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	Microsoft Hyper-V bangs away at VMware's popularity Cloud management platforms have recently been expanding support for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform, representing Microsoft's continued efforts to chip away at VMware's dominance in the hypervisor market. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DEMO Enterprise What's trending in wearable computing and digital money? Come to DEMO Enterprise, April 3 in SF to see the best new products in wearable computing, digital money, mobile, health, internet, enterprise, big data and more. All products are handpicked by top VC experts for their innovative design and market potential. Special offer to newsletter subscribers, register and save 40%. In this Issue Cisco: Thousands of web hosting centers now launchpads for attacks Google boosts patents in 2013 but IBM still dominates Net neutrality ruling unlikely to immediately impact broadband market Intel takes 'Intel Inside' to the cloud Try Amazon's cloud for free, using Red Hat tools IBM X series servers now pack Flash into speedy DIMM slots Cisco fixes remote access vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System Get your WAN optimization delivered as a cloud service Micro-windmills can recharge cell phones Microsoft retreats from XP's antivirus kill notice WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP StoreOnce Extends its Industry Leadership In this competitive whitepaper, Edison Group provides an independent, third-party perspective and evaluation of HP's new B6200 StoreOnce Backup System versus EMC Data Domain. Criteria considered included scalability (including capacity and performance), high availability, architectural approach, pricing, and licensing. Learn More Cisco: Thousands of web hosting centers now launchpads for attacks Web hosting centers around the world are being compromised by cyber-criminals that use them to launch major attacks against business and government, says Cisco in its annual security report. This threat really gained full steam last year, the company says. Read More Google boosts patents in 2013 but IBM still dominates IBM retained its patent crown in 2013, snaring more U.S. patents than any other company for the 21st year in a row. But the big news is Google, which quickened its patent pace and climbed to No. 11 in the rankings. Read More Net neutrality ruling unlikely to immediately impact broadband market Despite a big win in a federal appeals court, Internet service providers are unlikely to make dramatic changes in the network access given to content providers such as ESPN, Facebook and Netflix, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell DevOps for the Cloud This white paper delves into why and how integrated cloud management, as part of an overall DevOps strategy, enables true application lifecycle agility. View Now Intel takes 'Intel Inside' to the cloud In 1991, Intel launched the "Intel Inside" program, making its microprocessors a selling point of PC purchases. Over 20 years later, Intel is bringing the same concept to the cloud. Read More Try Amazon's cloud for free, using Red Hat tools Red Hat, which is the largest single contributor to the OpenStack project, is now offering an opportunity to take a "test drive" on the biggest competitor to the OpenStack project: Amazon Web Services's cloud. Read More IBM X series servers now pack Flash into speedy DIMM slots The next generation of IBM's X-series servers will be able to accommodate solid-state Flash drives clipped into their DIMM memory slots, potentially improving the response times of fast-paced enterprise applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks 7 Principles to Improve Web Site Availability Users hate to wait so when your web site doesn't respond the way visitors expect, your business suffers. This guide offers strategies for scaling your web infrastructure to meet web availability and performance SLAs, enhancing both speed and performance (there is a difference), and delivering superior user experience on any device, in any location. Learn More Cisco fixes remote access vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System Cisco Systems has released software updates for its Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) in order to patch three vulnerabilities that could give remote attackers administrative access to the platform and allow them to execute OS-level commands without authorization. Read More Get your WAN optimization delivered as a cloud service WAN optimization has traditionally been a costly, hardware-heavy solution. Because of the cost and complexities of deployment, it has mostly been a solution for large companies with big budgets. Aryaka offers WAN Optimization as a Service, so now any size company with remote locations can benefit from accelerated access to enterprise or even cloud-hosted SaaS applications. Read More Micro-windmills can recharge cell phones Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have built micro-windmills that could be embedded in a sleeve for a cell phone and, with a wave of the hand, used to recharge a device. Read More Microsoft retreats from XP's antivirus kill notice Microsoft today backpedaled from earlier decisions and said it would extend a limited helping hand to Windows XP users by offering both antivirus signatures and its own Security Essentials software for more than a year after it stops patching the aged OS. Read More
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