Tuesday, May 29, 2012

After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops

Let's render 'virtual' obsolete | The Java IQ test

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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops
How do you follow up a dismal IPO? In Facebook's case, you buy companies left and right with a vague plan tying them together. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services

Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how

WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems

Why You Need a Cloud Intelligent Network
Can you increase the strategic value of your network while reducing the total cost of IT? Stay competitive and deploy cloud services faster with a cloud intelligent network. Learn how Cisco helps your organization benefit from the cloud sooner, with less risk and a higher degree of success. View Now>>

Let's render 'virtual' obsolete
At some point, novel and forward-thinking concepts and practices become standard and commonplace, and the terms associated with them go by the wayside. So should it be with server virtualization. Read More

The Java IQ test
How much do you really know about James Gosling's general-purpose, object-oriented baby? Take our quiz and find out. Read More

Flash is on Windows 8, but that's just part of the story
Microsoft has negotiated with Adobe for the rights to embed the Flash player in Internet Explorer 10. That isn't a particularly big deal -- but it came as a surprise to those of us who assumed there would be no Internet Explorer Flash in Metro. Read More

IT Outsourcing: Will CIOs Reclaim Their Power?
Independent cloud-based IT service management tools could enable CIOs to wrestle back control of IT once and for all, argues A.T. Kearney's Arjun Sethi. Read More




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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops

Let's render 'virtual' obsolete | The Java IQ test

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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops
How do you follow up a dismal IPO? In Facebook's case, you buy companies left and right with a vague plan tying them together. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services

Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how

WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems

Why You Need a Cloud Intelligent Network
Can you increase the strategic value of your network while reducing the total cost of IT? Stay competitive and deploy cloud services faster with a cloud intelligent network. Learn how Cisco helps your organization benefit from the cloud sooner, with less risk and a higher degree of success. View Now>>

Let's render 'virtual' obsolete
At some point, novel and forward-thinking concepts and practices become standard and commonplace, and the terms associated with them go by the wayside. So should it be with server virtualization. Read More

The Java IQ test
How much do you really know about James Gosling's general-purpose, object-oriented baby? Take our quiz and find out. Read More

Flash is on Windows 8, but that's just part of the story
Microsoft has negotiated with Adobe for the rights to embed the Flash player in Internet Explorer 10. That isn't a particularly big deal -- but it came as a surprise to those of us who assumed there would be no Internet Explorer Flash in Metro. Read More

IT Outsourcing: Will CIOs Reclaim Their Power?
Independent cloud-based IT service management tools could enable CIOs to wrestle back control of IT once and for all, argues A.T. Kearney's Arjun Sethi. Read More




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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops

True tales of tech execs gone wild | Microsoft vs. Google: This time, it's social (networking)

InfoWorld: Robert X. Cringely

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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops
How do you follow up a dismal IPO? In Facebook's case, you buy companies left and right with a vague plan tying them together. Read More


WEBCAST: Dell

Today's NAS: A Solution Beyond Old Limits
Traditional NAS systems don't scale beyond fixed limits. Proliferation of NAS systems leads to management challenges. Many organizations also use traditional block-based SAN solutions for transactional systems like databases and email. Having separate block and file storage also adds to management challenges. Learn More

True tales of tech execs gone wild
Caught stealing toys from Target? On the lam from meth lab-hunting vigilantes? It's just another day in the busy lives of two tech bosses. Read More

Microsoft vs. Google: This time, it's social (networking)
So.cl, Microsoft's social search engine, isn't competing with Facebook; instead, it's squaring up against its old rival Google. Read More

The 7 words you can't say on iTunes
Apple thinks 'jailbreak' is one of them, but this bit of censorship hides a bigger obscenity: The U.S. law that prevents us from hacking devices we've legally purchased. Read More



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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops

True tales of tech execs gone wild | Microsoft vs. Google: This time, it's social (networking)

InfoWorld: Robert X. Cringely

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After the IPO: Facebook shops while its stock drops
How do you follow up a dismal IPO? In Facebook's case, you buy companies left and right with a vague plan tying them together. Read More


WEBCAST: Dell

Today's NAS: A Solution Beyond Old Limits
Traditional NAS systems don't scale beyond fixed limits. Proliferation of NAS systems leads to management challenges. Many organizations also use traditional block-based SAN solutions for transactional systems like databases and email. Having separate block and file storage also adds to management challenges. Learn More

True tales of tech execs gone wild
Caught stealing toys from Target? On the lam from meth lab-hunting vigilantes? It's just another day in the busy lives of two tech bosses. Read More

Microsoft vs. Google: This time, it's social (networking)
So.cl, Microsoft's social search engine, isn't competing with Facebook; instead, it's squaring up against its old rival Google. Read More

The 7 words you can't say on iTunes
Apple thinks 'jailbreak' is one of them, but this bit of censorship hides a bigger obscenity: The U.S. law that prevents us from hacking devices we've legally purchased. Read More



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Flash is on Windows 8, but that's just part of the story

Hard drive prices settle in at 70 percent above the pre-flood level | Chrome to take world's top browser spot for May

Today's InfoWorld Headlines: Wrap Up

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Flash is on Windows 8, but that's just part of the story
Apparently Microsoft has negotiated with Adobe for the rights to embed the Flash player in Internet Explorer 10. That isn't a particularly big deal -- but it came as quite a shock to those who assumed there would be no Internet Explorer Flash in Metro. Read More


WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc

Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad
The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper >

WHITE PAPER: Qumu

Understand The Importance Of Dedicated Storage For Video
Learn how to deliver live video streaming, embed video excerpts on any page, link videos to other relevant content and add video to employee social communications - all within SharePoint. Read now!

Hard drive prices settle in at 70 percent above the pre-flood level
The floods in Thailand are a distant, painful memory, with two enduring hard drive legacies: much higher prices, and record profits. Read More

Chrome to take world's top browser spot for May
Google's Chrome is about to grab the top browser spot for a full month for the first time from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, data from a Web analytics company showed. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure
Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now!

Greenplum entices developers with fully loaded Hadoop sandbox
EMC-offshoot Greenplum has unveiled a cloud computing cluster called Analytics Workbench, built on Hadoop, on which developers can freely experiment with their code in the cloud. Read More

Flamer starts a flame war over origin
Conjecture over Flamer's origin is already reaching a fever pitch. As with Stuxnet and Duqu, all three attacked targeted systems in Iran, although they were found in other countries as well. Read More




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Flash is on Windows 8, but that's just part of the story

Hard drive prices settle in at 70 percent above the pre-flood level | Chrome to take world's top browser spot for May

Today's InfoWorld Headlines: Wrap Up

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Flash is on Windows 8, but that's just part of the story
Apparently Microsoft has negotiated with Adobe for the rights to embed the Flash player in Internet Explorer 10. That isn't a particularly big deal -- but it came as quite a shock to those who assumed there would be no Internet Explorer Flash in Metro. Read More


WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc

Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad
The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper >

WHITE PAPER: Qumu

Understand The Importance Of Dedicated Storage For Video
Learn how to deliver live video streaming, embed video excerpts on any page, link videos to other relevant content and add video to employee social communications - all within SharePoint. Read now!

Hard drive prices settle in at 70 percent above the pre-flood level
The floods in Thailand are a distant, painful memory, with two enduring hard drive legacies: much higher prices, and record profits. Read More

Chrome to take world's top browser spot for May
Google's Chrome is about to grab the top browser spot for a full month for the first time from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, data from a Web analytics company showed. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure
Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now!

Greenplum entices developers with fully loaded Hadoop sandbox
EMC-offshoot Greenplum has unveiled a cloud computing cluster called Analytics Workbench, built on Hadoop, on which developers can freely experiment with their code in the cloud. Read More

Flamer starts a flame war over origin
Conjecture over Flamer's origin is already reaching a fever pitch. As with Stuxnet and Duqu, all three attacked targeted systems in Iran, although they were found in other countries as well. Read More




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