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Is Quantum Computing real?

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Is Quantum Computing real?
Researchers have been working on quantum systems for more than a decade, in the hopes of developing super-tiny, super-powerful computers. And while there is still plenty of excitement surrounding quantum computing, significant roadblocks are causing some to question whether quantum computing will ever make it out of the lab. Read More


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Application Performance Management
In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More!

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Virtually Perfect Protection
Virtualization is spreading like wildfire and turning up the heat on the need for a better way to manage and protect virtual data. Companies are finding that legacy software-and-hardware-based data protection systems, and even some of the newer appliance-based systems, are simply not capable of meeting their needs. Learn More

Geekiest cupcake designs
Cupcakes (and a few cakes) decorated for the techie crowd. Read More

Facebook's Timeline will be boon for hackers
Facebook's new Timeline will likely make it easier for crooks to mine the social network for personal information they can use to launch malicious attacks and steal passwords. Read More

Cisco, Microsoft cooperation on virtual switching gives customers new option
Cisco support will make Microsoft's Hyper-V environment more attractive to corporate customers, but it remains to be seen whether that's enough for Hyper-V to give VMware's ESXi a run for its money. Read More


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The Exponential Data Center
Arbner will explore how changing data usage models have completely shifted network traffic patterns in the data center, making most data center networks ill-suited to today's reality, and too expensive to boot. Learn more >>

Six factors slowing adoption of converged I/O
So if converging the I/O infrastructure in data centers is all the rage, what's taking IT shops so long to do it? Read More

AT&T and alternate universes
Gibbs marvels at how theories about alternate universes abound. Read More

How much do women CIOs make?
A handful of women CIOs cropped up when I started digging through proxy statements to find out how much senior IT executives at Fortune 500 companies are being paid. It's a limited study -- more like a glimpse of what pay is like for senior IT leaders who've ascended the ranks of public companies and neared the top tiers. Read More


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IDC: Ways to Improve the Branch Office
Well-targeted technology upgrades, coupled with a rigorous program to standardize and improve IT practices at a company's remote locations and headquarters, can deliver substantial business value and could reduce total annual IT costs in the branches by over 30%. Read now

iPhone 5 doesn't appear T-Mobile bound
Apparently Sprint will be the only new US carrier that will welcome the iPhone 5 into the ranks this Fall. Despite initial reports that T-Mobile would carry Apple's next-gen iPhone in the coming weeks, TmoNews last week posted an alleged photo of an internal T-Mobile news posting which indicates otherwise. Read More

Wireless: My, how you've grown
When I began writing this newsletter 11 years ago, wireless was a completely different animal than it is today. Read More

15 Best iPhone Apps for Busy CEOs
For executive road warriors and super-busy CEOs, the iPhone has become indispensable. Here are 15 must-have free and paid business apps that tap into the great mobile experience and keep executives productive all day long. Read More



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16 essential Android apps for IT pros
There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps, including many that are useful for IT professionals on the job. These apps can help connect to servers, monitor computers, access databases, analyze the airwaves, scan networks, and serve as a reference. Here are 16 of these apps, most of them free.

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