Tech

  • You can’t make it run better if you don’t know where the problem lies II

    Riverbed executive outlines how the company has put together a parcel of tools focused on improving IT resource performance. In an IT organization you’ll often end up with four silos, each of which has their own tools that do a great job of proving problems are not their fault. This […]

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    Google, Microsoft play catch up to Amazon, add load balancing, auto-scaling to their clouds

    Cloud computing proving to be a piggy-back industry Google Wednesday rolled out load balancing features to its public cloud service, allowing customers to automatically scale up and down virtual machines to accommodate unexpected spikes in demand. The rollout comes just a few months after Microsoft improved its Azure cloud service […]

  • Most U.S. employees work on vacation

    61% of employees will work during vacation — some willingly and some (20%) because they’re asked to by a boss, client or colleague ‘Time off’ means different things to different people. For many employees, it means working during vacation. In a survey of 2,000 American adults, 61% said they plan […]

  • Whatever you do, don’t search online … for anything …

    While she was looking online to buy a pressure cook her husband was researching backpacks. Armed men knock on their door. Hilarity ensues … So, there you are, at home, trying to decide which pressure cooker to buy while your spouse researches backpacks. A day or so later your doorbell […]

  • Google Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says

    The applications, which may contain just a link to a website, can be hard to assess using automated analysis A steady stream of questionable applications is flowing daily into Google’s Play store for Android devices, according to security vendor Symantec. Over the last seven months, Symantec found more than 1,200 […]

  • How to take control of your own IT career

    The new economy puts you in the driver’s seat of your career. Can you handle it? We’ll show you how. The days of building a lifelong IT career at a single company are long gone. And now, the days of building a lifelong IT career just within the IT department […]

  • Just like that, Android 4.3 is out, ahead of its release date

    Yes, the latest Jelly Bean has gone public already, plus: the HTC One kind-of-mini, malware scares, and HP’s supposed Android phone In the same way that watched pots never boil, hotly anticipated Android versions often aren’t released when we think they should be. However, turn your back for a second […]

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    Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349

    One Microsoft bull urges consumers to take a pass, even at that price Microsoft on Sunday slashed prices on its Surface RT tablets by as much as 30%, with the entry-level 32GB model selling for $349. The 64GB Surface RT was also discounted by $150, and now sells for $449, […]

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    Retracing Microsoft’s missteps that sunk the Xbox One

    The next-generation console wars are over and Microsoft has blown it. Even before PRISM blew up and people began to wonder about their electronics invading their privacy, the design of Xbox One is leaving such a bad taste in people’s mouths that the PlayStation 4 has the lead before the […]

  • TechEd crystalizes Microsoft’s BYOD management strategy

    The company’s Intune management service will play a key role in helping Microsoft shops manage non-Windows devices Microsoft’s TechEd North America conference, which was held this week in New Orleans, provided a first glimpse of the architecture that Microsoft shops should use to manage employee personal devices for work duties, […]