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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Virtual reality gets real

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Virtual reality gets real
10 examples of virtual reality in gaming, science and training simulations Read More


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RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: PhoneFactor

Phones Become the Leading Multi-Factor Authentication Device
Escalating IT security threats and strengthening regulatory requirements are driving multi-factor authentication adoption to unprecedented levels. Increasingly implementations are leveraging phone-based authentication instead of hardware security tokens. In fact, analysts report phone-based authentication will comprise 61% of the market by 2014. Download The Authentication Revolution whitepaper to understand the key drivers for this market shift, including real world case studies from organizations that have made the move to PhoneFactor's phone-based multi-factor authentication.

Free security products out there for the asking
Security software developers have a long history of making their work available for free. Here's a small taste, keeping in mind a few caveats, like uncertain support or limited capabilities relative to paid products. Read More

The LTE iPhone experience: What to expect with iPhone 5
You have it in the iPhone 5: the first LTE iPhone from Apple. Now what? Read More

IPv6 traffic rises in U.S., but remains sliver of overall Internet
U.S. ISPs are reporting a significant rise in IPv6 traffic during the last three months, even though the overall numbers remain tiny -- less than 1% of Internet traffic. Read More


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Want to telework? Not so fast, IT
IT pro spend their days figuring out how to support a mobile workforce that can operate wholly off-site, yet the telework perk remains elusive for them. Read More

INSIDER
Microsoft delivers powerful tools for multi-platform virtualization management
The System Center 2012 modules that we previously tested -- Orchestrator and Configuration Manager -- require forklift upgrades. But the modules we tested this time around - App Controller, Virtual Machine Manager and Data Protection Manager -- are more graceful and, in some cases, more powerful. Read More

Apprenda wants you to build your apps for the cloud ... for free
Continuing on a theme of cloud vendors offering free or low-cost versions of their offerings, private platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company Apprenda this week launched a freemium "express" version of its application development service. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation)

Top 10 Myths About Recovering Deleted Files
You might be surprised! In this White Paper, many of the common and incorrect assumptions about file protection and recovery are detailed as well as a look Condusiv Technologies' Undelete 10, which fills many of the gaps left by other "recovery" methods. Read Now!

Netfix to ditch data center, embrace cloud
Netflix no longer wants to run a data center to support its in-house IT services. So it's shifting internal applications to Amazon's cloud and turning to software-as-a-service providers for other business systems. Read More

Looking for a great job in IT? The cloud is hiring
IT is moving to the cloud -- and so are the jobs. Here's how to cash in on the hot trend in tech hiring Read More

Cloud Will Save U.S. Government Billions, But Security Concerns Persist
New study finds that government agencies can net substantial savings by moving mission-critical applications to the cloud, but security remains a top concern. Read More

Microsoft data center pollutes, then wastes millions of watts to avoid paying fine
Microsoft and other tech giants like to promote the environmentally-friendly idea of green IT. For example, Microsoft has promoted the top 10 business practices for environmentally sustainable data centers. Read More

20 security and privacy apps for Androids and iPhones
Encrypted storage, malware scanners, missing-phone-finders and more: Here are 20 apps to help protect your smartphone, your privacy and your data. Read More



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