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Army takes a flier on OpenSim
The U.S. Army is not new to using simulated virtual environments for training. In fact, almost all soldiers have used virtual simulations, according to Douglas Maxwell, the science and technology manager for virtual world strategic applications at the Army's Simulation & Training Technology Center in Orlando. Read More

WEBCAST: Riverbed Technology

Big Data to Advance Application Performance Engineering
Web applications are increasingly complex with more external dependencies and remote services, add in the sheer volume of transactions, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks is now very challenging. View Now

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WHITE PAPER: Dell

Virtualization Streamlines Public Service Initiatives
Many municipal, county and state governments now deploy virtualized environments to enhance service levels, conserve energy and scale capacity within tight budgets. Find out how four government entities are using server, storage, and desktop virtualization to meet the challenges of today's government. Learn More

No, Google will not merge Android and Chrome, for obvious reasons
It says here that Google will not merge Android and Chrome, for obvious reasons. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT
This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

Inside Office 365 Home Premium
Microsoft is challenging Google Docs with its cloud-based Office 365 Home Premium. Read More

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

Easing the Online Overload
Many transaction processing systems have reached their capacity limits, so the time is right to consider the potential for running tier 1 mission-critical workloads on opens standards. This white paper highlights the key components of a properly structured and highly optmized SQL Server OLTP reference architecture. Read Now!

Surface tablet compared to Zune, Kin in brutal analyst assessment
I know some of you are getting tired of the drum beats of negativity toward Windows 8 and Surface. But in light of Microsoft relenting on the opposition to Office 2013 licensing, it's clear that our voices can be heard in Redmond, and quite frankly, I'd rather nip another Vista in the bud rather than let it go on for years. Read More

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