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	Cisco wraps Insieme, works on UCS 2.0 Cisco this week completed its acquisition of spin-in Insieme Networks, the developer of Cisco's Nexus 9000 data center switching line and Application Centric Infrastructure fabric. Cisco said it could pay up to $863 million for Insieme, which launched its products Nov. 6, based on revenue achieved from the sale of Insieme products. Read More     In this Issue First Look: Dell's new campus network gear 10 top tests of 2013 eBay changes IT with a metric The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013 One in four cloud providers will be gone by 2015 Tech titans urge surveillance reform Explaining the Senate's 3D-printed gun ruling 10 portable battery chargers keep your device powered The worst IT project disasters of 2013 25 (mostly) tech company logos with hidden meanings WHITE PAPER: AppNeta AppNeta Trace View - Free Trial Download   Want to try AppNeta in your own application environment? Install in 5 minutes! Learn More First Look: Dell's new campus network gear Dell this week rolled out new campus networking gear to, as it says, "connect the modern workforce." The offerings include core and edge switches and wireless LAN access points designed to better support multimedia, mobility, BYOD and access to cloud services. As enterprises continue to deploy wireless, back-end switches need to be upgraded to better support the mobile workers. Read More   10 top tests of 2013 Network World tested hundreds of products in 2013, but here are our top 10 tests of the year. In order to make the list, the product review had to be a comparative test of multiple products in a single category and it had to break new ground or deliver fresh insight into an important product area. Read More   eBay changes IT with a metric IT managers facing the task of explaining the business value of IT to the C-suite don't necessarily have an easy time of it. But eBay believes it has fixed this problem with a metric that translates IT resources into key business metrics Read More   WEBCAST: Novell Putting Mobile Employees to Work Mobile Employees in the workplace. Watch this webcast. Click Here>> Learn More>> The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013   From the attack on privacy and Cryptolocker to Eric Snowden and the NSA, it's been a challenging year. Read More   One in four cloud providers will be gone by 2015 Cloud adopters face serious risk in the next two years because of the strong possibility that their provider will be acquired or forced out of business, according to Gartner. Read More   Tech titans urge surveillance reform An industry consortium featuring some of the biggest names in technology – including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Reddit – is urging the Obama Administration to support a major overhaul of laws governing electronic surveillance. Read More   WEBCAST: PC Connection Optimizing a Technology Refresh Hear about the current technology refresh cycle for aging laptops, desktops, and tablets and what impacts current trends in the marketplace are having. Learn More. Explaining the Senate's 3D-printed gun ruling The U.S. Senate voted in favor of the renewal of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 last night, with the intention of preventing an increase in the production of plastic, 3D-printed guns. Read More   10 portable battery chargers keep your device powered No matter how powerful the battery, it's nearly impossible to keep your mobile device running though a busy day. Here are some mobile chargers that can help. Read More   The worst IT project disasters of 2013 Trends come and go in the technology industry but some things, such as IT system failures, bloom eternal. Read More   25 (mostly) tech company logos with hidden meanings Some logos are much more than meets the eye. Read More
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