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	Cisco locked out of AT&T SDN data center? It could have been a very unhappy New Year for Cisco. AT&T issued a Request for Information (RFI) right around the holidays that could have long-term negative implications for Cisco specifically and the netwokring infrastructure market overall, according to an investment analyst's report. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric High Efficiency AC vs. DC Power Distribution This paper presents a detailed quantitative efficiency comparison between the most efficient DC and AC power distribution methods, including an analysis of the effects of power distribution efficiency on the cooling power requirement and on total electrical consumption. Learn more In this Issue The end of Windows XP has begun New Year's Forecast for the Information Security Industry: Part 1 Why Web companies point the way for everyday IT in 2014 Can tweets get dumber? Yes, when text is thrown out they can. Enterprise Security Professionals Offer Their Mobile Computing Security Advice Why I'm not that excited for the Free Software Foundation-approved laptop What do John Lennon, Bach, Beethoven, Salvador Dali and Truman Capote have in common? When bad things happen to good apps, Part 2 "Minority Report" meets PC support WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks 7 Principles to Improve Web Site Availability Users hate to wait so when your web site doesn't respond the way visitors expect, your business suffers. This guide offers strategies for scaling your web infrastructure to meet web availability and performance SLAs, enhancing both speed and performance (there is a difference), and delivering superior user experience on any device, in any location. Learn More The end of Windows XP has begun In 96 days after this writing, Microsoft will end all support for Windows XP. The company has made the April 8 deadline abundantly clear, and it seems people are getting the message. The latest figures from Net Applications show a big drop in XP use. RELATED: Stats don't lie: Windows 8 has failed Read More New Year's Forecast for the Information Security Industry: Part 1 I hope my cybersecurity colleagues enjoyed their holiday these past few weeks. It was surely well deserved as the year 2013 will be remembered as a whirlwind of activity featuring successful IPOs and scary security incidents. Given this, it's likely that security professionals spent the last few weeks with one eye of family and holidays and another on emerging details about the massive breach at... Read More Why Web companies point the way for everyday IT in 2014 Once upon a time, there were two very separate worlds of technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: QualiSystems Object Oriented Test Automation Take test automation to the next level with an object-oriented approach that increases reuse, lowers maintenance costs, speeds test cycles and raises coverage. READ NOW View Now>> Can tweets get dumber? Yes, when text is thrown out they can. Read More Enterprise Security Professionals Offer Their Mobile Computing Security Advice In 2012, ESG research asked 315 security professionals working at enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) about the impact of mobile computing on security management and operations. It turned out that the impact was pretty substantial, 30% of organizations say that mobile devices made security management and operations "much more difficult," while 32% say that mobile devices... Read More Why I'm not that excited for the Free Software Foundation-approved laptop The Free Software Foundation is, for the first time, able to certify a laptop as being completely "free." Free BIOS. No hardware that requires binary blobs or proprietary drivers. And able to run, without any gotchas, using a Linux distro that is, top-to-bottom, Free Software approved. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. The Five Big Lies Leaders Hear About "Going Mobile" Mobile hasn't been around long, but it has already made a tremendous impact. With such a new technology, it's not surprising that a lot of misinformation is floating around. Don't be taken in. Get the truth by reading this paper. It lays out how to develop an effective mobile initiative, one you need to succeed. Learn More What do John Lennon, Bach, Beethoven, Salvador Dali and Truman Capote have in common? If those craters could talk, they would have one heck of a hot party on Mercury. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) -- the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its inception in 1919 -- recently approved 10 new names for impact craters on the planet Mercury. Read More When bad things happen to good apps, Part 2 This is the second story on good software gone bad. In the previous one, it was about a horribly failed development process that resulting in a broken, unusable piece of software. In this case, the software works fine. It's some of the decisions the developer made around usage that sabotaged their game. Read More "Minority Report" meets PC support In the 2002 sci-fi flick Minority Report, the so-called "pre-cogs" could supposedly predict crimes before they actually occured. In 2013, Dell claims its technical support opereations can predict product failures before they occur. Read More
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