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  • How to protect intellectual property in the cloud

    IT professionals know that handing data over to a third-party is always risky, but cloud computing creates unique concerns for IP. Here are nine tips to protect critical corporate data wherever it goes

  • Top Windows 8 features IT admins should be aware of

    Upgrades, system migration, support headaches; IT folks are probably dreading the next major Windows roll-out. Yet Windows 8, which is scheduled to move to the beta stage in late February and will likely launch in the autumn, does offer several compelling new features for both IT and end users.

  • Lack of data scientists is the new Von Neumann bottleneck

    Data is a huge presence within much of business and technology, and the next installment of the O'Reilly Strata Conference will provide attendees a look into the revolutionary ways data is driving, well, everything.

  • A first look at Windows 8 - the OS for everything

    The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals.

  • Citrix says desktop virtualisation is the key to enterprise security

    One of the main reasons for deploying desktop virtualisation is the security advantages it can provide, such as keeping sensitive data off the endpoint, according to Citrix.

  • Operating systems will cease to be important as the browser rises

    Operating systems will remain important for as long as we use computers, but mostly they will matter only to the people behind the scenes.

  • Citrix targets virtualisation, orchestration layers instead of "cloud washing"

    With scores of new cloud companies popping up and so many existing players jumping on the cloud bandwagon, we wondered where the traditional enterprise networking vendors stood?

  • Cisco catching up with the cloud

    The only place Cisco plays directly in the cloud is in the SaaS arena with its WebEx collaboration, video and telepresence services, which account for about $1 billion of Cisco's $40 billion in annual revenue.

  • Five reasons agents are wrong for application performance management

    Despite rapid evolution in the application performance management (APM) market, few enterprise IT organisations would say they have sufficiently solved their application performance problems. If anything, the complexity challenges posed by virtualisation, agile development practices, multi-tier application architectures and other IT mega-trends are outpacing the capabilities of legacy APM products.

  • iOS vs. Android battle echoes Mac vs. PC clash: What's next?

    Smartphones and tablets are becoming the PCs of our time, and there are two major players in the game. Apple's iOS and Google's Android dominate smartphones, with RIM and Microsoft being niche players.





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