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Google deploys IPv6 for internal network
In a project that has taken longer than company engineers anticipated, Google is rolling out IPv6 across its entire internal employee network. Read More


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In this Quest Software white paper, read about the inherent challenges of proactive database management, and the what to look for when choosing the right management tool for your company. Read it today. Read now!

Microsoft: We can remotely delete Windows 8 apps
Microsoft will be able to throw a "kill switch" to disable or even remove an app from users' Windows 8 devices, the company revealed in documentation for its upcoming Windows Store. Read More

Cisco flying into the clouds
So Cisco has made two recent moves to aggressively go after as much cloudshare as it can get. The first was naming CIO Rebecca Jacoby to head up its new Cloud and Systems Management Technology Group, which is an amalgamation of three previously separate business units chartered to increase the company's presence in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS markets. Read More

HP has new cloud certifications for technical experts
HP has a new set of expert-level cloud certifications for IT professionals who can design and develop cloud computing solutions based on open systems. The training for the certification exams helps technical professionals gain hands-on experience and knowledge across the cloud technology spectrum. Read More


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Why User Experience Monitoring is Important
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How to tame a bad boss: 8 practical techniques
Employees don't have to suffer under the tyranny of a bad boss. Management experts say employees possess the power to soften a bad boss's sharp edges. Here are eight tactics for making a bad boss more bearable. Read More

Big data has potential but requires care
The proliferation of large-scale data sets is just beginning to change business and science around the world, but enterprises need to prepare in order to gain the most advantage from their information, panelists said at a Silicon Valley event. Read More

Java apps have most flaws, Cobol apps the least, study finds
There is a lot of badly engineered software in the world that's creating a lot of risk to businesses and organizations, and accumulating so-called 'technical debt.' Read More


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CIO Challenges: The Best Defense is a Good Offense
Read this white paper to learn how CIOs are building a foundation for a much more agile business that holds the potential for working in a more flexible way and enabling faster innovation by actively evaluating and experimenting with newer technologies. Learn more.

Surveillance tech companies should not sell to despots says EU
Surveillance technology companies have a moral obligation not to sell to repressive regimes warned Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner. Her views were echoed by the U.S. Secretary of State who said that companies cannot pretend they don't know what their technology is used for in countries like Syria and Iran. Read More

Google offers Currents, a Flipboard-like app
Google has released a free mobile app that pulls content from different websites into one place and lets people build what looks a bit like their own personalized online magazine. Read More

EMC's Greenplum goes big in data analytics
The Greenplum division of EMC is building a single data analytics platform that can crunch both structured and unstructured data and give a broad range of users the tools to study an enterprise's information. Read More

Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks
A U.S. district court in Texas has dismissed all but one of the claims by several banks against Heartland Payment Systems over a massive data breach the payment processor disclosed almost three years ago. Read More



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