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	Box fuels international expansion with new funding Investments from network operators Telstra, TelefA3nica and others will help fuel Box's international expansion. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Juniper Networks Who will win the Data Center Rap Battle? It may seem like the calm, cool center of the business, but there's a battle raging in the data center between the guardians of physical infrastructure and the innovators of virtualization. There's only one way forward. See how Juniper Networks and our corporate rap coach resolve the epic struggle in a way that makes everyone a winner. Watch the forces of physical and the virtues of virtual battle it out. In this Issue Storage hardware sales hit by lower government spending Veeam: Backup, but for virtual machines Microsoft exec hints at separate Windows release trains for consumers, business Windows XP holdouts: 3 reasons you must upgrade now. Yes, now. Review: Best tools for mobile device management US tech companies ask governments to reform surveillance practices 18 essential Hadoop tools for crunching big data RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fortinet Key Security Considerations for the Data Center As a result of virtualization, bandwidth-consuming applications, and the deployment of 40GbE and soon 100GbE, your Data Center firewall security will need to support throughput over 100Gbps to prevent it from becoming a bottleneck. John Grady, in an IDC Analyst Connection answers key questions regarding protecting the heart of the Enterprise Read IDC Analyst Connection, Protecting the Heart of the Enterprise: Key Security Considerations for the DataCenter Storage hardware sales hit by lower government spending Storage vendors struggled with a decline in spending by the U.S. government and increased investment in public cloud capacity during the third quarter, according to IDC. Read More Veeam: Backup, but for virtual machines The rise of virtualization has ushered in dramatic shifts in the computing landscape: Servers are more efficient and users can be more agile. But it's also created new challenges for backup and recovery. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Tech Brief: Exchange 2013 Data Loss Prevention Protecting your company's critical data is a critical, mandatory part of an Exchange administrator's tasks. In this white paper, learn about the data loss prevention feature in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online, how it controls inbound and outbound data flow and how it works for businesses of any size. Read now! Microsoft exec hints at separate Windows release trains for consumers, business Microsoft may revert to separate release schedules for consumer and business versions of Windows, the company's top OS executive hinted this week. Read More Windows XP holdouts: 3 reasons you must upgrade now. Yes, now. You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but...it's more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that makes Windows XP a near-relic. Although it may still appear to work fine, the mantra of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" doesn't really apply to Windows XP. It's broken in many ways, and when Microsoft officially stops supporting it next April, it really will be broken. 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 Review: Best tools for mobile device management Mobile device management tools make sense when you are trying to control who can access your enterprise network and applications from particular phones and tablets. But to effectively evaluate these products, you should first identify what you're trying to control: the apps on particular devices, the pairing of a user with his device, the device itself, or the files on each device. Read More US tech companies ask governments to reform surveillance practices Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. Read More 18 essential Hadoop tools for crunching big data Making the most of this powerful MapReduce platform means mastering a vibrant ecosystem of quickly evolving code Read More
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