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	10 things you need to know about Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 Since the release of the first Surface nearly two years ago, Microsoft has been improving and revising its line of tablets. We tested a Surface Pro 3 that came with an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, and 256 GB SSD. Microsoft also included a Type Cover -- the keyboard designed for this tablet that also serves as a protective cover, which is normally sold separately. Bottom line: The Surface Pro 3 is a beautifully designed machine that shows off the Windows 8.1 operating system. It's billed as a tablet, but I found myself preferring to use it as a notebook, a nifty ultraportable one -- and doing so through the Windows desktop environment.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Maintain Less. Create More. Spend less on maintenance and spend more time creating with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Read on to learn how Red Hat can help you lower operating costs by up to 34%. Read Now In this Issue INSIDER 5 Big Data projects that could change your life Ubuntu 14.04: The good, the bad, the Unity Ubuntu 14.04: Is Canonical taking on too much? WHITE PAPER: BMC Software IT Friction and Your Organization This report outlines key issues that cause friction between business users and IT. Learn More INSIDER 5 Big Data projects that could change your life Most over-hyped technology trends wear out their welcome pretty quickly, which should make skeptics among us wary about Big Data. However, while Big Data is being touted as the latest trend that will change the world, the skeptics aren't as, well, skeptical as they were about cloud and social.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Winning the Paper Wars In this report, AIIM looks at the reasons for this poor progress, measure the adoption of digital mailrooms, chart the progress of mobile capture, and show which paper-free processes are the most effective. Learn More Ubuntu 14.04: The good, the bad, the Unity Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves that it doesn't matter if you're Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough. Canonical is trying to cover the bases of cloud, server, desktop, smartphone/tablet, plus management and support and services add-ons. In this release, Cloud and Server get much attention; Desktop not so much. And the Ubuntu smartphone/tablet bits aren't reviewed here as there are no production versions in the wild.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Top 5 must-haves to update your WAN optimization solution Read this paper to learn more how WAN optimization offerings need to evolve to provide coverage for these and other business-driven IT trends and initiatives. Read Now Ubuntu 14.04: Is Canonical taking on too much? The recent release of Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves to us once again that it doesn't matter if you're Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough.Canonical's twice-a-year Ubuntu releases are boldly trying to cover the bases of cloud, server, desktop, smartphone/tablet, plus management and support and services add-ons specific to each platform.In this release, Cloud and Server get much attention; Desktop not so much. Read More
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