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	Pink slips rain down on Microsoft As had been rumored earlier this week, Microsoft lopped off a second set of jobs Thursday, cutting 2,100 positions, as part of a restructuring plan announced two months ago to eliminate 18,000 positions, or about 14% of the company's workforce. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Gartner Magic Quadrant for ADCs Citrix is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers for the seventh consecutive year: the Gartner Magic Quadrant Report focuses on vendor's ability to solve complex application deployment challenges. Don't miss this chance to learn from Gartner's independent research. Learn More In this Issue Where is modern IT heading? FCC questions how to enforce net neutrality rules Net-neutrality bogosity continues in Senate (as FCC flails) 10 things we want from our vendors Half-baked mergers Citrix touts new 'software-defined workplace' focus Senate bill would limit access to emails stored abroad WHITE PAPER: Dell Software IAM for the Real World – Privileged Account Management Read this e-book for essential information on the common security issues with privileged account management – and how you can minimize or eliminate them. Read now! Where is modern IT heading? Put 100 CIOs in a room and ask them that question and you'll get no consensus. Read More FCC questions how to enforce net neutrality rules Groups disagree on how the agency should apply any regulations it might pass Read More Net-neutrality bogosity continues in Senate (as FCC flails) Chair Tom Wheeler surrounded by expensive shills: The FCC is trying to make a sound decision about this net-neutrality thing. That's not helped by a succession of industry-funded lobbyists and lawmakers, trying to shout louder than We, The People. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers fret and worry for the net's future. Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Integrating Mobility with Unified Access Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More 10 things we want from our vendors The best vendors are partners that become part of your strategy. Read More Half-baked mergers Many woes await companies that inadequately integrate after a merger. Read More Citrix touts new 'software-defined workplace' focus Citrix rolls out software-defined workplace strategy. Read More Senate bill would limit access to emails stored abroad Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday aims to place limits on access by U.S. law enforcement agencies to emails and other communications stored abroad. Read More
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