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Microsoft bundles MDOP goodies into new Windows Intune beta
Microsoft released the beta of Windows Intune, a cloud-based tool that manages desktops for midsized businesses. With it, for the first time, the company is making its desktop virtulization tools, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, available to customers that do not have a Software Assurance license. Read More


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Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely
This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More.

HP boasts "Cisco-free" data center with 3Com networking portfolio
HP has unveiled a new "edge-to-core networking portfolio" based on technology built by 3Com, just one week after closing the $2.7 billion acquisition of the network vendor. Read More

And the state with the fastest broadband is … Delaware
Delaware might be one of the smallest states geographically, but it comes up big when it comes to broadband speeds. According to CDN vendor Akamai's latest data, Delaware leads the United States in broadband connection speeds. Read More

Emergency network still needed, FCC public safety chief says
The Federal Communications Commission's top public safety official renewed his call for creation of a $16 billion national data network for public safety workers to be partly financed by a monthly fee on all broadband users. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Oracle

Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations
Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More

One in four countries block some Google services
Google's services are blocked or censored to some degree in one-fourth of the countries where it operates, the company says. Read More

Seagate, Microsoft launch disk-to-disk to cloud service
Seagate announced it has tightly integrated its EVault backup software and cloud storage service with Microsoft's Data Proteciton Manager disk-based backup appliance to offer multi-vendor application backup managed through a single dashboard. Read More

Broadband has no regulator, BitTorrent CEO says
The Internet industry has to regulate itself by responding to consumer demands in the wake of the recent U.S. federal court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission didn't have authority to enforce its net neutrality rules, BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker says. Read More


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Top 5 Hyper-V Best Practices
Read this whitepaper to get advice on everything from making sure you configure enough network connections, especially in iSCSI, to specifying the specific initiator groups and the correct LUN type when provisioning the NetApp LUN for use with Hyper-V. Learn More!

Networks go green and save you money
Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up. Read More

Technology runs the Boston Marathon
The runners took center stage during the Boston Marathon on Monday, but behind the scenes of the prestigious road race was an enterprise-class data center capable of accurately tracking more than 26,000 runners and relaying that information to a number of outlets. Read More

Net neutrality's enterprise impact
Even though it could be considered to be "old news," by now, the April 6 Federal Court ruling in a case concerning Comcast and an FCC ruling could have long-term and quite serious impact on enterprise networks. Read More



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