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	10 great Android apps for IT pros From remote data access to electronics reference tools, these Android apps come in handy for IT pros on the go Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SAP   The Keys To Boosting PSO Success Professional services organizations (PSOs) strive to help their clients' businesses run more smoothly. But what are they doing to make their own businesses run more efficiently? One method for success with proven results: deploying technology, from vendors such as SAP, that delivers both internal efficiency and external results. Learn how to deliver a higher percentage of on-time, on-budget project completions, boost revenue and customer retention, and ultimately improve profit margins. In this Issue Google Plus now minus chief Vic Gundotra Online black market designed to evade feds FCC defends new net neutrality proposal Dell adds Big Switch to its SDN mix 15 tips for surviving -- and thriving -- as an IT contractor Heartbleed prompts joint vendor effort to boost OpenSSL, security San Diego's SAP system has tripled workloads for some tasks, report says Netgear patch said to leave backdoor problem in router Microsoft Surface Mini seems likely to ship soon New iPad rumor rollup for week ending April 23 27 of the worst product knockoffs in tech WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel®   Data Center Insight: 6 mistakes that have cost others Six Common and Costly Myths that surround Data Center transformation Learn More>> Google Plus now minus chief Vic Gundotra Vic Gundotra, the man behind Google Plus and one of Google's most prominent executives, announced today that he will leave the company "effective immediately." Read More   Online black market designed to evade feds A new plan to perpetuate the online black market takes an approach that aims to make it more difficult for federal law enforcement to interfere. Read More   FCC defends new net neutrality proposal A new net neutrality proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission meets the goals of past efforts and does not destroy open Internet principles, as critics have feared, FCC officials said Thursday. Read More   Dell adds Big Switch to its SDN mix Dell expanded on its open networking initiative this week with a resale arrangement with SDN company Big Switch Networks. Read More   15 tips for surviving -- and thriving -- as an IT contractor Pundits are calling 2014 the year of the IT contractor. Here are 15 tips for setting up shop and making it stick. Read More   Heartbleed prompts joint vendor effort to boost OpenSSL, security Reeling from the Heartbleed security fiasco, major IT vendors including Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Google and Cisco are backing a Linux Foundation initiative designed to boost open source projects considered critical to the industry. Read More   San Diego's SAP system has tripled workloads for some tasks, report says San Diego's US$50 million SAP system has ended up tripling employees' workloads for certain types of tasks, but the city has also failed to devote enough attention to training, according to a consultant's report released earlier this month. Read More   Netgear patch said to leave backdoor problem in router The security researcher who identified an admin backdoor in a range of routers last year has found that Netgear's patches don't adequately address the security issue. Read More   Microsoft Surface Mini seems likely to ship soon Microsoft may be prepping to ship a mini version of its Surface tablets within a month, based on an Amazon.com listing for a case custom made for the device. Read More   New iPad rumor rollup for week ending April 23 iPad rumors have been rare for months, but April showers seemed to have caused them to burst into bloom. Read More   27 of the worst product knockoffs in tech With so much money to be made selling electronics, many just try to copy what's already successful. Read More
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