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Beyond Windows 8.1

With Windows 8.1 now generally available, focus shifts to fixing the mess Steve Sinofsky left behind

Review: Salt keeps server automation simple

Salt brings simplicity, flexibility, and high scalability to Linux and Unix server infrastructure management -- it does Windows too

IBM’s results hampered by slowing hardware sales

System x and Power Systems sales continue to slide, though mainframe sales were strong for IBM

Tilera chips add muscle to x86 servers and free up computing capacity

With their 72 cores, Tile-IQ co-processors can boost servers' speed by taking on Hadoop and video apps

Hard numbers, chilling facts: What the government does with your data

The Brennan Center for Justice lays out what the NSA does with your data. The news is worse than you think

Security firm releases tool to audit SAP’s HANA

The HANA modules in Onapsis' X1 security suite look for problems such as weak passwords and missing audit trails

VMware reverses decision on ThinApp licensing, readies new version

User complaints get through and mean ThinApp will not just be part of the Horizon suite

The tricky balancing act of mobile security

Your workers' smartphones could be the weakest link in your security plan. Here's how to protect the devices and secure the data

Oracle plugs severe security holes that put systems at hijack risk

The company patched vulnerabilities affecting Java, its databases, enterprise applications, and middleware

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