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	H-1B workers in line for Obamacare work Some state governments are willing to hire offshore outsourcing firms to work on controversial IT contracts that don't bar use of temporary foreign labor, or workers on H-1B visas. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Make Backups Reliable, Available, and Secure Recent surveys have shown that almost half of today's data centers are using the same backup system architecture that was all the rage 20 years ago. The other half are using disk in some fashion. This Deep Dive will explain the evolving role of disk and tape, as well as how they can work together to bring you the best of both worlds. View now >> In this Issue Forecast 2014: How to wring value from your IT budget Microsoft's most loyal users ask for Surface trade-in program Review: Samsung's most affordable, triple-level cell SSD Oracle OpenWorld attendees fume over Ellison keynote With LTE, AT&T isn't done evolving its network yet Indian biometric ID plan faces court hurdle Citrix aims for VMware, Amazon with new cloud strategy Microsoft's SkyDrive stumbles, becomes latest glitchy cloud app Fujitsu will stick with Unix to keep IBM in check Microsoft is sole Windows RT tablet vendor as Dell's XPS 10 is 'unavailable' Microsoft thinks BYOD with Surface 2 tablet and Windows RT 8.1 JetBrains frees Python editor Antone Gonsalves: Apple doesn't walk on water Jonny Evans: Apple's iOS 7 is best for mobile -- but Android is a threat: Pfeiffer WEBCAST: HP HP Webcast: Mobile Application Development Join John Jeremiah, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP and John Jackson, Research Vice President, Mobile & Connected Platforms, IDC for an interactive discussion on the results of the HP Mobile Application Development Maturity Peer Assessment Tool. Date: September 18 @ 1:00pm EDT Register Now Forecast 2014: How to wring value from your IT budget   In Computerworld's Forecast 2014 survey, 36% of the respondents said that they expect their IT budgets to increase, and that spending on hosted services will outpace spending on hardware and software. Read More   Microsoft's most loyal users ask for Surface trade-in program One of the most common questions posed to Microsoft's Surface team Monday was whether the company would buy back used tablets so that customers could upgrade to the newest models set to ship in a month. Read More   Review: Samsung's most affordable, triple-level cell SSD Samsung claims its latest consumer drive, one of a new generation of three-bits-per-cell NAND flash devices, has the same endurance and performance, but a lower price, than its predecessors. Read More   Oracle OpenWorld attendees fume over Ellison keynote   Oracle customers pay handsome fees to attend its OpenWorld conference each year, and many of them felt short-changed Tuesday when Larry Ellison skipped his final keynote to watch an America's Cup sailing race. Read More   With LTE, AT&T isn't done evolving its network yet   Several network initiatives that AT&T is unveiling this week show the carrier is far from finished advancing its network even as it achieves a broad footprint with LTE. Read More   Indian biometric ID plan faces court hurdle A controversial biometric project in India, which could require people to produce their biometric IDs to collect government subsidies, has received a significant setback from the country's Supreme Court. Read More   Citrix aims for VMware, Amazon with new cloud strategy   Citrix updated its cloud computing strategy, saying that its platform -- which is based off the Apache CloudStack project -- can span both private on-premises deployments and public clouds and is the only one in the market that takes an application-centric approach to architecting clouds. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Proof that Smarter Government is also Better Government This videocast on October 23 at noon ET will give you a rare opportunity to hear from your peers & IBM experts about the power of business analytics to make your budgeting and finance processes as fast, accurate and transparent as you need them to be. Learn More. Microsoft's SkyDrive stumbles, becomes latest glitchy cloud app Another day, another cloud app gets stung by a bug. Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service began malfunctioning on Tuesday afternoon, a day after Google's Gmail got tripped by a network breakdown. Read More   Fujitsu will stick with Unix to keep IBM in check Doing battle in the $9 billion Unix server market is not for the timid. Designing a competitive microprocessor is a costly business, and with the Unix market seemingly in permanent decline, it's easy to see why smaller players might drop out. Read More   Microsoft is sole Windows RT tablet vendor as Dell's XPS 10 is 'unavailable' Dell's XPS 10 tablet models with Windows RT have been removed from the company's website, which analysts said could leave Microsoft as the only vendor selling ARM-based tablets running versions of Windows RT. Read More   Microsoft thinks BYOD with Surface 2 tablet and Windows RT 8.1 Though consumers are a big target audience for the new Surface 2 tablet, Microsoft is also hoping to woo businesses with features that could make the device easier to secure and manage in IT environments. Read More   JetBrains frees Python editor Although already known for being easy to use, the Python programming language has gotten another boost in usability thanks to a new free graphical editor from development software provider JetBrains. Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Apple doesn't walk on water Apple's fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s proved to be nothing special. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple's iOS 7 is best for mobile -- but Android is a threat: Pfeiffer Apple leads the competition when it comes to delivering mass market mobile user experiences, and the latest Pfeiffer Consulting survey shows it hasn't lost its touch with iOS 7 -- though Android's hot on its heels as a potential future threat. Read More
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