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	WD: New Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD Western Digital today released two new external hard drives, one of which it says has the performance of a solid-state drive at less than half the cost. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata The Heat Is On: Making Smarter Decisions Faster The heat is on for organizations to integrate and smartly manage the gamut of data temperature to dramatically speed up their decision making capabilities and boost their competitive advantage. Learn about one hybrid storage solution that provides the platform to make smarter decisions at hyper speeds. Learn more. In this Issue VMware vSphere 5.1 includes backup, deduplication How to configure Dropbox's two-step authentication Backup Plus automates photo and video backups from Facebook, Flickr, YouTube IFA 2012: Dell unveils Windows RT tablet, hybrid laptop IFA 2012: Raw video: Lenovo exec on Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet Robert L. Mitchell: BlackBerrys and BYOD: RIM makes its play 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. VMware vSphere 5.1 includes backup, deduplication VMware announced today that vSphere 5.1 includes backup capability complete with deduplication powered by EMC's Avamar software. Read More How to configure Dropbox's two-step authentication Following in the footsteps of Google and other services, Dropbox this weekend enabled two-factor authentication to bring enhanced security to its users. Read More Backup Plus automates photo and video backups from Facebook, Flickr, YouTube With the release of the Backup Plus Portable Drive for Mac, Seagate has reinvented its line of portable hard drives, incorporating a number of desirable features into its new design. Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right In this live, interactive Webcast you will learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. IFA 2012: Dell unveils Windows RT tablet, hybrid laptop Dell unveiled the XPS 10 tablet computer and XPS Duo 12 hybrid computer at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Read More IFA 2012: Raw video: Lenovo exec on Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet The recent move by Microsoft to compete against its computer-maker customers and launch its own tablet PC is a good thing for the market, a senior executive of Lenovo said Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: BlackBerrys and BYOD: RIM makes its play On Monday I blogged that none of the half dozen or so CIOs with whom I recently spoke about managing mobile devices in a bring your own device world had mentioned Research in Motion in their long-term vision. Perhaps they were being too hasty. Read More
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