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	6 truths about rock star developers You want the best and the brightest money can buy. Or do you? In fact, you're better served by a group of developers with mixed skill levels who focus on getting the job done Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Oracle Is your company ready to keep data archives for 50 years? A recent study revealed that 80% of companies say they're required to keep data archived for 50 years. 68% say they're required to for 100 years. No wonder predictions say that by 2015, the total amount of digital information in archives will exceed 300 Exabytes. Is your storage infrastructure able to keep your data securely and reliably archived? Get Archiving For Dummies, Oracle Special Edition and become a data archiving expert. In this Issue Zend, VMware partner on PHP cloud deployments Mozilla acts as plumber, plugs add-on memory leaks with Firefox 15 Equity firm buys ERP vendor Deltek for $1.1B John Webster: Big data deserves IT's attention Microsoft links Windows 8 apps to Azure RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. Zend, VMware partner on PHP cloud deployments Integration between Zend Server PHP and VMware vFabric Application Director automates process of moving from virtualized to cloud environments Read More Mozilla acts as plumber, plugs add-on memory leaks with Firefox 15 Mozilla today launched Firefox 15, boasting that users will see "drastic improvements in performance" because of new code that stops add-ons from leaking memory. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppCentral 4 Tips to Leverage Mobile Enterprise Apps Read this tip sheet to learn how to use custom mobile apps to share information with customers, partners and suppliers, while retaining control of the data. Learn More Now! Equity firm buys ERP vendor Deltek for $1.1B ERP software vendor Deltek is being purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a $1.1 billion deal, the companies announced Monday. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Read More John Webster: Big data deserves IT's attention Columnist John Webster says big data promises of a style of computing that more closely mimics the functioning of the human mind. For IT, that means moving from provisioning of services to making a big impact on business results. Read More Microsoft links Windows 8 apps to Azure Windows Azure Mobile Services connects Windows 8-based client and mobile apps to scalable cloud; will include Android and iOS Read More
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