cloud IBM applies predictive analysis to IT operations Networking and the World Series: 10 lessons baseball teaches us about networking EMC sues startup for stealing trade secrets through staff hires Intel regroups to address small devices, wearable tech, DIY crowd WEBCAST: PC Connection EMC VSPEX Helps Optimize Business Performance Businesses need to be as efficient as possible today and need solutions that will help them move to the cloud when and if they are ready. Learn how EMC's VSPEX solution lets you optimize business performance and accelerate your organization's journey to the cloud. Learn More Users reveal their biggest concerns with the cloud I recently wrote a story about what some folks in the cloud industry see as the biggest issues holding back adoption of cloud computing. Topics like process, security and data integration all came up. But all those people are from the vendor side of the house. Read More 6 things you need to know to switch your business from PC to Mac Making the switch from a PC to a Mac for your work machine? The following recommendations will help make the transition a painless one. Read More Google+ gains new controls to give business users more privacy Google has added some new privacy controls to Google+ to give business users a more secure way to share sensitive information on the social network. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Transition to the 3rd Platform for Enterprise Applications The tech industry is in the midst of a major transition brought about by the combination of four forces. Since the lifetime of an application software package in a business is significant, application buyers need to consider support for the 3rd Platform. Learn more Open Text buys cloud B2B integrator GXS in $1.17 billion deal Open Text is acquiring GXS Group for US$1.17 billion in a deal that will give the information management software vendor a widely used cloud-based business-to-business trading platform. Read More Employees easily tricked on social media prime phishing attacks Spear phishing is one of the most effective ways to break into a corporate network, and recent studies show that employees can be easily tricked on social media to provide the information needed to launch attacks. Read More Rackspace aims for a more flexible public cloud Rackspace Hosting says it has rearchitected its public cloud with a workload-oriented framework designed to deliver optimal performance and price based on the workload. It now comes in two flavors and the company says more are on the way. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppNeta AppNeta Trace View - Free Trial Download Want to try AppNeta in your own application environment? Install in 5 minutes! Learn More IBM applies predictive analysis to IT operations Turning its considerable expertise in analytics to the study of IT operations, IBM has assembled a software package to help system administrators better pinpoint potential problems and performance issues, using many of IBM's tools for business intelligence, machine learning and data mining. Read More Networking and the World Series: 10 lessons baseball teaches us about networking After an exciting World Series, network managers can learn a lot from baseball. Read More EMC sues startup for stealing trade secrets through staff hires EMC has sued Pure Storage for allegedly colluding with some of the storage giant's former employees to misappropriate and bring to the startup confidential EMC information and trade secrets, including lists and notes on current and potential customers. Read More Intel regroups to address small devices, wearable tech, DIY crowd Intel is paying serious attention to small electronics, wearable technology and the do-it-yourself crowd, establishing a new business group to address those market segments. Read More
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