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Whitepapers

KISS: "Key It Simple and Secure" Corporate Key Management

April 10, 2013 12:00am PDT

Deploying a corporate key management system faces fundamental challenges, such as fine-grained key usage control and secure system administration. None of the current commercial systems (either...

Provided by: Carnegie Mellon University

Whitepapers

Energy Efficient Homogeneous Vs Heterogeneous LEACH

April 10, 2013 12:00am PDT

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), it is an important task to periodically collect data from an area of interest for time-sensitive applications. The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a type of...

Provided by: International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)

Whitepapers

On Fairness-Efficiency Tradeoffs for Multi-Resource Packet Processing

April 9, 2013 12:00am PDT

Middleboxes are widely deployed in today's datacenter networks. They perform a variety of network functions, each requiring multiple hardware resources, such as CPU cycles and link bandwidth....

Provided by: University of Toledo

Discussion Threads

Software-Defined Networking: How it affects network security

April 8, 2013 8:14am PDT

Software-Defined Networking: How it affects network security article root Software-defined networking is definitely a disruptive technology I was amazed at the potential, I was also concerned by...

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Blog Post

The Linux desktop 'mess'

April 8, 2013 7:37am PDT

Is the Linux desktop really a "mess" as some pundits call it? Jack Wallen takes issue with this claim and explains why he thinks the desktop is getting a bad rap.

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Blog Post

Two data center strategies: Centralization and 'sharding'

April 8, 2013 5:30am PDT

Mary Shacklett looks at two approaches to data center strategy, which can be equally successful as long as they are tied to specific business needs.

Blog Post

Three data trends to look for

April 8, 2013 4:50am PDT

Massive data centers seem more like an albatross around the neck of IT, with huge power bills, expensive maintenance and, large potential upgrade costs. Here are some of the relevant trends as you...

Image Gallery

Top-rated reviews of the week (pictures)

April 6, 2013 1:00am PDT

This week, a slickly powerful Audi gets an Editors' Choice Award and a 3D printer earns four stars. Also, CNET's editors find good value in Monoprice earphones and a Sharp LCD TV, put compact and...

Discussion Threads

10 things you should know about Open Compute

April 5, 2013 3:38am PDT

10 things you should know about Open Compute article root Sensible ...this is the most sensible 'Open' project I have ever seen. IBM have sold their hardware interests, Virtualization have shown...

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Blog Post

10 things you should know about Open Compute

April 4, 2013 12:41pm PDT

The Open Compute Project is breaking new ground with its goal of developing efficient, low-cost servers and data centers that follow the open source model.

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Blog Post

Dell pushes the tablet envelope with the XPS 18

April 4, 2013 8:14am PDT

Find out why Patrick Gray thinks Dell's XPS 18 presents an intriguing use case, especially in the workplace.

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Blog Post

Cloud computing and the evolution of the data center

April 4, 2013 7:28am PDT

Thoran Rodrigues explains how the futures of cloud computing and data center design must evolve together.

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Blog Post

Leading smartphone feature-to-feature comparison chart

April 4, 2013 6:39am PDT

Jack Wallen breaks down the feature offerings of four of the leading business smartphones in the United States.

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Downloads

Hardware Inventory Policy

April 4, 2013 12:00am PDT

TechRepublic's Hardware Inventory Policy assists an organization with tracking each hardware component from purchase and deployment to decommissioning and disposal.

Provided by: TechRepublic Pro

Blog Post

Create your VMware test lab using AutoLab

April 3, 2013 11:46am PDT

AutoLab is a way to bring up a VMware environment through scripted installs to create test/lab environments. Read why Lauren Malhoit calls this tool awesome.

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Blog Post

The 21st century data center: Three game-changers

April 3, 2013 5:30am PDT

Scott Lowe names the three factors that he thinks will change the look of the 21st century data center.

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Live Event

Live Event: Top five data center and cloud automation success strategies for 2013

April 3, 2013 12:00am PDT

Register for this IDC analyst web event and learn five of the most important automation strategies to use today in your data center. Event Date: April 25th, 2013 Time: 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST...

Provided by: HP

EBooks

How Virtualization is Key to Managing Risk

April 3, 2013 12:00am PDT

Is your IT environment ready for a disaster? Virtualization can save your infrastructure before an outage occurs and can also ensure an efficient recovery without data loss. Read this eBook to...

Provided by: VMware

Blog Post

Import and export databases using phpMyAdmin

April 2, 2013 12:19pm PDT

phpMyAdmin offers one of the easiest ways to import and export databases on a MySQL environment. Follow along with Jack Wallen's phpMyAdmin tutorial.

Webcasts

Video: Getting up to speed on the 21st century data center

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Today’s data centers are more critical than ever as the nerve centers of modern business. There are new technologies that can make data centers more flexible, more powerful, and far more...

Provided by: ZDNet