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	Google boosts patents in 2013 but IBM still dominates IBM retained its patent crown in 2013, snaring more U.S. patents than any other company for the 21st year in a row. But the big news is Google, which quickened its patent pace and climbed to No. 11 in the rankings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and Oracle Database Backup using NetVault™ Backup and PowerVault MD3260 This paper is intended to show the process used to backup and easily restore SQL Server and Oracle databases using a combination of Dell NetVault Backup software, the Dell PowerVaultTM MD3260 storage array, and the Dell PowerEdgeTM R620 rackmount server. Read now>> In this Issue The world's coolest, greenest data centers Court strikes down net neutrality: What's next? Court decision, like the FCC, overreaches Juniper should reevaluate switching, security products investor says Patch Tuesday: Fairly quiet on the Microsoft front The mixed fate of Sun tech under Oracle Ubuntu takes aim at Microsoft, Google, Apple It's official, tablets are replacing PCs in the enteprise Target hackers have more data than they can sell Massive denial-of-service attacks pick up steam, new nefarious techniques WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP Converged Storage Customers Share their Experiences This Enterprise Strategy Group Solution Impact Analysis examines how well-designed, executed and implemented storage can elevate storage from a necessity and a cost center to an asset that contributes to the business. This report confirms that ROI is a real-world value that HP Converged Storage customers are realizing today. Learn More The world's coolest, greenest data centers Data centers are taking advantage of energy saving technologies to run more efficiently in order to be kind to the environment and the bottom line. Read More Court strikes down net neutrality: What's next? The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and its allies have several options, with most of them difficult, after a U.S. appeals court struck down most of the agency's 2010 net neutrality rules. Read More Court decision, like the FCC, overreaches I'm not sure why some ''net neutrality'' advocates are so upset about in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Verizon vs FCC. But I'm quite sure that the vast majority of American broadband users are going to keep texting, Skyping, surfing, streaming, tweeting and Facebooking without a qualm for the future. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP BladeSystem Leadership and Innovation for Data Centers In Gartner's 2013 Blade Server Magic Quadrant, HP has been positioned as a leader for completeness of vision and ability to execute. Read this paper to learn why HP BladeSystem is the leading choice of IT professionals. Learn More Juniper should reevaluate switching, security products investor says Juniper's switching and security products are underperforming in the market, says an investor recommending the company review strategic options for those offerings. Read More Patch Tuesday: Fairly quiet on the Microsoft front Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" set of monthly software patches is so minimal for January that at least one security firm is suggesting that IT shops first tend to recently issued patches for more severe vulnerabilities found in Oracle Java, Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. Read More The mixed fate of Sun tech under Oracle From Java to SPARC, critical Sun technologies have lived on, been cut loose, or lost their luster in the four years since the Oracle acquisition. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Pitfalls To Avoid In Combining Acceleration Technologies This May 2013 Forrester Research, Inc. report looks at the impact of website performance on customer satisfaction and revenue, and why meeting high expectations is more complex than ever. Learn More Ubuntu takes aim at Microsoft, Google, Apple Ubuntu 13.10 is going big -- taking aim at Microsoft, Google and Apple as it competes on every platform from the cloud to the smartphone. Read More It's official, tablets are replacing PCs in the enteprise Two pieces of PC-related news crossed my desk late last week, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the connection. Read More Target hackers have more data than they can sell What's the downside to successfully stealing 40 million credit card numbers from Target? Trying to sell the data. Read More Massive denial-of-service attacks pick up steam, new nefarious techniques Several online gaming sites were recently hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that used a new type of assault on the victims: a Network Time Protocol Amplification Attack. Read More
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