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How the Cloud Democratizes and Complicates Disaster Recovery

When it comes to disaster recovery, the cloud is showing itself to be a mixed bag. CIO.com's Jeff Vance explains how the great shift in technology has both lowered the entry barriers for DR technology and given smaller businesses what could be a

11 Apr 2012 8 mins
Disaster Recovery IT Strategy Private Cloud
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How to Avoid the Perils of Virtualization and Cloud Stall

Virtualization and cloud computing offer the promise of cost savings, efficiency and flexibility, but organizations must plan their transitions carefully or risk finding themselves stuck with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward.

10 Apr 2012 7 mins
Cloud Computing Project Management Tools Virtualization
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Cloud Computing Done the Netflix Way

What can Netflix teach enterprises about data center operations and always-on reliability? Netflix is a consumer-facing Web shop with only a few applications--a completely different infrastructure challenge, right? Wrong. CIO.com's Bernard Golde

5 Apr 2012 8 mins
CIO IT Strategy Innovation
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BYOD: If You Think You’re Saving Money, Think Again

Mobile BYOD will cost you about 33 percent more than a company-owned mobile device approach, says Aberdeen Group. Here are five hidden costs.

4 Apr 2012 7 mins
Desktop Virtualization Mobile Security Smartphones
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Will Windows 8 Survive in the Post-PC World?

4 Questions to Lead You to an Improved Infrastructure

14 Apr 2016
Data Center
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Will Windows 8 Survive in the Post-PC World?

A new IDC research report offers little faith in Windows 8's success on connected mobile devices, concluding that in the next four years the Windows OS in general will lose share to iOS and get overtaken by Android.

3 Apr 2012 4 mins
Desktop Virtualization Laptops Small and Medium Business
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Patent Litigation Risk Drives Microsoft to Move European Distribution Center

The company is moving the center from Germany to the Netherlands

2 Apr 2012 3 mins
Computers and Peripherals Data Center
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12 Tips to Avoid Gridlock in the Cloud

Cloud Apps are inherently loosely coupled -- they're small, simple and separable. But there's still the potential for some serious traffic jams when it comes to deployment. Find out the new rules of the road.

2 Apr 2012 5 mins
CIO Developer IT Strategy
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Ancestry.com Preps for Flood of Census Queries

The government's release of the 1940 census will give researchers access to 130 million records. Ancestry.com has been preparing for the expected spike in traffic at its website, while applying artificial intelligence to help people find ancesto

30 Mar 2012 4 mins
E-commerce Software Enterprise Architecture Internet
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Hey Apple and Foxconn: Don’t Break Promises to Improve Chinese Factories

A long-awaited report from the Fair Labor Association confirms wretched conditions in factories that make Apple iPhones and iPads. While Apple and Foxconn have promised reforms to better the lives of Chinese workers, let's hope it's not jus

30 Mar 2012 4 mins
Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business iPhone
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What It Takes to Build World’s Third Largest Datacenter

From four people working as software resellers to becoming one of Indiau2019s largest telecommunication services company--Tulip Telecom has come a long way. The company recently built Asia's largest and world's third largest datacenter.u00a

24 Mar 2012 4 mins
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