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Putting Web Threat Protection and Content Filtering in the Cloud

December 31, 2013 12:00am PST

Should IT managers deploy secure web gateways as software or appliances on-premises? Or should they utilize a cloud-based service? You probably know the standard reasons in favor of cloud-based...

Provided by: Webroot Software Inc.

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Putting Web Threat Protection and Content Filtering in the Cloud

December 31, 2013 12:00am PST

Should IT managers deploy secure web gateways as software or appliances on-premises? Or should they utilize a cloud-based service? You probably know the standard reasons in favor of cloud-based...

Provided by: Webroot Software Inc.

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Guide to 50% Faster VMs - No Hardware Required

December 1, 2013 12:00am PST

For administrators who want to increase application performance in their virtual environment without incurring the cost of additional hardware, this white paper outlines how I/O optimization...

Provided by: Condusiv Technologies

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Guide to 50% Faster VMs - No Hardware Required

December 1, 2013 12:00am PST

For administrators who want to increase application performance in their virtual environment without incurring the cost of additional hardware, this white paper outlines how I/O optimization...

Provided by: Condusiv Technologies

Blog Post

Sign in to Windows 8: Microsoft account versus Local account

May 24, 2013 8:25am PDT

Should we use a Local account to sign into Windows 8 or should we use a Microsoft account? Neither choice is wrong; Greg Shultz explains.

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Secure Thunderbird with the help of five apps

May 24, 2013 7:03am PDT

If you're looking for some added security for Thunderbird, you might want to look into the various available extensions.

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The top 10 Windows 7 desktop gadgets

May 24, 2013 2:12am PDT

Deb Shinder introduces the Windows 7 gadgets she finds most useful.

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Add hidden international desktop themes to Windows 7

May 24, 2013 1:18am PDT

There are several hidden international themes in Windows 7 that are not visible through the normal personalization section of the Control Panel. Mark Kaelin shows you how to add them to your...

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Windows Desktop wallpaper for Independence Day

May 24, 2013 12:50am PDT

In a previous Microsoft Windows Blog post Greg Shultz showed you how to add Independence Day wallpaper. We take it a step further with a Photo Gallery of patriotic images.

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Manage Virtualized and Cloud Environments and the New Software-defined Data Center

May 24, 2013 12:00am PDT

Analyst report by Enterprise Management Associates on the newly announced EMC Service Assurance Suite, and how well it addresses operational challenges and market needs.

Provided by: EMC Australia (grey BG)

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Executive's guide to software-defined networking

May 24, 2013 12:00am PDT

This guide explains what software-defined networking is, what benefits it offers, how it is currently being implemented, and what promise it holds for the future.

Provided by: TechRepublic

Blog Post

Survey: Which technologies are on the SMB IT roadmap?

May 23, 2013 8:13am PDT

TechRepublic would like to know which technologies your organization is using, or considering, and which ones aren't on your IT roadmap. Participate in the next survey and let us know.

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10 things that are hard to find (or gone altogether) in Office 2013

May 23, 2013 6:20am PDT

Is Office 2013 hiding the tools and options you rely on? Here are some features that have been reshuffled -- or removed.

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Blog Post

Google Glass: CIOs say no thanks, or at least, not yet

May 23, 2013 2:49am PDT

Google's wearable tech is quite a spectacle, and while they aren't quite ready to invest yet, CIOs are interested in potential business applications

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Blog Post

Dying of thirst in an ocean of data

May 22, 2013 11:09am PDT

Organizations need to find ways to bring seas of data under control and use methodologies capable of identifying and harvesting the information that they have a need to know.

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Integrating asset management as a hosted application: Is it feasible?

May 22, 2013 10:00am PDT

Asset management presents some challenges as a solution that can be implemented on the SaaS model. Here are the issues to consider.

Blog Post

Q&A: Windows Server 2012 career opportunities

May 22, 2013 6:50am PDT

TechRepublic talks to two Windows Server 2012 experts about the career opportunities it creates for IT professionals.

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The Power of Windows Server 2012 and EMC Infrastrucutre for Microsoft Private Cloud Environments

May 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

It's no secret that organisations continue to produce overwhelming amounts of data at unprecedented rates. Moving large volumes of data among physical servers can tax even the fastest networks and...

Provided by: EMC Australia (grey BG)

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EMC Service Assurance Suite: Manage Virtualized and Cloud Environments and the New Software-defined Data Center

May 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

Analyst report by Enterprise Management Associates on the newly announced EMC Service Assurance Suite, and how well it addresses operational challenges and market needs.

Provided by: EMC

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A Secure Data Forwarding Schema for Cloud Storage Systems

May 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

Cloud computing has been envisioned as the next-generation architecture of IT Enterprise. It moves the application software and databases to the centralized large data centers, where the...

Provided by: Interscience Open Access Journals