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	100 Best Places to Work in IT 2013 Stellar benefits, challenging projects and top-notch training keep IT workers focused and engaged at these top employers. Find out more in our 20th annual report. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 What Phone Features Should Every Small Business Have? In this this informative eBook, USA TODAY small business columnist Steve Strauss explains in plain English why VoIP is such a good idea for small business and shows how the many powerful, affordable features available from 8x8 can make your business more efficient. Read Now. In this Issue First Impressions of Apple's iOS 7 Apple plays defense, Microsoft goes on offense in battle for iPhone customers Apple received thousands of personal data requests from U.S. China trounces US in TOP500 supercomputer race Microsoft sticks it to the iPad with Windows-first Office strategy Facebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests How super high-def displays change everything Cisco impresses with first crack at next-gen firewall Richi Jennings: Apple keeps up PRISM denials, but do read between the lines! WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. 12 Things Effective Intrusion Prevention Systems Should Do Today's intrusion prevention systems (IPS) provide advanced security intelligence and the ability to identify and block malware before it can enter your network so that you can defeat today's sophisticated evasion techniques. Learn More First Impressions of Apple's iOS 7 The star of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last week was clearly iOS 7, which gets a new look and a raft of new features. Columnist Michael deAgonia takes a look at what's coming this fall. Read More Apple plays defense, Microsoft goes on offense in battle for iPhone customers Rivals Apple and Microsoft bookended the week by revealing productivity tools aimed at the same pool of customers: The millions who own Apple's iPhone. Read More Apple received thousands of personal data requests from U.S. Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement between Dec. 1 and May 31, the company said on Monday. Read More China trounces US in TOP500 supercomputer race The supercomputing arms race is heating up again between the United States and China, as China retakes the top spot in the 41st Top500 listing of the world's most powerful supercomputers with Tianhe-2, an updated system that was able to execute 33.86 petaflops, or 33.86 thousand trillion floating point operations per second. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Enable Faster Backup and More Effective Long-Term Archiving EMC Data Domain Systems respond to the challenges organizations are struggling with as they balance requirements for disk-based backup, long-term backup retention, and cost-effective archiving. The systems support long-term backup retention and provide a foundation for supporting new archiving workloads. Learn more. Microsoft sticks it to the iPad with Windows-first Office strategy Microsoft's surprise launch of Office Mobile for the iPhone today shows that the software giant continues to favor Windows' future over Office's fortune, analysts said today. Read More Facebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests Facebook and Microsoft each fielded thousands of requests for user data as part of law enforcement investigations from U.S. authorities in the second half of last year, they said late Friday. Read More How super high-def displays change everything The new super high-resolution screens bring beauty, clarity and precision to our work and play, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Are they worth the extra money? Definitely. Read More Cisco impresses with first crack at next-gen firewall When we tested next-generation firewalls last May, at least one important security vendor wasn't there: Cisco, because they weren't ready to be tested. Now that the ASA CX next-generation firewall has had a year to mature, we put the product through its paces, using the same methodology as our last NGFW test. Read More Richi Jennings: Apple keeps up PRISM denials, but do read between the lines! Tim cooks up new data. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) continues to deny that it's involved in the NSA's PRISM program. In its latest carefully-worded missive, it again says it's never heard of PRISM, but does admit to having helped Police find some missing kiddies. So that's OK then. Nothing to see here. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Read More
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