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	In net neutrality dispute, investors come out in support of small companies Venture capitalists and angel investors are unhappy with net neutrality rules proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, they said in an open letter published Thursday. Read More   In this Issue 6 reasons you'll love Windows Phone 8.1 Interdependence: Good for community, bad for the IoT How to Build a Software Developer Talent Pipeline Are Managed Services the 'Holy Grail' for App Outsourcing? Anti-phishing in Google Chrome a shaky work in progress Cisco, EMC joint venture charts growth Glow in the dark -- how CISOs can find their way through the darkness of the web A smartphone, pad, or whatever top-up battery with built-in solar power that will never run out of juice NTT DoCoMo takes aim at 10Gbps with 5G tests Box zings rivals with massive GE customer win What $1 billion can buy HP in the cloud How Gamification Drives Business Objectives WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance The pressure is on to show tangible value from big data rollouts. Learn how performance monitoring tools can provide network managers and IT administrators insight and visibility into networks, infrastructures and applications far in advance, resulting in smooth transitions, accomplished network managers, and project success. Learn More 6 reasons you'll love Windows Phone 8.1 The mobile world's whipping post deserves a fresh look, thanks to some compelling new features Read More   Interdependence: Good for community, bad for the IoT Size matters. Which is one of the main reasons the Internet of Things (IoT) is, and is likely to remain, a very dangerous place. Read More   How to Build a Software Developer Talent Pipeline Hiring developers is a lot like sales: You must build and engage a pipeline of qualified candidates to accelerate time-to-hire. Some hiring companies are using voluntary coding challenges to do just that. Read More   Are Managed Services the 'Holy Grail' for App Outsourcing? A managed service approach to application development and maintenance seems like a win-win for outsourcing customers and providers. But how do you make it work? Steven Kirz, principal with outsourcing consultancy Pace Harmon, talks about what a successful managed service deal looks like. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Business Impact from IT Agility and Data Center Automation Live Webcast Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT How are your IT peers achieving IT agility? Get the inside scoop from Forrester and Brocade on how enterprise organizations are overcoming IT agility challenges and the results they are achieving – plus get key recommendations and steps you can take to achieve similar results. View now>> Anti-phishing in Google Chrome a shaky work in progress   The anti-phishing feature, currently available in the test version of Google's Chrome, would unlikely provide the boost the browser needs to catch up with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, an expert says. Read More   Cisco, EMC joint venture charts growth The VCE converged infrastructure joint venture between EMC and Cisco said this week it surpassed its goal of generating $1 billion in sales in 2013. VCE also said it is on a $1.8 billion annualized demand run rate coming out of 2013. Read More   Glow in the dark -- how CISOs can find their way through the darkness of the web Even my favorite small sushi shop has a website with an online ordering capability. It also has a blog with news, events, and recipes and an option to subscribe to the newsletter. Read More   A smartphone, pad, or whatever top-up battery with built-in solar power that will never run out of juice Read More   WHITE PAPER: Plantronics   Unleash your UC Potential By Putting Users First What's holding back Unified Communications (UC) adoption? Too often, today's solutions are simply too hard to use. Now, survey results show high-quality audio and a simple and intuitive user experience can turbo-charge acceptance. Read this exclusive report from Plantronics and IDG to learn how you can start making the most of UC. Read now! NTT DoCoMo takes aim at 10Gbps with 5G tests Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has joined forces with six vendors to conduct experimental trials of emerging 5G technologies, hoping to lay the groundwork for mobile networks that offer data transmissions at more than 10Gbps. Read More   Box zings rivals with massive GE customer win Rocked recently by reports that it has delayed its IPO, Box has rebounded with a major customer win, snapping up General Electric, which plans to roll out the cloud storage and file sharing service to its 300,000 employees worldwide. Read More   What $1 billion can buy HP in the cloud The chief of HP's cloud sales, Kerry Bailey, says that a push to sell an enterprise open-sourced based public and private cloud platform is "one of the biggest strategic investments HP has had." To support it the company plans to spend $1 billion in the next two years on research, product development, implementation and support to install its newly-minted HP Helion cloud platform. 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