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	14 geeky ways to celebrate Friday the 13th Don't be scared, there's plenty to do on Friday, Sept. 13 Read More WEBCAST: Juniper Networks Converged Access for a More Agile Enterprise A new convergence trend is making its way through the enterprise: converged user access across wired and wireless networks. Driving this trend is the need to accommodate a dizzying array of devices and data, communicating wirelessly from a variety of locations across and outside of the enterprise. View now >> In this Issue Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel Gartner: Be wary of nascent managed mobility services Lessons from numbers guru Nate Silver about working with big data Zuckerberg calls Bill Gates a hero; talks mobile, challenges 12 open source tools every Windows admin will love BlackBerry Q10: You'll either love it or hate it Tablet shipments will surpass desktops and laptops in Q4 Big Blue buttons down big data BMC chief: Our going private is 'great news for customers, bad news for competitors' WEBCAST: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel's willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft. Read More Gartner: Be wary of nascent managed mobility services Managed mobility services (MMS) are still fairly young and providers vary considerably, with few having the type of global reach to potentially support the enterprise with any worldwide deployments of smartphones or tablets, Gartner warns in a recent "Magic Quadrant" report on the topic. Read More Lessons from numbers guru Nate Silver about working with big data There's a big misconception about big data, renowned statistician and blogger Nate Silver says. It's not enough to just have access to massive amounts of data: You need to know how to use it and what to do with it. Read More WEBCAST: Egnyte The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Sharing Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now! Zuckerberg calls Bill Gates a hero; talks mobile, challenges Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg figures he's about the last guy anyone would come to for advice on how to launch an IPO. Read More 12 open source tools every Windows admin will love We mined Microsoft's open source hosting repository to unearth 12 invaluable Windows admin tools -- and they're all free. Read More BlackBerry Q10: You'll either love it or hate it Physical keyboard addicts now have a smartphone designed for them, but no one else may want to suffer the drawbacks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Solutions Inc. What You Need to Know About 802.11AC The first standard wireless LANs emerged at 1Mbps and 2Mbps to serve niche applications such as warehouse picking, inventory scanning and, in office buildings where mobility wasn't a requirement, cordless PC connections aimed at lowering cabling costs. Fast forward through several WLAN generations to today, and the story has completely changed. Learn more. Tablet shipments will surpass desktops and laptops in Q4 Tablet shipments will surpass desktop and laptop PCs in the fourth quarter of 2013, IDC predicted Wednesday. Read More Big Blue buttons down big data IBM wants to help IT managers apply company policies to their big data analysis projects. Read More BMC chief: Our going private is 'great news for customers, bad news for competitors' While Dell has captured headlines for months as it attempts the transition from public to private company, BMC Software went private on Tuesday without all the drama and shareholder fireworks. Read More
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