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She's gonna blow! Ten Star Trek technologies that are almost here

Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling | Cisco to SDN: Bring It On

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She's gonna blow! Ten Star Trek technologies that are almost here
Warp drives, teleporters, helpful holograms -- the new frontier is a lot closer than you might think Read More


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Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center
As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now

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Choosing the Right Tech for Your Business Analytics Project
The size, speed and scalability of different business analytics technologies vary greatly. The advantages and disadvantages of RDBMS, In-Memory and In-Chip technologies are detailed in this report. Read Now!

Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling
A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard. Read More

Cisco to SDN: Bring It On
Never one to back down from a challenge, Cisco CEO John Chambers expressed unbridled confidence in the company's position as it faces down its next test: the advent of SDNs. Read More

Spiceworks' free management software gets integrated MDM
Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. Read More

ServiceNow wants to be the cloud for IT
Many enterprise IT shops may be reluctant to jump head first into cloud computing. After all, there are a variety of concerns that come with using the cloud, from security to integrations with existing systems, and perhaps most scary: What the cloud will mean for your IT job. Read More

What Can Be Done About the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage?
I've written countless times about the cybersecurity skills shortage but here's a quick summary of a few ESG research data points that illustrate the scope of this problem: 1. 25% of mid-market (i.e. 100 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) report a "problematic shortage" of IT security skills. 2. 36% of organizations increasing IT headcount this year plan to... Read More

MIT to light up umbrellas this weekend, rain or shine
Hundreds of MIT students will light up the Cambridge, Mass., sky on Sunday night using programmable, umbrellas outfitted with colorful LED lights in a large-scale performance piece orchestrated by the MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Pilobolus dance company. The UP (The Umbrella Project) piece involves specially designed umbrellas with hand controllers created... Read More

Google I/O: A quick look at new Maps features
Google I/O: A quick look at new Maps features Google has changed the look of maps for a more simple, streamlined look. Search results are now also found directly in the map; clicking on each brings up a ... From: networkworld Views: 30 3 ratings Time: 01:32 More in Science & Technology Read More

Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says
Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research. Read More

Google I/O swag through the years
A look back at the 5-year-old practice of handing out major hardware at Google I/O Read More



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