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	Best Places by the numbers: What IT employees want, what employers offer Explore what matters most to IT workers, and find out which of the top 100 organizations deliver, with bountiful benefits, top-notch training and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: RMG Networks Deliver Productivity Breakthroughs with Digital Signage Retailers have long recognized the influence that digital signage provides over a shopper's point-of-purchase decision making process. Learn More In this Issue Beach tech: 11 gadgets for fun in the sun XPocalypse, not now The UPC barcode arrived 40 years ago; now, they're ubiquitous A new industrial age is being built on sensors, 3D printing and the cloud Smartwatches at work: Boon or bane for IT? Broken promises: Verizon, Google, and the Chromebook data debacle Review: Samsung's new 3D NAND SSD for 'Pros' is a superfast drive at a good price JR Raphael: In depth: Getting to know the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live Preston Gralla: Did Microsoft just admit Windows 8 is its worst operating system ever? WHITE PAPER: Randstad Technologies 2014 IT Workplace Trends and Salary Guide Staying competitive in the IT market can be challenging. This guide provides you with insight into variety of IT workplace trends including, U.S. salary data by region and job title. Read Now Beach tech: 11 gadgets for fun in the sun Spending a week at the beach? Or the summer sitting by your backyard pool? Here are some devices that can make your summer safer and more enjoyable. Read More XPocalypse, not now Two months after Microsoft ended support for Windows XP, the catastrophic wave of exploits security experts expected to wash over the aged operating system have failed to materialize. Read More The UPC barcode arrived 40 years ago; now, they're ubiquitous The first barcode was used in 1974 to scan in a pack of gum. Now they're used for everything from flight check-ins to patient records and warehouse inventory. They've even been used to track bees. Yes, bees. Read More A new industrial age is being built on sensors, 3D printing and the cloud There's a new industrial revolution in the offing that will rely heavily on Internet of Things technologies, the cloud and low-cost design and fabrication tools. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat CIOs strive to harness Big Data, keeping an eye on ROI Read this whitepaper to learn how Red Hat Storage Server allows CIOs to confidently support business growth, manage cost and risk, capitalize on emerging technologies, and drive future innovation across their organizations. Read Now>> Smartwatches at work: Boon or bane for IT? It's hard to assess how popular smartwatches will be for business users, or how much of a pain they'll be for IT to support. But don't surprised when they start showing up in the office. Read More Broken promises: Verizon, Google, and the Chromebook data debacle When a company promises two years of free mobile data service with a device, you expect them to deliver. So what happens when a promise suddenly evaporates after you've purchased a product? Read More Review: Samsung's new 3D NAND SSD for 'Pros' is a superfast drive at a good price Samsung's new 850 Pro SSD series has up to 1TB of capacity and is designed for workstations and high-end PCs. Read More JR Raphael: In depth: Getting to know the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live The first two Android Wear smartwatches have some pretty interesting differences. Time to go hands on after a full day with the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. Read More Preston Gralla: Did Microsoft just admit Windows 8 is its worst operating system ever? Reports say that Microsoft will abandon the Windows 8 Start screen interface for traditional computers in the next version of Windows, code-named Threshold. That's a pretty drastic step. Does it mean that Microsoft recognizes that Windows 8 was the biggest operating system bust in its history? Read More
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