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George Crump

What Should A VDI Desktop Cost?

April 12, 2013

A small business should be able to configure a viable 250 desktop VDI installation for less than $150 per desktop.

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Doug Henschen

Oracle In-Memory Apps: Hunting Hana

April 11, 2013

Oracle releases its own in-memory applications in response to SAP's Hana strategy. How do they stack up?

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Kevin Casey

Windows 8 Doubt: 3 Ways Touch Won't Help

April 08, 2013

Windows 8 emphasizes touchscreen capabilities, but there are several scenarios where I see little benefit for information workers.

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Charles Babcock

As The PayPal Vs. VMware Story Turns

March 29, 2013

PayPal is adopting OpenStack for its cloud infrastructure, but it's not necessarily dumping VMware for virtualization infrastructure. Here are...

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Mike Feibus

Smartphone Battery Life: Back To The Future

March 29, 2013

Three innovations could help you squeeze a full day's work out of your smartphone battery. Many of us haven't seen that since 2007.

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Doug Henschen

Oracle Sparc T5 Can't Make Sun Rise

March 27, 2013

Oracle says new Sparc servers beat IBM's Power line, but gains in a shrinking market aren't likely to stanch hardware losses.

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George Crump

Drive Form-Factor SSDs Make A Comeback

March 26, 2013

Looking to improve server-side performance in your enterprise? Recent advances suggest it might be time to give drive form-factor SSDs another look.

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Mike Feibus

4 Signs That Microsoft Finally Gets It

March 21, 2013

After making moves last year right out of a Greek tragedy, Microsoft is finally taking steps to fix its mobile mess and other blunders.

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David Berlind

The End Of BYOD As We Know It?

March 21, 2013

Will IT need to limit which devices can connect to the corporate network? It feels like we're heading for separate Internets, aligned with mobile...

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Thomas Claburn

Is Apple Losing War Of Words?

March 19, 2013

Playing hard to get isn't helping Apple anymore. Here are 4 words it must embrace to fight off hard-talking rivals like Google and Samsung.

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