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 | 20 awesome tech products at DEMO Build-your-own iPhone and Android apps, cloud services, photo tools and more on display at DEMO Spring 2011. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Improve Application Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. In this Issue
WHITE PAPER: IBM Defining a Framework for Cloud Adoption Read this white paper to understand IBM's framework for cloud computing adoption which establishes common definitions, delivery models and services and identifies key aspects required for a successful cloud computing execution. Read Now Pay no attention to that widget recording your every move Ever wonder how much of a time suck Bejeweled is? Or how often your legitimate work-related research on the Web deteriorates into recreational browsing? Now there is software that will tell not only you, but also your boss and your coworkers. Read More Windows Live Mesh goes live without support for Linux On March 31, Microsoft will stop supporting the beta version of Live Mesh. Users of the file synching service must manually upgrade to the full production Windows Live Mesh service or lose the data stored in their folders. This cloud service synchs files between multiple Windows machines and Macs, but because it doesn't support Linux, other services like Dropbox still have an edge. Read More Microsoft pooh-poohs Google Cloud Connect Yesterday, Google released a tool that let's Microsoft Office users automatically sync and share documents on their PCs via Google Docs. Today, Microsoft fired back in a blog post that accuses Google Cloud Connect of being difficult to install, a potential cause of data loss, a drain on application performance and a security/privacy risk. Read More WEBCAST: Adobe Turn Unrealistic Deadlines into Realistic Deadlines Adobe Acrobat X can help give your team the power to turn unrealistic deadlines into realistic deadlines.Join the Adobe Acrobat X software webinar and go from under pressure to overachieving. Learn More Don't fear the cloud What's with all the FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) circulating on cloud, fueling unrealistic fears? The cloud is a deployment choice that deserves the same risk management procedures you put in place for any other platform. Read More Amazon wants to make it easier to build complex clouds With the launch of CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to make it easier for enterprises to put together stacks of applications and resources for its cloud computing service. Read More Intel plots 'client-aware' cloud services Intel wants the cloud to be a bit smarter. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution for You The importance of a solid Active Directory (AD) bridge in your diverse IT environment can't be minimized. An AD bridge allows Unix, Linux and Mac systems to coexist with a Windows infrastructure. Further, it consolidates countless identities and passwords, reducing complexity and cost while improving security and productivity. Read Now Verizon to offer cloud-based unified communications Verizon is getting set to offer its customers unified communications services that can include presence information, instant messaging, videoconferencing and fixed-mobile call handoffs through a Cisco Systems-based cloud infrastructure. Read More Box.net closes $48M funding round In yet another sign of cloud-hosted software's momentum in the business market, Box.net, which makes a software-as-a-service content management application, announced it has closed a US$48 million funding round. Read More Citrix invests in personal cloud management company Citrix Systems has invested in Primadesk, a company that is developing a free, Web-based application to help users keep track of content stored in different cloud-based services. Read More Google Gmail outage leaves 150,000 users without e-mail About 150,000 of Google's Gmail users woke up Sunday morning to missing e-mails, contacts and chat histories. Read More India's MindTree offers remote IT management tools MindTree, a mid-size Indian outsourcer, has developed its own remote IT infrastructure management service delivery platform, MWatch, in a bid to differentiate its remote management services from those of its larger competitors. Read More | | ||||||||
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GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS When IT professionals cheat We asked 200 IT professionals to tell us how often IT workers cheat on certification exams, buy fake gear or illegally share software. Here are the results. Tech 'firsts' that made a President's day From the first presidential steamboat ride to the introduction of electricity in the White House to Obama's famous BlackBerry, our nation's commanders in chief have always enjoyed the privilege of being exposed to technology's cutting edge -- even if they haven't always embraced the opportunities. MOST-READ STORIES
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