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What the final decision on Oracle v. Google really means

May 24, 2012 - The jury decided yesterday that Google did not infringe on Oracle's patents related to Android. Fantastic news -- but the wider view offers little comfort
Open Source Software, Android, Intellectual Property, Java Programming, Google, Oracle
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Tech's Bottom Line

The truth about Google+: The social network without passion

May 24, 2012 - While usage is low, it's not quite the ghost town some claim, and there's a deeper story behind the numbers
Social Networking, Google+
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Advice Line

The end of multitasking as you know it

May 23, 2012 - Multitasking doesn't work, yet it's a prized ability. Instead, learn how to manage interruptions so that they become part of your schedule
IT Management, Misadventures
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Enterprise Windows

End the appliance-sprawl blues with virtual appliances

May 23, 2012 - Although not perfect for every circumstance, sometimes a virtual appliance is just what you need
Server Virtualization, Application Servers
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Off The Record

Server smackdown: A networking newbie steps up

May 23, 2012 - IT rookie performs disaster recovery with servers in the hosting facility, then with his career in the CEO's office after a tense all-nighter
IT Jobs, Disaster Recovery, IT Management, IT Training, Hard Drives, Servers, Networking, your IT tales
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Notes from the Field

Microsoft vs. Google: This time, it's social (networking)

May 23, 2012 - So.cl, Microsoft's social search engine, isn't competing with Facebook; instead, it's squaring up against its old rival Google
Cringely, Search Engines, Social Networking, Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Madness
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Security Adviser

Event log management made easy

May 22, 2012 - Most companies' log files carry too much noise. For a better log management system, turn the normal model on its head
Security, Log Analysis, Intrusion Detection, Data Management
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Cloud Computing

3 easy steps to creating your cloud strategy

May 22, 2012 - If you have no cloud computing plan, you've essentially decided to fail. Here's how to succeed
Cloud computing, IT Management
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Mobile Edge

The secrets to making money with mobile apps

May 22, 2012 - There are hundreds of thousands of iOS and Android apps for buyers, but most don't make a dime
Mobile Apps, Mobile Development, Technology Business
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Virtualization Report

Oracle ups server virtualization ante with Oracle VM 3.1

May 21, 2012 - New capabilities in free server virtualization/management solution improve ease-of-use, storage availability, backup support, and hardware compatibility
Server Virtualization, Linux, Data Center, Virtualization, Oracle
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The Deep End

The two sides of an IT admin: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

May 21, 2012 - Few professions have the propensity to go from normal to obscene as rapidly and thoroughly as IT does
Technology Consulting, IT Jobs, Risk Management, Data Center
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Modernizing IT

A new dawn for cloud computing

May 21, 2012 - With HP and Microsoft poised to sell cloud computing by the pound, competition to lock in both public and private cloud customers begins in earnest
Cloud computing, IaaS, Amazon Web Services, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Microsoft, OpenStack
Read more Modernizing IT
Information Overload

iSCSI storage networking: What you need to know

May 21, 2012 - As simple as iSCSI is to get running, configuring it to perform optimally requires a solid knowledge of how it actually works
iSCSI, Server Virtualization, Network Storage, Network Switch, Storage Area Network
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Smart User

WWDC sneak peek: Don't let iOS 6 blind you to the real action in iCloud

May 18, 2012 - Apple has launched many cloud services in the last year that would make sense to integrate into the iCloud platform
Cloud Storage, Mac OS X, Mobile Apps, Mobile Development, Web Development, Apple, iCloud, iOS
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Open Sources

What's next after GPL and Apache?

May 18, 2012 - The trend for commercial open source licensing could be back toward the center, either to MPLv2 or an even better successor
Open Source Software, Software Licensing, Apache, GPL
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Grok

MapReduce

May 09, 2012 - Parallel processing meets big data
Business Intelligence, Big Data, Hadoop, OLAP, MapReduce
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Lab Notes

EMC VNXe 3100 performance check

March 07, 2012 - A simple IOmeter test across six virtual machines, two iSCSI volumes, and five 15,000-rpm SAS disks in RAID5
Data Center, Network-attached Storage, Storage Area Network, Storage Server, Storage, Virtualization
Read more Lab Notes

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