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New Juniper SDN device portends forklift upgrades for core Ethernet switch

10 Tech Products to Boost Your Small Business Productivity

Deep inside Windows Blue: 10 coolest features in Microsoft's leaked OS

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March 26, 2013
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New Juniper SDN device portends forklift upgrades for core Ethernet switch

Any hopes Juniper EX8200 customers had that the core switch would grow to support next-generation 40/100G Ethernet, mobility, media-rich traffic, virtualization or cloud have been dashed.

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Issue highlights

1. 10 Tech Products to Boost Your Small Business Productivity

2. Deep inside Windows Blue: 10 coolest features in Microsoft's leaked OS

3. Windows 8 Update: 50k apps now in Windows Store

4. Mobile's browser usage share jumps 26% in three months

5. DreamWorks tops compute-cycle record with 'The Croods'

6. Foxconn deal to become major shareholder in Sharp falls apart

7. Yahoo buys teen's startup for $30M, hires him … and WHAT?

8. Nokia uses its patents to block Google's VP8 video codec

9. Have an older PC? Try the new Ubuntu Linux-based LXLE

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NEC

SDN is Remaking the Network.

But NEC's ProgrammableFlow® is reshaping the network. Less complexity, lower TCO and higher performance boost business productivity. NEC architecture delivers true SDN: simplified network management; high-end performance; mission-critical business processes. Learn More.

10 Tech Products to Boost Your Small Business Productivity

From mini storage arrays to IP cameras to print servers, these 10 hardware devices will help you run your small business more efficiently whether you're in the office or hitting the road to close a deal. READ MORE

Deep inside Windows Blue: 10 coolest features in Microsoft's leaked OS

After an abundance of rumors, whispers, and slip-ups in job postings, we now have more concrete evidence of Microsoft's secretive Windows Blue operating system: An honest-to-goodness leak of an early build of the OS. READ MORE

Windows 8 Update: 50k apps now in Windows Store

There are now more than 50,000 Windows 8-only applications available in the Windows Store, a big jump from when Windows 8 launched, but a far cry from what the company projected just before the launch. READ MORE

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: InterMapper

The #1 real-time network mapping and monitoring tool.

InterMapper provides an at-a-glance, real-time view of your network devices, services, applications, connections and traffic patterns. Drilling down on maps uncovers details needed to fix performance problems. It is an industrial strength monitoring, mapping and alerting tool that empowers network administrators to maintain healthy IT environments.

Mobile's browser usage share jumps 26% in three months

Mobile-based browsing has tripled in the last two years, and is making significant inroads on traditional Internet access from personal computers, according to statistics from a Web metrics company. READ MORE

DreamWorks tops compute-cycle record with 'The Croods'

"The Croods" is the most sophisticated 3D film to date from DreamWorks, having taken 15 million more compute hours to render and 250TB of storage to make READ MORE

Foxconn deal to become major shareholder in Sharp falls apart

A deal that would have made electronics giant Foxconn a major shareholder in Japan display maker Sharp has fallen apart, though the companies remain close partners in the complex global electronics supply chain. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP

This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments. Learn More!

Yahoo buys teen's startup for $30M, hires him … and WHAT?

Yahoo today announced that it is shelling out $30 million to acquire Summly, maker of a mobile news aggregation app, and will be hiring the 17-year-old programming wunderkind, Nick D'Aloisio, who developed the technology on his bedroom PC. READ MORE

Nokia uses its patents to block Google's VP8 video codec

Nokia said on Monday it is not prepared to license any of its patented technologies that might be essential to the VP8 video codec that is backed by Google. READ MORE

Have an older PC? Try the new Ubuntu Linux-based LXLE

For users of Microsoft Windows, frequent hardware upgrades tend to be a fact of life in order to keep each new iteration of the resources-hungry operating system running smoothly. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Verisign Inc.

DDoS Mitigation Best Practices For a Changing Landscape

Given the extraordinary changes in the DDoS terrain, traditional DDoS mitigation tactics are no longer sufficient for adequate protection. Verisign has identified a set of best practices that enables organizations to keep pace with DDoS attacks while minimizing impact on business operations. Learn more.

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