Fave Raves: 33 tech pros share their favorite IT products

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	Fave Raves: 33 tech pros share favorite IT products It takes many tools to keep IT systems running smoothly, and tech pros have their personal favorites. What made the cut? Everything from security products and mobile device management tools to data analytics and cloud services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Protect your organization while supporting mobility and BYOD Check out this new white paper to learn how Dell Mobility Solutions for security can help protect your organization's information, systems and networks while simplifying administration and supporting employees with forward-thinking mobility initiatives for a range of devices and operating systems. Learn more In this Issue IBM puts all its cloud services in one place Four things Microsoft needs to do now to boost Windows Phone Shortage of female STEM workers hurts tech industry Smartphone lull a golden opportunity for Microsoft Agile doesn't (necessarily) mean fragile Dell adds Big Switch to its SDN mix Microsoft confirms Internet Explorer zero-day Salesforce.com takes a cue from Amazon's Mayday with 'SOS' for service The 9 Most Difficult-to-Fill IT Roles How to selectively delete browser history WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Your Guide to Troubleshooting VoIP Real-time voice communications are sensitive to delay and variation in packet arrival times. This paper guides you through the essentials of VoIP troubleshooting, including common problems as well as the metrics you should employ to fix and prevent them. Learn More IBM puts all its cloud services in one place IBM has assembled a vast array of hosted cloud services, and now it has somewhere to show them off. Read More Four things Microsoft needs to do now to boost Windows Phone Now that Microsoft has finally closed its acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business the company needs to accelerate efforts to attract more developers, help cut the cost of smartphones running Windows Phone and make sure its new employees feel welcome. Read More Shortage of female STEM workers hurts tech industry The low number of women working in computer science isn't just a concern for tech companies worried about the image problem of a male-dominated workforce. It's also a business challenge. Read More WHITE PAPER: Attachmate Mobile-Enabling Your Workforce with Apps You Already Have Learn how Verastream can unlock your legacy assets and make them seamlessly accessible to your mobile audience. An advanced technology tool and mobile-enablement platform, Verastream can quickly package your applications and data into any format, for any device. Learn More! Smartphone lull a golden opportunity for Microsoft Critics have derided Microsoft's US$7.5 billion acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services business but the deal may be closing at the perfect moment -- during a slowdown in smartphone innovation. Read More Agile doesn't (necessarily) mean fragile To be as competitive as possible more organizations today are creating more agile development and operations teams who are collaborating more closely together than before -- and moving more applications and more application updates than ever before as a result. Some are moving many dozens of updates and infrastructure changes a day. 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 WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Shortcomings of Tape and the Consequences Traditional tape backup has been a low-cost method of protecting valuable data for years. However, tape can be extremely cumbersome and time consuming, and can require a considerable amount of manual intervention to successfully perform regular backups. Some form of business impact analysis will help you understand the cost and risks of downtime. Learn More Microsoft confirms Internet Explorer zero-day On Saturday, late in the evening, Microsoft issued a public advisory confirming the existence of a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer that's being used in targeted attacks online. Read More Salesforce.com takes a cue from Amazon's Mayday with 'SOS' for service Salesforce.com was so impressed by the Mayday customer support feature that Amazon.com rolled out for its Kindle Fire HDX tablets that it's now working to create its own version. Read More The 9 Most Difficult-to-Fill IT Roles Competition for IT workers is fierce in the tech world and skills shortages abound. How fierce? Using data from TEKsystems, we look at what organizations describe as their most difficult-to-fill IT roles. Read More How to selectively delete browser history Rather than delete your entire browsing history after visiting a website you want to keep secret, there's an easy way to remove individual sites. Read More
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