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WHITE PAPER: IBM

Maximizing enterprise resource planning ROI
In this paper, we highlight the common reasons why midsize companies often do not realize significant ROI with their ERP system implementations and suggest solutions for getting the most value from their applications. Learn More.

Apple reportedly testing larger-screened iPhones and iPads
Apple executives have long spoken ill of devices with larger screens. You might even remember that Steve Jobs once proclaimed that any tablets with a screen size less than 9.7-inches would be dead on arrival. Not a few years later, Apple released the extremely successful iPad Mini. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology

Why IT Performance is Strategic for the Data Center
The reality today is that organizations have to transition their data center environments in order to remain competitive in a highly dynamic global market. It will be important to understand that the network will play a critical role in determining the success or failure of this process. Download now to learn more. Read now

Will Wearable Technology Kill the Smartphone?
When it comes to emerging technology, 'wearables' may be the talk of the town these days. But don't throw away your trusty smartphone. It may become the driving force behind wearable technology such as glasses, watches and clothing. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary
Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More

INSIDER

Chambers: Cisco will become the number 1 IT company
Think software-defined networking will change the industry? You're thinking way too small, according to Cisco CEO John Chambers. In Cisco's strategy, SDN is just a single element in a holistic architecture that brings intelligence, programmability and application awareness to every facet of your infrastructure and spans the data center to the cloud. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Chambers spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about the power of Cisco's Unified Framework and how delivering on that vision could make Cisco the number one IT company overall. No small ambition there. Read More

10 competitors Cisco couldn't kill off
Some companies actually thrived while Cisco knocked off most of its competitors. Read More

'This is a 3D printed jet engine'
The tweet from General Electric reads: "This is a 3D printed jet engine." Is it real? Well, yes and no. "While it's not to scale, this 1.5 inch long model was made entirely from direct metal laser melting and required no assembly," explains GE in another tweet. Does it work? "Not quite," GE acknowledges. "However, the fan blades are able to rotate!" Read More

SLIDESHOWS

12 of the worst data breaches of 2013 so far

The Identity Theft Resource Center, which tracks disclosed data breaches, has recorded 301 for the first half of 2013.

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