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	13 products Google killed off in 2013 Google Reader has had plenty of company going to the grave this year Read More   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 In this Issue Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud BlackBerry boosts support for Android apps Acer announces first Chromebook with touchscreen for $299.99 HP ends tough year on a high note Google maps airports, train and subway stations with Street View update Link between 'Satoshi' bitcoin account and Silk Road dissolves John Martin: When it comes to storage, cache is king Richi Jennings: Moto G release date: Merry Christmas (not happy new year) WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks   Building the Case Focusing on top- and bottom-line business results helps IT leaders garner support for unified communications. Learn More Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right platform for delivering them. Read More   BlackBerry boosts support for Android apps BlackBerry is making it easier for Android applications to run on its latest smartphones. Read More   Acer announces first Chromebook with touchscreen for $299.99 Acer announced the first Chromebook laptop with a touchscreen for US$299.99, which is about $100 more than the company's cheapest non-touch model. Read More   HP ends tough year on a high note Hewlett-Packard reported results for the last quarter of its fiscal year on Tuesday, and although sales were down from a year earlier there were some much-needed signs of improvement. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp   Key Considerations When Evaluating Cloud-integrated Storage Read this paper to hear Mark Peters, Senior Analyst at ESG, discuss: - An overview of the Cloud-integrated Storage (CiS) marketplace - Critical considerations for choosing a CiS solution - Perspectives on where the market is headed Learn More Google maps airports, train and subway stations with Street View update Google is taking its cameras indoors in an effort to map international transit hubs, starting with 16 airports and more than 50 train and subway stations. Read More   Link between 'Satoshi' bitcoin account and Silk Road dissolves A research paper speculating Bitcoin's creator may have transferred $60,000 to the Silk Road marketplace has been dispelled, as the account holder in question came forward on Tuesday, denying he is the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. Read More   John Martin: When it comes to storage, cache is king "Tape is Dead, Disk is Tape, Flash is Disk, RAM Locality is King." So said the late Jim Gray of Microsoft Research, in 2006. While tape never really died, a new wave of vendors have picked-up his original theme, predicting that flash storage is on the verge of replacing traditional disks. Yet, attractive as the idea of replacing all your spinning disk with flash or solid state may be, unless you're making uberdollars from real-time currency trading, it's just too expensive to consider a wholesale swap-out of an entire disk-based enterprise data infrastructure. Read More   Richi Jennings: Moto G release date: Merry Christmas (not happy new year) Dennis Woodside channels Gomer Pyle. Is the Moto G a stocking stuffer? Motorola (NASDAQ:GOOG) surprised the world by announcing that its affordable and well-reviewed Moto G smartphone is now available for purchase in the U.S. Originally, the phone wasn't supposed to be available for American consumers until January. But in an act resembling St. Nick, Motorola shimmied down the chimney with a December delivery date. For good boys and girls, the Moto G can be purchased with no contract and unlocked bootloader; sure to bring visions of sweet hacking to phone and software modding communities. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers shout joyful news like the town criers of a Dickens novel. Read More
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