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	Richi Jennings: Build your own Apple Fusion Drive; No need to pay 3x the price Yes, with just a tiny bit of typing, you can make a DIY Fusion Drive, using a regular SSD. A Mac developer, Patrick Stein—a/k/a jollyjinx—wants us to know that you don't have to buy a Fusion Drive at Apple's eyewatering prices, and that you can have it on older Macs. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers fire up the command line. Read More WEBCAST: LogiXML Enhance Transparency in Private Equity & Alternatives Learn how Neuberger Berman met growing customer demand by enhancing reporting. Using agile BI technology, the company was able to quickly build an on-demand portal enabling investors to view real-time indicators such as Net Asset Value, diversification, and geographic performance. Learn More. In this Issue Jonny Evans: Apple delays iTunes 11: is it software, or music streaming services that delay this release? Preston Gralla: Microsoft says Metro apps are now "Windows 8 Store apps" -- is this the worst branding mistake of all time? JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 10: Hands-on impressions Daniel Ford: Dynamic balance: BYOD and martial arts Shark Tank: For an obfuscated password, not bad at all 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. Jonny Evans: Apple delays iTunes 11: is it software, or music streaming services that delay this release? Apple is proud of something else this morning: making the decision not to ship iTunes 11 because it isn't ready yet -- but is the delay in order to launch music streaming services in time for the Holiday Season as recent reports reveal negotiations with music labels are "intensifying" in November? Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft says Metro apps are now "Windows 8 Store apps" -- is this the worst branding mistake of all time? It's official: The apps once called Metro apps are now formally called "Windows 8 Store apps" by Microsoft. Along with being one of the worst branding moves of all time, the new name is misleading. Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 10: Hands-on impressions Google's Nexus 10 brings pure Android 4.2 into the world of large-screen tablets. So what the device actually like to use? Read More Daniel Ford: Dynamic balance: BYOD and martial arts The bring your own device (BYOD) movement is constantly the topic of discussion in tech publications, on social media and at industry conferences. At a recent Ba Gua (Chinese martial arts) class a new spin on the topic came to me as I was reminded of a powerful principal – dynamic balance. Tying this concept to BYOD, we can make an analogy similar to the Yin and Yang—enterprise security and mobile end-users in the enterprise. Read More Shark Tank: For an obfuscated password, not bad at all This city government's IT department has just moved the animal control department out of the pen-and-paper era -- and everything is working well until the office starts having trouble connecting on the new PCs. Read More
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