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	Wall Street data centers learn from Hurricane Sandy Wall's street's signs and lights convey a sense of urgency and permanence to the world. But that perception was damaged last year when Hurricane Sandy slammed into the New York metro area, shutting down Wall Street for two days. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed How WAN Optimization Helps Enterprises Reduce Costs If you wanted to break down innovation into a tidy equation, it might go something like this: Technology + Connectivity = Productivity. Productivity comes in two forms: user experience and infrastructure efficiency. Learn more>> In this Issue Nicholas D. Evans: CIO considerations for SMAC fusion Website owners can legally block some users, court rules Tech legal news site Groklaw to shut down, citing email privacy concerns HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop WHITE PAPER: Symantec Virtualization Book Don't be one of the 74 percent of small businesses that doesn't have a disaster recovery plan, especially for your virtualized environment. It is possible to easily protect both your virtual and physical infrastructure with one backup solution. Download this white paper to learn about ways to back up your VMware or Hyper-V virtual environments now. Read now! Nicholas D. Evans: CIO considerations for SMAC fusion The disruptive trends of social, mobile, analytics and cloud, often termed “SMAC” or the “Nexus of Forces”, are well-recognized as essential elements of next generation IT applications. They represent a desirable, future end-state for IT applications and architectures due to their characteristics of collaborative functionality, ubiquitous access, and intelligent insights, all delivered via a flexible and scalable delivery model. Read More Website owners can legally block some users, court rules Public website owners have the right to selectively block users from their sites and anyone who circumvents those blocks may be violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a federal judge ruled. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Comparison of Unified vs. Two Products Because of the outstanding economy, flexibility, and service levels it offers, virtualization is transforming data centers at breakneck speed: by 2016, an estimated 80% of the world's x86 servers will be virtual machines (VMs). But the speed of this transformation raise challenges for "traditional" IT services and the teams that deliver them. Read now! Tech legal news site Groklaw to shut down, citing email privacy concerns Technology legal news website Groklaw is shutting down due to concerns over the continued availability of secure email in the wake of revelations about U.S. government surveillance. Read More HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop Hewlett-Packard reassigned Enterprise Group chief Dave Donatelli on Wednesday as it reported an 8 percent decline in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, saying all of its major divisions except software brought in less money than a year earlier. Read More
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