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	Millions flood healthcare insurance sites as feds grapple with glitches As Obamacares health insurance exchange opened for enrollment today, state and federal sites providing the service were inundated with requests, ultimately leading to slowdowns or outages. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW 6 Essential tips for building a back-up solution Data is every company's most essential asset, yet for many small and midsize businesses, protecting it has never been harder. Innovations like virtualization and mobility have made the already difficult task of backing up emails, databases, documents, and other essential information even more complex. Read Now In this Issue NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say Obamacare exchanges hit by early technical glitches Shutdown could test IT security at federal agencies US gov't shutdown could take money from IT workers, contracts WHITE PAPER: VCE First Real Look at the Integrated Systems Market The word is out that the market for integrated systems is a key growth area for data center hardware infrastructure. This Gartner report sizes the market and profiles early leaders in this important and emerging area in three segments. Learn More. Learn More. NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say The U.S. National Security Agency's efforts to defeat encryption will backfire by eroding trust in U.S.-based Internet services and in the agency's own efforts to aid U.S. companies with cybersecurity, a group of privacy advocates said Tuesday. Read More Obamacare exchanges hit by early technical glitches Would-be insurance customers in the U.S. ran into early problems today accessing the new federally run healthcare exchange as well as several state-run exchanges. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Flash Storage for Dummies Flash Storage For Dummies explores the many uses and benefits of flash storage technology in the enterprise. From server cache and back-end storage cache to hybrid and all flash arrays, flash technology improves performance and increases reliability in storage infrastructures. It also reduces energy and real-estate costs in the data center. Read Now Shutdown could test IT security at federal agencies A government shutdown that lasts more than a few days could test the ability of federal agencies to protect their information systems against security threats. Read More US gov't shutdown could take money from IT workers, contracts A looming U.S. government shutdown could mean smaller paychecks for some government IT workers and contractors, as well as renegotiated contracts for some IT vendors. Read More
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