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	Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks Hackers are already exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and security experts said. Read More   In this Issue BlackBerry opens management of its smartphones to rivals Real reason behind California's kill-switch bill: Bieber Cisco's IoT chief resigns BYOD may be SOP, but it's still a headache for IT How Riverbed is reinventing itself With the Internet of Things, smart buildings pose big risk INSIDER Step-by-step guide to documenting your network TechEd: Microsoft reveals new Office features available only in the cloud Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development WHITE PAPER: Dell and Intel   The Dell Advantage: What You Don't Know about Dell These "fast facts" demonstrate Dell's industry leadership, unique design philosophy, and #1 positions in cloud, virtualization, iSCSI and enterprise support, find out how Dell is helping its customers get more from their technology. Learn more! BlackBerry opens management of its smartphones to rivals BlackBerry is allowing rivals AirWatch, Citrix, SAP and IBM to directly manage its smartphones with the Blackberry 10 operating system as part of its strategy to open up management of its devices to third parties. Read More   Real reason behind California's kill-switch bill: Bieber Those crafty California lawmakers saw this one coming and now we know the real reason they are pushing for cell phones sold in that state to come equipped with a kill switch: the one pop-star crime wave that is Justin Bieber. Read More   Cisco's IoT chief resigns Cisco Systems' point man on the Internet of Things (IoT) has resigned just as industries start to explore how millions of sensors and devices can be connected over networks. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems   Why workloads define cloud strategies Cloud computing changes how organizations think about their business and IT strategies. As organizations define their cloud strategies, it is imperative to think about the use cases and application workloads that will run in the cloud, as these will ultimately define your cloud architecture and which solutions to deploy. View now BYOD may be SOP, but it's still a headache for IT Just because BYOD has become standard operating procedure in most workplaces doesn't mean the practice has stopped causing challenges for IT. Read More   How Riverbed is reinventing itself Over the years, a number of companies have become synonymous with certain technology markets. These are companies that have been the primary evangelists for a market and are typically the technology and/or share leaders. Examples of this are F5 with Application Delivery Controllers and Aruba Networks in wireless LAN. In the WAN optimization, Riverbed is that vendor. Read More   With the Internet of Things, smart buildings pose big risk   In an Internet of Things world, smart buildings with web-enabled technologies for managing heat, lighting, ventilation, elevators and other systems pose a more immediate security risk for enterprises than consumer technologies. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Delivering Business Intelligence This white paper provides an overview of BI building blocks and deployments -- from classic data warehouses to Big Data and real-time analytics, as well as the demand for mobile solutions that can provide actionable intelligence from anywhere. View Now   INSIDER Step-by-step guide to documenting your network Every network should have a customized manual of sorts with maps showing the network layout and written documentation on all the basic aspects of the network. Read More   TechEd: Microsoft reveals new Office features available only in the cloud Microsoft showed off new Office features at TechEd 2014, but some of them will never be available to customers who don't embrace the cloud version of the software suite, Office 365, and the company will take its time bringing others to market for Office Server users. Read More   Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development Salesforce.com has made another step toward unifying its family of application development technologies with Salesforce1 Heroku Connect, which synchronizes data between its Force.com platform and Heroku. Read More
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