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	Where do SDNs Fit in the Data Center? As CIOs try to make sense of the hype surrounding software-defined networks (SDNs) and their potential in data centers, some experts and vendors say IT leaders are looking for answers in all the wrong places. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now In this Issue 64-bit chip gives Apple a way to out-Surface Microsoft, Windows OEMs Sharky: But we already knew that, right? Elon Musk: Tesla's driverless car will be street-ready in three years Layoffs coming to BlackBerry could reach 40% Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI NAND flash use is up, but Apple's buying binge slows Private company launches spacecraft for space station rendezvous Review: Apple's iOS 7 is much more than a pretty face NASA targets 3D printing for astronauts, cheap satellites Space storms causing satellite failures that blunt Internet and TVs Security researchers create undetectable hardware trojans Dell introduces $349 Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop WHITE PAPER: Symantec Evolution and Value of Purpose Build This IDC White Paper explores the increased use and adoption patterns of PBBAs and the utility these appliances provide to customers in their data protection processes. In addition, this White Paper illuminates the customer value that Symantec's Backup Exec and NetBackup appliances bring to the data protection and recovery process. Read now! 64-bit chip gives Apple a way to out-Surface Microsoft, Windows OEMs Apple's move to 64-bit with its A7 chip inside the iPhone 5S gives the company the flexibility to launch a new line of tablet-based devices to replace at least some Intel-driven Macs, analysts said today. Read More   Sharky: But we already knew that, right? It's a couple decades ago in the heyday of Unix servers when this pilot fish's boss tells him he wants more memory to speed up the system -- and pronto. Read More   Elon Musk: Tesla's driverless car will be street-ready in three years Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk has raised the ante on the rest of the automobile industry, declaring in a recent interview with the Financial Times that his company's self-driving car will be street-ready by 2016. Read More   Layoffs coming to BlackBerry could reach 40% BlackBerry said it will continue to take steps to optimize its business, following a report that up to 40% of its 12,700 employees will lose their jobs by year's end. Read More   Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI VCE, the data center-focused joint venture formed by Cisco and EMC/VMware, this week rolled out converged infrastructure systems designed to support the latest technology from the founding companies as well as specialized offerings for Oracle and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. Read More   NAND flash use is up, but Apple's buying binge slows While overall use of NAND flash is up, Apples consumption waned over the past quarter. At the same time, 3D NAND flash, which offers far greater capacity than todays flash drives, is expected to dominate the future. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Evolving Datacenter Architectures In this paper, Evaluator Group highlights the critical features necessary to move beyond server virtualization by leveraging key integration capabilities between IT components with a particular focus on the important role that storage plays in the evolution of data center architecture. Learn more. Private company launches spacecraft for space station rendezvous Hours after liftoff, Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft is flying at 17,500 mph as it races to rendezvous with the International Space Station. Read More   Review: Apple's iOS 7 is much more than a pretty face iOS 7 officially arrives today, giving iPhone and iPad users a mobile OS that looks radically different and offers a slew of new features. Columnist Michael deAgonia walks you through the highlights of the update. Read More   NASA targets 3D printing for astronauts, cheap satellites NASA is working on creating satellites on 3D printers that would deploy wafers with radio transmitters as well as 3D printers on the international space station to custom build parts. Read More   Space storms causing satellite failures that blunt Internet and TVs Space weather, like solar flares and geomagnetic storms, are knocking out satellites that people rely on to check out their Facebook pages, to tweet and to watch TV. Read More   Security researchers create undetectable hardware trojans Security researchers from the U.S. and Europe released a paper showing how integrated circuits used in computers, military equipment and other critical systems can be maliciously compromised during the manufacturing process through virtually undetectable changes at the transistor level. Read More   Dell introduces $349 Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop Dell has introduced an 11.6-inch Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop starting at $349 as the company reshapes its consumer laptop lineup with a new naming scheme and models. Read More
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