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	LinkedIn groups for IT pros: How to find the best With more than 16,000 IT-related groups on LinkedIn, it can be tough to pinpoint those that are worth your while. There are some simple clues, though, that can help you find groups with value and get the most out of them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Data Deduplication for Dummies What does data deduplication really mean? This 2nd edition of the book "Data Deduplication for Dummies" takes an in-depth look of the advantages of data deduplication. Learn exactly how data deduplication works, the pros and cons of various approaches, determining the right data deduplication ratio and answers to the most common dedupe questions. Read More In this Issue The iPad takes on manufacturing 3D laptops: Asus G74sx vs. Toshiba Qosmio X775 Hands on: Building an MP3 player for an Apple II computer Review: Palo Alto's firewall earns short-list status WHITE PAPER: Quantum 8 Dedupe Features to Avoid When considering adding deduplication software to your existing storage strategy, there needs to be a balancing act between optimizing for performance, optimizing for capacity, and avoiding performance bottlenecks. This independent white paper offers guidance on evaluating deduplication solutions and includes the 8 top dedupe "features" to avoid. Read More The iPad takes on manufacturing iPads and other tablets are making their way into the warehouse, bringing unprecedented mobility and real-time data visibility to industrial applications. Read More 3D laptops: Asus G74sx vs. Toshiba Qosmio X775 We look at 3D laptops from Asus and Toshiba, which offer high-performance mobile media, gaming and presentations. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation V-locity 2 Virtual Platform Disk Optimizer Get maximum performance on virtual servers. Between the host disk and the VMs, I/O bottlenecks accumulate rapidly and slow the entire virtual platform down significantly impacting performance and productivity. V-locity 2 automatically eliminates these slows and optimizes performance. Try it FREE for 30 days. Download now! Hands on: Building an MP3 player for an Apple II computer Retrocomputing fans, take note: You can play MP3 files on an Apple II computer. We follow along as a KansasFest workshop attendee assembles and demos Briel Computers' A2MP3 card. Read More Review: Palo Alto's firewall earns short-list status Palo Alto Networks has injected excitement and innovation into the firewall market with its "next-generation" appliances that combine traditional firewalls, threat mitigation technologies such as anti-malware and intrusion prevention, and the new magic dust of application identification. Read More
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