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	Samsung starts manufacturing speedy microSD card Samsung Electronics has started mass producing a microSD card that uses an Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) interface to improve data transfer speeds, the company said on Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Imation Mobile Security DCIG Whitepaper: A Scalable Approach to SMB Data Protection Now that data has become an indispensable asset to your business, you can't afford to ignore it. Learn why an Imation RDX solution is the perfect scalable solution for SMBs with limited resources. View Now In this Issue Dell to acquire modernization specialist Make Technologies Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive LSI launches Nytro application acceleration cards Fast-growing Flashback botnet includes over 600,000 Macs, experts say E-voting system awards election to wrong candidates in Florida village Why tech vendors fund patent 'trolls' Dell's Wyse buy a hedge against slowing PC sales Ellison: Hardware-software integration key, Apple is best example IT pro rethinks infrastructure from the ground up, ends up in clouds Barbara Krasnoff: Hands-on: BackBeat Go wireless earbuds make listening easier Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Dell to acquire modernization specialist Make Technologies Dell plans to acquire Make Technologies, which specializes in helping businesses replace outdated IT systems, the company said Thursday, marking its third enterprise-related acquisition announcement this week. Read More Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced its first enterprise-class 4TB desktop hard drive, which offers one-third more capacity than its predecessor. Read More LSI launches Nytro application acceleration cards LSI announced three new PCIe-based NAND flash cards that are aimed at three market segments -- primary storage on an application server, all-in-one application caching and a RAID data protection product. Read More Fast-growing Flashback botnet includes over 600,000 Macs, experts say More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback Trojan horse that's being installed on people's computers with the help of Java exploits, security researchers from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web said on Wednesday. Read More E-voting system awards election to wrong candidates in Florida village An optical scan vote tallying system, now used by some 300 U.S. municipalities, misreported the results of a Palm Beach County, Florida, municipal election last month. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 Virtual Office Pro VoIP and Unified Communications Solution Download the results of an extensive, independent evaluation of 8x8 Virtual Office cloud communications solution recently completed by industry analyst firm Wainhouse Research. Read now! Why tech vendors fund patent 'trolls' Some of the largest names in the tech industry are funding patent 'trolls,' for protection from lawsuits and for access to the patent pool. Read More Dell's Wyse buy a hedge against slowing PC sales Dell's plan to buy Wyse Technology is an effort to boost its client hardware portfolio and protect the company from the effects of the recent slowdown in PC sales, analysts said on Monday. Read More Ellison: Hardware-software integration key, Apple is best example Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said his company will continue to bet on selling high-end custom hardware for its software products, even amidst a growing trend toward roomfuls of cheap, generic servers. Read More IT pro rethinks infrastructure from the ground up, ends up in clouds Mark Adams, vice president of IT at HireRight, is living the dream -- the chance to completely rethink the infrastructure for a $300 million software-as-a-service employment screening service company. While the nucleus of the 1,600 employee company has been around for 30+ years, a three year acquisition spree resulted in data center sprawl, leaving the company with 10 facilities, including company owned and collocation and disaster-recovery sites, some of them overseas. Now HireRight is three quarters of the way through a consolidation effort with a heavy emphasis on cloud. Adams gave an update on the company's modernization progress to Network World Editor in Chief John Dix. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Hands-on: BackBeat Go wireless earbuds make listening easier Plantronics' new Bluetooth earbuds offer more convenience than your standard wired earbuds along with quality audio.   Read More Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, virtualization, unified networking and big data, according to Cisco and EMC, which have teamed to offer training targeted at tech's hottest data center disciplines. Read More
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