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25 techie Valentine's Day gift ideas
From subtle geekery to blatantly techie devices, Valentine's Day gifts suit a range of personalities. Read More

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Six tips for the care and training of new users
Got a new user? As a responsible IT organization you have to recognize that this is a big responsibility. Read More

Hybrid clouds pose new security challenges
If 2013 is the year enterprises begin implementing their hybrid cloud strategies, as the experts are predicting, then it follows that this will also be the year when hybrid cloud security takes center stage. Read More

Android smartphone tools to keep your Wi-Fi network humming
In the early days of Wi-Fi, site surveys involved running around with a laptop looking at simple signal levels. The next step was map-based tools that provided a good visual of Wi-Fi coverage, but still involved carrying a bulky laptop around. Today, we have apps you can run on your Android-powered smartphone or tablets. We tested three of them: Fluke Network's AirMagnet AirMapper, WolfWiFi Pro from Enterprising Apps, and Ekahau Mobile Survey. Read More

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Measuring Private Cloud Payback
With 2,000 employees spread across five continents, balancing the tradeoff between complexity and performance is no easy task. See how a natural resources firm leveraged WAN optimization to deploy their private cloud and achieve bandwidth utilization reductions of 70%-90% without having to make changes to routers or QoS configurations. Read now!

12 hybrid security products to watch
Securing a hybrid cloud is not the same thing as deploying hybrid security products. Read More

Highly regulated companies tiptoe into social media
Some healthcare providers, financial services firms and other companies in highly regulated industries are taking full advantage of social media, even though they're awash in rules. Here's how they do it. Read More

Cisco finds us increasingly mobile
Worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 13X over the next four years due, not surprisingly, to continued strong growth in the number of mobile Internet connections from personal devices and machine-to-machine applications. Read More

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Storage Management in a Virtualized World
Unified storage eliminates the need for separate systems by translating file-oriented storage into block-oriented storage hiding storage complexity from users and storage admins. Learn the questions to ask prospective vendors and steps to take to maximize benefits from virtualized storage. Learn More.

VA deploys sensors to track most equipment
The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun installing millions of sensors to track any piece of equipment that costs more than $50. Read More

BlackBerry delivers, but the Z10 and Q10 face stiff competition
The newly rechristened BlackBerry delivered on its promise to breathe new life into an aging, iconic product line, but it still faces an uphill battle in a market dominated by Apple's iPhone and devices based on Google's Android operating system. Read More

Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro
Microsoft started selling its Surface Pro tablet on Saturday, and quickly exhausted its supply of the 128GB configuration. Read More

The worst IT addictions (and how to cure them)
Jargon, data, power -- the first step to IT recovery is recognizing the monkey on your back. Read More

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