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	Why the cloud requires a totally different data center If there's one mind-blowing statistic about Amazon Web Services, it's the company's scale. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! In this Issue The waiting ends for EMC's XtremIO all-flash storage array Verizon cozies up with Cloud Foundry as PaaS market heats up Alcatel-Lucent challenges Cisco, Brocade unified access Hot new products from Amazon's cloud show Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Vertical Video Edition Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive Holiday gift guide 2013 [2013 Cool Yule Tools] Gift Guide 2013: Extras and Accessories Gift Guide 2013: POWER Gadgets Gift Guide 2013: Phones, tablets and computers Gift Guide 2013: Outdoor gear or travel gear Gift Guide 2013: Health and fitness gadgets Gift Guide 2013: Audio gadgets Gift Guide 2013: Home and digital life gadgets Gift Guide 2013: Photo and video gadgets Gift Guide 2013: Work gadgets Gift Guide 2013: Games and gaming gear RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Corporation Manage storage growth & archiving with StorSimple StorSimple cloud-integrated storage (CiS) provides primary storage, backup, archive, and disaster recovery. Combined with Windows Azure, this hybrid cloud storage solution optimizes total storage costs and data protection for enterprises. This allows you to optimize total storage costs and increase data protection and service agility. Download an informative eBook where you can gain insight into topics ranging from scaling architecture, to dynamically allocating and expanding capacity. Download today The waiting ends for EMC's XtremIO all-flash storage array EMC's long-awaited entry into all-flash storage arrays will finally get a full-fledged rollout next week, possibly setting the terms for mastery of the fledgling product category along the way. Read More   Verizon cozies up with Cloud Foundry as PaaS market heats up Verizon, which just recently launched a major overhaul to its cloud platform, today announced plans to integrate the VMware/EMC-backed Cloud Foundry open source platform as a service (PaaS) initiative into its offering. Read More   Alcatel-Lucent challenges Cisco, Brocade unified access Alcatel-Lucent is offering its enterprise switch users a free software upgrade to converge wired Ethernet networks with wireless from Aruba Networks. Read More   Hot new products from Amazon's cloud show Amazon's re:Invent conference is a hot place to show off the latest and greatest tools for the cloud Read More   Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Vertical Video Edition No. 22 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series addresses a common issue that has plagued many a cell-phone videographer. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": And if you'd like me to consider one that you've found - or created - please feel free to send it to me at buzz@nww.com. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Tech Brief: Exchange 2013 Data Loss Prevention Protecting your company's critical data is a critical, mandatory part of an Exchange administrator's tasks. In this white paper, learn about the data loss prevention feature in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online, how it controls inbound and outbound data flow and how it works for businesses of any size. Read now! Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. Read More   Holiday gift guide 2013 [2013 Cool Yule Tools] The holidays are here, and it's time to rock! With more than 140 products to choose from, let us take you on a journey through our favorite personal technology products and gift ideas for the techie on your list. From phones to computers to the hottest video games, we've got a bunch of great gift ideas. Please peruse and share with friends and family! Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Extras and Accessories Our annual holiday gift guide always ends up with devices and gadgets that we just can't fit into the other buckets. But rather than not consider them, we create a "miscellaneous" bucket. If you're an artist, creative type or are just looking for something to keep track of your keys, check out some of these gift ideas / suggestions: Read More   Gift Guide 2013: POWER Gadgets In general giving someone the gift of a device that can recharge the battery on their smartphone or tablet might not be on the top of your list. After all, people are generally more excited opening the box on their new phone, tablet or music player than a small black box with power prongs attached to it. Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Phones, tablets and computers In the past, we used to separate out categories for cell phones, tablets and computers. In theory, we still could create separate guides just for those products - there are so many options to choose from and not a week goes by where another phone, tablet or computer hits the market. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Make your business smarter with cloud-based analytics Learn how sales, finance, investment, risk, marketing, and procurement leaders are using SaaS-based business analytics to become more agile, serve the customer better, and deliver business results. Learn More. Gift Guide 2013: Outdoor gear or travel gear While many of these gift ideas would make for a better fit in our summer gadget gift guide, these outdoor gadgets could still be used in parts of the country (or world) where the chilling cold of winter hasn't struck yet. In addition, cases and things that protect your devices never go out of style, whether indoors or outdoors. Here are our favorite devices that sort of fit this category of outdoor gear or on-the-road gadgets: Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Health and fitness gadgets There's no time like the present to start thinking about ways to make you feel better or get healthier. The gadgets and gift ideas presented here focus on exercise-related gadgets and two ways on getting a better night's sleep, which has been shown as one of the best ways to get healthier. Use these in-between your long bouts of videogame playing or video watching on the couch! Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Audio gadgets Music drives a lot of what we get out of our technology devices - if you can't hear the music from your device, or share it with others, it's just a bunch of ones and zeros sitting on a magnetic hard drive. Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Home and digital life gadgets Like many categories that we've chosen for this year's holiday gift guide, the lines are blurred. Several devices within the "home" category could fall into the "Audio Gear", "Video gear" or "Work/Office Gear" categories, considering how much work we do at home, or how much home technology we bring to work. Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Photo and video gadgets Like the world of smartphones and tablets, where there are so many choices and options that trying to highlight them all is an experiment in confusion, the world of digital cameras and video cameras presents a multitude of devices. For this wrapup, then, we're presenting a bunch of materials that the photographer and/or videographer would like to include in their arsenals, with a focus on things that let people watch videos or produce photos easier. Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Work gadgets The merging world of personal technology and workplace technology is always a fascinating scene to observe, so a lot of devices here can be utilized at home, and vice versa (see our Digital Life article for home-related tech gift ideas). But for the most part, we're confident that your work life will improve with these gadgets - peruse the writeups for gift ideas for your favorite colleague! Read More   Gift Guide 2013: Games and gaming gear Let's face it - this holiday season is going to be really good for the video gamer on your holiday list. Not only are there two new gaming consoles coming out (the Xbox One and Sony Playstation 4), but there are a bunch of games that will keep you entertained for months on end. Plus the accessories to enhance those games and experiences continue to be top-notch. Read More
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