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	Gartner: Windows 8 is a must-win gamble by Microsoft Gartner is elevating Windows 8 to a must-win gamble by Microsoft if it wants to matter in the evolving world of personal devices, according to a Gartner special report. "It is a risk that Microsoft must take to stay relevant in a world where mobile devices with new modern experiences are becoming the norm," according to "Is Windows 8 in Your Future" by Gartner analysts Michael A. Silver and Stephen Kleynhans. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! In this Issue Microsoft dismisses Google's open-source browser benchmark 5 signs your cloud service provider can't handle tier 1 apps Infor launches open-source strategy, embraces Red Hat stack, MySQL Security researcher digs up another critical zero-day Java bug RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Microsoft dismisses Google's open-source browser benchmark In the latest battle of the ongoing browser wars, Google has released to the open-source community a browser benchmark dubbed RoboHornet that aims to test how well browsers handle Web technologies beyond JavaScript. Though the benchmark is still an alpha release, Microsoft has already dismissed it as a mere "micro-benchmark" that fails to represent Web technologies used in the "real world." Read More 5 signs your cloud service provider can't handle tier 1 apps Migrating mission-critical applications to the cloud is fundamentally different from migrating less critical applications and processes to the cloud. Picking the right cloud hosting provider is among the most important decisions you'll make when planning the migration of your Tier 1 applications. After all, cloud providers that typically focus on developer services can quickly find themselves out of their depth when dealing with production applications. Read More Infor launches open-source strategy, embraces Red Hat stack, MySQL Infor has certified some of its products for Red Hat's Linux and JBoss middleware and added support for the MySQL and MariaDB databases, as part of a new push into open-source software, the companies announced Wednesday. Specifically, Infor's LN ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite, along with its ION integration framework, have been certified for Red Hat's stack. LN and ION customers can also now use MySQL and MariaDB, the latter of which is a fork of the MySQL codebase. Read More Security researcher digs up another critical zero-day Java bug A security researcher known for finding Java bugs has uncovered a new critical zero-day vulnerability in all currently-supported versions of the popular Oracle software. The bug, which was publicly reported on the Full Disclosure security mailing list Tuesday by Adam Gowdiak, the founder and CEO of Polish security firm Security Explorations, can be leveraged to hijack a machine equipped with Java, letting attackers install malware on the system. Read More
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