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	Why your users hate Agile development (and what you can do about it) What developers see as iterative and flexible, users see as disorganized and never-ending. Here's how some experienced developers have changed that perception. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems An In-Depth Guide for Data Center Transformation To prepare your data center for cloud, you need a holistic framework: Cisco Domain Ten(SM). Use this comprehensive guide to create a roadmap, find best practices and use-cases, and learn the ten crucial factors that can make or break your project. Read Now In this Issue U.S. high-tech industry feeling the heat from Edward Snowden leaks Cisco spending $2.7B for Sourcefire, company that commercialized Snort open-source security tool Our Internet privacy is at risk -- but not dead (yet) Nokia launches Lumia 625 smartphone with 4.7-in screen Linux lets you customize your environment, but find a partner to address continuity Crowdsourced Finnish copyright bill headed to parliament Silver Peak weans WAN optimization customers off hardware with virtualization pitch Happy birthday, OpenStack! Now change WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation & WWT VSPEX boost enterprise business for WWT Prior to the VSPEX sale, the customer faced multiple challenges in delivering a fast and reliable VDI end-user experience. After working with the customer to understand the server, storage, and networking requirements Read Now U.S. high-tech industry feeling the heat from Edward Snowden leaks The disclosures about the National Security Agency's massive global surveillance by Edward Snowden, the former information-technology contractor who's now wanted by the U.S. government for treason, is hitting the U.S. high-tech industry hard as it tries to explain its involvement in the NSA data-collection program. Read More Cisco spending $2.7B for Sourcefire, company that commercialized Snort open-source security tool Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Tuesday announced a $2.7 billion deal to buy Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE), the 12-year-old intrusion detection and prevention security vendor whose founder invented the open-source Snort IDS. Read More Our Internet privacy is at risk -- but not dead (yet) Legislation, stealth technologies, and emerging data privacy markets are proving that the battle for our Internet privacy has only just begun Read More Nokia launches Lumia 625 smartphone with 4.7-in screen Nokia announced its largest Windows 8 smartphone today, the low-cost Lumia 625 that sports a 4.7-in. LCD screen. Read More WEBCAST: PC Connection How Lenovo Enhances Your Windows 8 Experience Learn about the innovated devices that Lenovo designed to take full advantage of the new touch interface of Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro. Learn more. Linux lets you customize your environment, but find a partner to address continuity Businesses that value the independence Linux provides can benefit from partnering with a technology provider that can keep their business running in the event of disaster. Read More Crowdsourced Finnish copyright bill headed to parliament A crowdsourced Finnish draft law that aims to reduce penalties on small-scale private downloading from peer-to-peer networks reached enough backers to be discussed by the parliament. Read More Silver Peak weans WAN optimization customers off hardware with virtualization pitch WAN optimization vendor Silver Peak apparently sees the writing on the data center's walls, announcing a new program today that offers a free upgrade to a virtual edition of its products to users of its hardware appliances. Read More Happy birthday, OpenStack! Now change As OpenStack celebrates its third birthday this month, some project backers are reflecting on just how far the project has progressed, while pundits are saying that unless it makes some major changes, there may be less to celebrate in years to come. Read More
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