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	Microsoft's CEO search could leave a mess behind Microsoft could be ready to announce a new CEO within the next week, and it looks to be an insider, after the lengthy outsider search failed to produce results. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Straight Talk About Disk Backup with Deduplication This eBook is a "must read" if you are considering a move from tape backup to disk-based backup with deduplication. Did you know that depending on the architecture you choose, you could either improve your backup environment or go backwards? You may not be aware of the many considerations that need to be assessed. Learn More In this Issue WANs could stand to get faster, survey finds Former NSA employee looks to make email more secure INSIDER Case Study: Santa Clara U. graduates to Gigabit Wi-Fi Users postpone ditch-XP decision as Windows 8 runs to stay in place How 'Lenovorola' changes the mobile world Facebook gears up for its 10th birthday Survey: Tech workers seek larger salaries in 2014 Leak hints Microsoft will recant 'make-them-eat-Metro' strategy for Windows 8 Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodging a potential infringement suit Dell lets managers go 'off road' with self-serve analytics WEBCAST: HP and Intel® A Secure Cloud for Development and Testing Environments This video shows the benefits of hosting your development and testing environments in the Enterprise Cloud Services - Virtual Private Cloud. Learn More WANs could stand to get faster, survey finds Nearly nine out of 10 respondents to a Talari Networks survey of IT professionals said that their wide area network was a problem for business-critical applications either occasionally or frequently, as WAN budgets are set to increase over the course of the coming year. Read More Former NSA employee looks to make email more secure Email, perhaps still the most widely used Internet application, has about the same level of security as a postcard. But unlike postcards, it's widely depended on by businesses. Read More INSIDER Case Study: Santa Clara U. graduates to Gigabit Wi-Fi In 2006, Santa Clara University began rolling out a Wi-Fi network as a way to supplement the school's existing production network. The initial deployment consisted of about 800 Cisco Aironet 1131 a/b/g/ access points and Cisco WiSM controllers. As expansion or renovation projects occurred, the school added some 802.11n access points, but until recently 90% of the roughly 70 buildings on campus were equipped with the older, slower technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry Best Practices in BYOD: BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Manageability, security and support – these are just a few of the reasons BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 is such a powerful Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution. Learn More Users postpone ditch-XP decision as Windows 8 runs to stay in place Windows XP's disappearance and Windows 8's march toward some kind of success were both put on hold in January, after a December when the former's user share plunged and the latter's swelled, a Web analytics company said. Read More How 'Lenovorola' changes the mobile world Google is selling Motorola to Lenovo. The deal makes Google better, Lenovo bigger and Motorola gets a new lease on life. Read More Facebook gears up for its 10th birthday Facebook will celebrate its 10th birthday on Tuesday, an occasion likely to spur an outpouring of reflection on its past and speculation about its future. Read More WHITE PAPER: OutSystems Why IT Struggles to Innovate, and How You Can Fix It Download this ebook and learn how to reinvigorate your IT Department with these 3 innovative techniques that will control the cost of change, increase productivity, and help your business differentiate from the competition. Learn More Survey: Tech workers seek larger salaries in 2014 Employers may need to open up their wallets to retain their IT staffers in 2014, according to a salary survey from IT career website Dice.com. Read More Leak hints Microsoft will recant 'make-them-eat-Metro' strategy for Windows 8 Microsoft will renounce its "make-them-eat-Metro" strategy in an update for Windows 8.1 slated to ship this spring, if leaked preliminary builds reflect the final product. Read More Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodging a potential infringement suit Twitter has acquired over 900 patents from IBM, a move likely intended to settle IBM's claims that Twitter was infringing on at least three of its patents. Read More Dell lets managers go 'off road' with self-serve analytics Once upon a time within Dell, managers who needed a business analysis report had to put in an IT request, a drawn out process that drove business units to set up their own shadow IT systems to run these numbers instead. Read More
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