EMC reportedly held merger talks with Hewlett-Packard

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	EMC reportedly held merger talks with Hewlett-Packard HP CEO Meg Whitman would have led a combined company, according to the Wall Street Journal Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: PC Connection Need to justify a storage refresh? Get SMART, get started. Storage modernization unlocks the full potential of your data center. It increases storage capacity, boosts performance, and reduces costs per gigabyte. Click to continue In this Issue Cloud storage users share pros and cons of leading services Ericsson acquires majority stake in Apcera for cloud policy compliance Ex-Cisco employee pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 'Google Maps case' The wild world of workplace wearables New products of the week 09.22.2014 WHITE PAPER: Imation Storage Configuration Guide Learn how to meet specific storage requirements ranging from backup to virtual server infrastructures. With the ever-changing and fast moving IT market, it is more critical than ever to efficiently design a storage system as it provides an underpinning for all elements within the IT infrastructure. Learn More Cloud storage users share pros and cons of leading services Today's cloud storage/file-sync space is constantly evolving. The recent market gyrations may have you wondering if you should switch to another provider. With that in mind, we conducted an informal poll and asked cloud storage users for their opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of their services of choice.The majority of respondents told us about their likes and dislikes of Dropbox (which earned six favorable mentions); Box (the favorite of five respondents); Google Drive (favored by four); and OneDrive (the recipient of four votes). Some participants use more than one service. A few other respondents chose lesser-known services, which you can read about in the "Cloud Storage Alternatives" section of this story.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WEBCAST: Interactive Intelligence How Moving Your Contact Center to the Cloud Eliminates Risk The total cost of ownership (TCO) debate between a premises and cloud decision continues to wage on. Depending on how you look at it, it seems that you arrive at a different conclusion. However, the missing factor in nearly all cloud contact center and unified communications TCO discussions is the consideration of buyer risk. Learn More Ericsson acquires majority stake in Apcera for cloud policy compliance Cloud software veterans created Apcera's Continuum platform with built-in policy and auditing controls Read More WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic Leader in Forrester Wave evaluation of emerging MSSPs In this paper Forrester shares the results of their 15-criteria evaluation of the top ten emerging players in the MSSP market. Learn More Ex-Cisco employee pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 'Google Maps case' Ex-Cisco engineer Brad Cooper, whose first-degree murder conviction for the 2008 strangulation slaying of his wife Nancy was overturned last year based on disputed Google Maps-related evidence, today pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. According to North Carolina media reports, Cooper will be sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison and has agreed to allow the adoption of his two young daughters by Nancy Cooper’s sister. Whether the sentence includes time served was not clear.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More The wild world of workplace wearables Read More New products of the week 09.22.2014 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Watchguard and Airwatch Read More
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