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	SSDs boost Instagram's speed on Amazon EC2 Instagram can drive data to its computing systems on Amazon.com's EC2 service 20 times as fast with solid-state drives, a co-founder of the photo-sharing service said on Thursday at the GigaOm Mobilize conference in San Francisco. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue Toshiba new external drive: How small can it go? Shark Tank: Well, it's a change, all right Kenneth van Wyk: Shutting down security gotchas in iOS 6 Watch the battle of the top new apps at GigaOm's Mobilize Indonesia advances world's most ambitious biometric-based national ID project Android tethering apps: 6 excellent options WHITE PAPER: TRUSTe A Comprehensive Data Privacy Plan As the increase in doing business and sharing of information, or data, online continues to grow exponentially, the importance of developing a data privacy strategy is critical. Read this white paper and learn how to develop a comprehensive strategy. Read Now! Toshiba new external drive: How small can it go? Toshiba released what it said is its smallest external hard drive, the Canvio Slim, which comes with only USB 3.0 and not Thunderbolt. Read More Shark Tank: Well, it's a change, all right Tired of working for a very large corporation for decades, this IT pilot fish decides it's time for a change and takes a job as IT manager for a small company -- and a year into the new job, he's still discovering the differences. Read More Kenneth van Wyk: Shutting down security gotchas in iOS 6 What to do if you have data on your iPhone or other iOS device that you want to protect. Read More WEBCAST: SNW Big Data, Big Opportunity Reviews recent research conducted by Computerworld on the topic of Business Analytics and Big Data. Also features a discussion regarding the urgency of dealing with rapidly growing amounts of data in our datacenters and why converting unstructured data into business value is critical for IT departments. Learn more Watch the battle of the top new apps at GigaOm's Mobilize Startups competed for top honors at the conference. In the end, it was down to two newcomers: Snappli and Thirst. Read More Indonesia advances world's most ambitious biometric-based national ID project Indonesia, a country composed of more than 70,000 islands that has infrastructure issues in electricity and limited bandwidth, is rolling out the world's most ambitious biometrics-based national identity card project for its citizens. Read More Android tethering apps: 6 excellent options Want to use your Android phone to get your tablet or PC online? Here are five apps that'll let you share your data connection in no time. Read More
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