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12 (FREE!) apps to turn Windows Phone 8 into an IT tool
IT pros who carry a Windows Phone already know it can be used to access content stored in their SkyDrive cloud accounts. But the handset can become a key part of their everyday toolbox with the addition of some apps that are available for download from the Windows Phone Store. They can meet the needs of network admins, help desk staff, developers and more as they move about during the workday. And the best thing about this sampling is they're all available for free. Read More

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WEBCAST: Fluke Networks

Best Practices Performance Monitoring Recorded Webinar
Webinar will examine the driving factors, objectives, requirements, and best practices surrounding converged network and application performance management. Learn More

What GE's cloud computing foray means for big data
As if GE doesn't already have enough on its plate, the company entered the cloud computing marketing this week, announcing plans to provide cloud-based analytics services for its industrial customers. Read More

Start-up readies network-optimized Linux for data centers
Start-up Cumulus Networks this week has emerged with a Linux network operating system designed for programmable data centers like the ones Google and Facebook are building. Read More

Intel chooses sides in wireless power market
Intel has joined The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), an industry group that hopes its "flexible wireless power" specification for mobile wireless charging can become an industry standard. Read More

WHITE PAPER: HP

Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities
Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. Ensuring performance of these mobile apps is critical, yet performance is difficult to monitor. Read Now!

Alcatel-Lucent hopes shift to IP networking and ultra broadband will lead to profit by 2015
Alcatel-Lucent will refocus on IP networking and ultra-broadband access in mobile and fixed-line networks as it seeks to return to profitability by 2015. Read More

With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program
The Wi-Fi Alliance unveiled a certification program for 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also known as 5G Wi-Fi) designed to make sure devices using the wireless technology interoperate with older hardware. Read More

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Airwatch CEO: We'll be the "breakout market leader" in mobile management
Airwatch has emerged as one of the clear leaders in mobile device management (MDM), but the company faces numerous challenges, including a rapidly evolving market that's moving away from simply managing devices and toward more complicated control of apps and data. Read More

WEBCAST: IBM

Content Analytics Explained
Content Analytics Explained - Listen to Bob Foyle, Sr. Product Manager, IBM talk about Content Analytics and the Analytics Imperative. Learn More.

A final, desperate -- and doomed -- push for H-1B restrictions
The Senate is expected to vote next week on an immigration bill, and it is likely to pass after one last fight to give U.S. workers hiring preference over foreigners with H-1B visas. Read More

NSA defends spying as backlash rages
Mounting backlash against National Security Agency spying practices is now coming from sources as varied as security expert Bruce Schneier, former Reagan-era budget director David Stockman and high-level representatives of European countries. Read More

Pakistan using Netsweeper to block Internet content, say researchers
Web content filtering company Netsweeper has supplied its products to Pakistan, even as some top IT companies have refused to supply gear for a controversial filtering project, a Canadian research group has disclosed. Read More

Windows Phone 'weak', Huawei sneers
Huawei calls the Windows Phone platform weak despite using it as the foundation for some of the smartphones it makes. Read More

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Best security tools for under $3,000

Check Point wins test of eight unified threat management (UTM) devices for small business.

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