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38% Of The Fortune 500 Do Not Have A CISO HelpNet Security, September 30th, 2019 To uncover whether the world's leading companies are committed to enhancing their cybersecurity initiatives, Bitglass researched the members of the 2019 Fortune 500 and analyzed public-facing information such as what is available on their websites

5 Must-Read Harvard Business Review Articles In October Harvard Business Review, October 1st, 2019 Check out these five thought-provoking HBR articles, curated especially for CIOs and IT leaders

A Security Breach Is Inevitable, IT Leaders Warned ComputerWeekly, October 1st, 2019 No matter how much IT security tech and training is in place, sophisticated, targeted attacks are going to breach company defences, Carbon Black warns

Digital Transformation = Culture & Business Model Change Business 2 Community, September 27th, 2019 Many companies talk about 'Digital Transformation' but use it in a limited fashion, such as: just turning paper into PDFs or using web tools to communicate to customers, but in the end, the core culture, and even business model has changed

Innovative CIOs Strike Back Against Digital Disruption CIO, October 1st, 2019 CIOs from every industry are looking to outmaneuver startups by taking a page from the disruptor's playbook to deliver innovative digital products and services

Why Digital Customer Experience Is Now Part Of A CIOs Job SearchCIO, October 3rd, 2019 Delivering a high-quality digital customer experience is becoming a key responsibility for IT leaders, say leading technology executives. AI and error budgets will come in handy

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Storage Virtualization Enterprise Storage Forum, October 4th, 2019 Storage virtualization runs on multiple storage devices and makes them appear as if they were a single storage pool, greatly increasing efficiency and manageability

Gartner Magic Quadrant For Distributed File Systems And Object Storage In 2019 Storage Newsletter, October 3rd, 2019 4 leaders: Dell EMC, IBM, Qumulo and Scality, and Pure Storage most visionary

Data Storage: The Top Five Storage Deployment Pitfalls ComputerWeekly, October 2nd, 2019 Key pitfalls in data storage include silos, under-utilisation, backup and disaster recovery, plus neglect of skills and application requirements. We ask analysts how to avoid them

Top Fibre Channel Hardware Enterprise Storage Forum, October 4th, 2019 The leaders in the Fibre Channel storage market offer multiple classes of hardware that help organizations to build and enable Storage Area Networks (SAN) deployments.

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5 Disruptive Trends Transforming Cybersecurity Dark Reading, October 1st, 2019 Everything about IT has changed, but our security measures are still built around how we used to design software and systems. Where does security need to catch up with digital transformation - and how?

Deepfakes And Synthetic Identity: More Reasons To Worry About Identity Theft CSO Online, October 2nd, 2019 How can we maintain control over digital identity In a world where it is being blurred and abused by fraudsters?

Common Pitfalls Of Security Monitoring Dark Reading, October 3rd, 2019 We need technology, but we can't forget the importance of humans working methodically to make it effective

Cybercrime: AI's Growing Threat Dark Reading, October 4th, 2019 Cyberecurity incidents expected to rise by nearly 70% and cost $5 trillion annually by 2024

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Study: HR Organizations Can Do More With Less When Outfitted With Automation HR Dive, September 30th, 2019 By integrating automation into their practices, "HR organizations can reduce costs by 17% and operate with 26% fewer staff hours,"

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5 AI Fears And How To Address Them The Enterprisers Project, September 30th, 2019 IT leaders implementing AI will encounter fears - many of them well-founded. The trick is to focus on these real-world concerns, not the time-traveling robot assassins

The DIY Guide To Introducing Machine Learning Solutions Business 2 Community, October 3rd, 2019 Machine learning is fundamentally different from all the tech that came before it in one major way: As time passes, it gets smarter

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A Real Mickey Mouse Theory Computerworld, September 30th, 2019 Always remember, kids: Safety first.

But What Do You Do With All Your Spare Time? ComputerWorld, October 2nd, 2019 A: Probably reads more manuals.

Throwback Thursday: Everybody Gets An F ComputerWorld, October 2nd, 2019 Shall we guess how many of those passwords were '123456'?

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Breaking Down The 10 Need-To-Know Emerging Technologies Forrester, October 2nd, 2019 The world of emerging tech by nature is fast-moving and ever-changing, and consequently, it's difficult to get a handle on the state of the various markets, not to mention leveraging them in driving business innovation.

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5 Industries That Will Be Disrupted By Blockchain InsiderPro, October 3rd, 2019 Here are five major industries that will benefit from blockchain technology in the near future: financial services and banking, government, healthcare, energy, and transportation and logistics

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15 Famous ERP Disasters, Dustups And Disappointments CIO, October 4th, 2019 It's no wonder ERP has such a bad reputation: The history surrounding the complex and expensive enterprise software market is packed with tales of vendor mud-slinging, outrageous hype and epic failures

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Gartner: 5 Trends Shaping Analytics And Business Intelligence Information Age, October 2nd, 2019 The Gartner, Inc. report 'Hype Cycle for Analytics and Business Intelligence, 2019' reveals five key trends impacting the analytics and business intelligence (BI) market

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4 Reasons To Choose On-Premise vs. Cloud For Modern Workloads ITProToday, September 30th, 2019 The traditional reasons to choose on-premise vs. cloud aren't always a factor today. Here are some reasons to avoid the cloud based on current context

8 Ways Your Patch Management Policy Is Broken (And How To Fix It) CSO Online, October 3rd, 2019 These eight patching best practices mistakes get in the way of effective risk mitigation. Here's how to fix them

The Best Ways To Determine How Much Bandwidth Your Data Center Needs Network Computing, October 4th, 2019 Estimating data center bandwidth is often a guessing game. Here are some proven approaches to making reality-based calculations

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Cloud Database Services Multiply To Ease Admin Work By Users SearchDataManagement, September 30th, 2019 The list of vendors offering managed cloud database services is growing rapidly, which gives IT teams more opportunities to offload management of database systems

The State Of Open Source Databases In 2019: Multiple Databases, Clouds, And Licenses ZDNet, October 1st, 2019 An extensive survey shows the attitude of the market towards open source databases, drivers and inhibitors to adoption

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HPC In The Cloud Offers Flexible, Scalable Solutions For Enterprises And Research Institutions insideHPC, September 30th, 2019 In this guest article, our friends at Intel discuss how HPC as a Service (HPCaaS) reduces barriers to HPC and offers a cost-effective extension to on-premise solutions

High Performance Computing: Do You Need It? Networkworld, October 4th, 2019 As costs drop and use cases multiply, high performance computing is attracting new adopters of all types and sizes...

Video: AI Is Impacting HPC Everywhere insideHPC, September 30th, 2019 In this video from the Perth HPC Conference, Rob Farber from TechEnablement presents: AI is Impacting HPC Everywhere

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Being Truly Accountable PeopleTek News, September 30th, 2019 A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them - John Maxwell

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Multi-Cloud Security: 7 Issues To Watch The Enterprisers Project, October 1st, 2019 Using multiple cloud providers is not riskier than using one: Each arrangement has its pros and cons. Prioritize these security areas in the multi-cloud environment

The Five Pillars Of Edge Computing Information Age, October 1st, 2019 Why do we need Edge computing? What is it? What are the advantages? The five pillars to edge computing provide the answers

6 Strategies For Avoiding Cloud Vendor Lock-In CIO, September 30th, 2019 A credible threat of defection can help you leverage competitive pricing opportunities and escape long-term relationships gone bad

7 Must-Have Steps For A Cloud Migration Checklist SearchCloudComputing, October 4th, 2019 Migrating an enterprise's data and applications to the cloud includes a laundry list of considerations. Review the steps you need to take to complete your migration

Multi-Cloud Spending: 8 Tips To Lower Costs The Enterprisers Project, October 2nd, 2019 Are you overspending with your multi-cloud strategy? IT leaders and multi-cloud experts share their best advice on how to optimize costs - and avoid unnecessary waste when using multiple cloud providers

The Future Of Cloud Storage: Experts Look 5 Years Out SearchStorage, September 30th, 2019 Industry experts weigh in on key cloud storage developments of the last five years and where they see the technology and its use headed in the next five

Top Six Emerging Technologies In Cloud Computing Datamation, October 4th, 2019 These emerging technologies are changing not just cloud, but the larger world of enterprise computing - and sectors ranging from retail to media to pharmaceutical

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5G Explained: A Deep Dive Into The Features And Facts SearchNetworking, October 2nd, 2019 As you evaluate the difference between 4G and 5G, you'll see the next-generation cellular standard seems pretty impressive. But goals and reality can be quite different

Here's When 5G Could Make An Actual Difference In Your Life CNET, October 1st, 2019 A new timeline sheds some light on when 5G's could come to your phone, home and more

How WiFi 6 And 5G Will Force The Merger Of PCs And Smartphones ComputerWeekly, September 30th, 2019 Once you can provide a high-bandwidth, low-latency solution that meets or exceeds a wired connection, you can move into the cloud - and that will force a revolutionary change in hardware design

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Weigh The Challenges Of Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery SearchCloudComputing, October 2nd, 2019 An enterprise could craft a multi-cloud backup strategy, but that doesn't mean it should. Weigh the potential benefits against the myriad challenges presented by this approach

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Include The CISO In Your SD-WAN Planning Strategy Network Computing, October 2nd, 2019 Implementing SD-WAN introduces new layers of risk that may not be apparent on the surface. This is where your CISO can provide invaluable assistance

Microsoft Declares General Availability Of Windows Virtual Desktop Globally Techworm, October 1st, 2019 Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop Now Generally Available Worldwide

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3 Experts Discuss How To Navigate The Challenges Of IoT IoT Agenda, September 30th, 2019 IoT has given organizations opportunities to improve processes and predict issues from the flood of data. How will advancements and its own limitations shape the future of IoT?

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Mass IoT Connectivity? Information Age, October 3rd, 2019 Marina Ruggieri, IEEE Fellow and professor of telecommunications engineering at the University of Roma, helps Information Age solve the problem of IoT connectivity

IoT Dangers Demand A Dedicated Group Computerworld, October 4th, 2019 The internet of things brings with it a wide range of IT security headaches, along with compliance nightmares - and turf wars

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IT Careers: 12 Job Skills In Demand For 2020 InformationWeek, October 1st, 2019 Employers will likely be looking to fill these kinds of IT positions in the coming year, building out their teams' tech skills

What You Need To Know Before Hiring An Employee Business 2 Community, September 30th, 2019 Before you think about hiring an employee, you should develop a job description

5 Ways CIOs Can Better Compete To Recruit Top Tech Talent InformationWeek, October 2nd, 2019 A CIO shares lessons he's learned about finding and securing the best job candidates for IT teams

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5 Common Virtualization Problems And How To Solve Them SearchServerVirtualization, October 3rd, 2019 Organizations can correct common problems with virtualization, such as VM sprawl and network congestion, through business policies rather than purchasing additional technology

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Companies Vastly Overestimating Their Gdpr Readiness, Only 28% Achieving Compliance HelpNet Security, September 30th, 2019 Over a year on from the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Capgemini Research Institute has found that companies vastly overestimated their readiness for the new regulation with just 28% having successfully achieved compliance

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Business Email Compromise Attacks Cost Millions, Losses Doubling Each Year CSO Online, October 1st, 2019 Cybercriminals follow the money, and you need look no further than Toyota Boshoku's recent $37 million loss to see why many are turning to BEC scams

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Backup Review Top 100 Cloud Online Backup Companies For October 2019 - Backup Review Storage Newsletter, October 3rd, 2019 No change for first ones: Carbonite, Arcserve (Zetta), Databarracks, Asigra

Baltimore Reportedly Had No Data Backup Process For Many Systems Dark Reading, September 30th, 2019 City lost key data in a ransomware attack earlier this year that's already cost more than $18.2 million in recovery and related expenses

Managing Legacy Backups architectingIT, October 2nd, 2019 Many times in my career I've been faced with managing legacy secondary storage media. By this, I generally mean tapes, but equally, we see backup data being stored on removable drives or file servers too

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Top 5 Reasons To Go For A Data Lake Architecture Jaxenter, October 2nd, 2019 Data lakes are just one way to organize and structure big data, and is one of the most relaxed in terms of data preparation and organization

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How Long Before Quantum Computers Break Encryption? VMWare News, September 30th, 2019 The verdict is in: quantum computing poses an existential threat to asymmetric cryptography algorithms like RSA and ECC that underpin practically all current Internet security

Quantum-Safe Cryptography: The Time To Prepare Is Now Cisco News, October 2nd, 2019 Quantum computing is real and it's evolving fast. Is the security industry up to the challenge?

Renewed Calls For Backdoor Access To Encryption Have All The Same Flaws CNET, October 4th, 2019 Meet the United States' new arguments against encryption. Same as the old arguments against encryption

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Are You Really Cyber Aware? RSA News, October 3rd, 2019 For many IT managers, being cyber aware is a hard thing to pin down

Seven Habits Of A Risk Ready Digital Enterprise RSA News, October 2nd, 2019 CROs, CISOs and other executives responsible for risk management today are frequently tasked with this seemingly impossible duty

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Supermicro Expands European Manufacturing Facilities to Support Increased Server and Storage Volume in EMEA Markets Supermicro, October 1st, 2019 Increased Local Manufacturing Improves Time to Market, Flexibility, and Logistics for Rapidly Expanding Cloud, 5G and Enterprise Customers

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Cisco SD-WAN Services Help Altice USA Offer Better Ways for Enterprises to Manage Their Networks Cisco News, September 30th, 2019 Altice USA deploys Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) platform to quickly and seamlessly install and manage an SD-WAN services offering to enterprise customers

Reflections on Cisco Leader Day 2019 Cisco News, October 3rd, 2019 I recently had a great experience attending Cisco's third annual Leader Day which happened to fall on a pretty historic day for us - the day Cisco was named the #1 World's Best Workplace by Great Places to Work

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How to Move Source Control from Perforce to GitHub Datacore News, September 30th, 2019 Migration best practices for organizations undergoing agile transformation

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HP Inc. Announces Fiscal 2020 Financial Outlook and Restructuring Plan HP News, October 3rd, 2019 Estimates GAAP diluted net earnings per share ('EPS') for fiscal 2020 of $1.98 to $2.10

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HCI - The Foundation for Your Future-Proof Infrastructure VMWare News, October 3rd, 2019 'HCI is winning" - John Gilmartin, general manager and senior vice president of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) at VMware

How to Be Successful in a Multi-Cloud World VMWare News, October 1st, 2019 The technology first used by tech companies - primarily for development and testing - is now handling global production workloads. And it's changing the way nearly every business and government operates

Top 3 Highlights from the Education and Certification Lounge at VMworld 2019 US VMWare News, October 4th, 2019 With San Francisco behind us and Barcelona ahead, it's official: VMworld season has arrived again!

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Accenture and Oracle Help Insurers Meet IFRS 17 and LDTI Accounting Standards Oracle News, October 2nd, 2019 New solution enables insurers to more effectively digitize their financial information and improve financial reporting of their insurance contracts

Brazilian Grocer's Use of Oracle Boosts Customer Satisfaction Oracle News, October 1st, 2019 Oracle Retail enabled Makro to remake itself as B2C grocer and improve customer satisfaction by 96%

Online Wine Retailer Fine-Tunes Inventory and Speeds Delivery with Oracle Cloud Oracle News, October 3rd, 2019 Enjoying wine may be an age-old pleasure, but making sure online buyers get the right wine delivered promptly is a very modern concern

Oracle Buys CrowdTwist Oracle News, October 2nd, 2019 Extends Oracle CX with Leading Cloud-Native Omni-Channel Loyalty Solution

Oracle Positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises Oracle News, September 30th, 2019 Oracle Again Placed Furthest for Completeness of Vision within the Entire Magic Quadrant

SKY Brasil Sees a 90% Reduction in Time to Market with Oracle Cloud Oracle News, October 1st, 2019 All throughout Brazil, in indigenous areas, remote cities, and low-income communities, SKY Brasil is providing satellite service. More than five million customers - nearly 30% of Brasil's paying TV subscribers -rely on SKY to distribute digital programming across the nation

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Backup is Not a Aestination Veeam News, October 1st, 2019 This week, we're kicking off a five-week video blog series for the Tuesdays in October

Vancouver Canucks Turns to Veeam Cloud Data Management to Optimize Fan Experience Veeam News, October 2nd, 2019 Veeam Availability Suite and Veeam Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure Eliminates the Risk of Downtime Costing over $100,000 Per Hour on Game Day, and Saves the IT Team Over 500 Hours Yearly

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Award-Winning PowerVault ME4 Celebrates One Year Anniversary, Introduces New Features including CloudIQ Dell News, October 3rd, 2019 Dell EMC, the market leader in entry storage'1', is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the PowerVault ME4 Series, Dell EMC's entry storage array, with an industry award and new features

The University of Queensland Uses Dell Technologies Supercomputer to Pioneer New Alzheimer's Disease Breakthrough Dell News, October 2nd, 2019 Built with Dell EMC High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, the Wiener supercomputer uses Finite Element Method (FEM) to analyse human skull models

Three Approaches to Modernizing your SQL Server and Windows Server Environments Dell News, October 3rd, 2019 If your organization is like many, the fall is preparation and planning time

What are the Cloud Hot Buttons? Observations from Cloud Field Day 6 Dell News, October 4th, 2019 At this year's Cloud Field Day, the range of beliefs and challenges around the cloud were on full display

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10 Reasons to Move your Databases off Legacy Infrastructure Nutanix News, October 2nd, 2019 Does this sound like you?

Nutanix Announces Lineup for .NEXT Europe 2019 Nutanix News, October 2nd, 2019 Industry Experts and Thought Leaders Will Gather to Share Latest in Datacenter Infrastructure and Hybrid Cloud Innovation, Plus Best Practices for Digital Transformation

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Bringing Together Deep Bioscience and AI to Help Patients Worldwide: Novartis and Microsoft Work to Reinvent Treatment Discovery and Development Oracle News, October 1st, 2019 In the world of commercial research and science, there's probably no undertaking more daunting - or more expensive - than the process of bringing a new medicine to marke

Enabling Government to Advance 'Tech Intensity' with Newest Cloud Product Innovations Microsoft News, October 3rd, 2019 We see examples of organizations across public and private sectors embracing the concept of 'tech intensity' to maximize their impact

Novartis and Microsoft announce collaboration to transform medicine with artificial intelligence Microsoft News, October 1st, 2019 Multiyear alliance underpins the Novartis commitment to leverage data & artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how medicines are discovered, developed and commercialized

Windows Virtual Desktop is Now Generally Available Worldwide Microsoft, September 30th, 2019 Today, we're excited to announce that Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available worldwide.

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Database Deep Dives: FaunaDB IBM News, September 30th, 2019 Welcome back to the latest installment of Database Deep Dives! In this session, we caught up with Evan Weaver, CEO of Fauna

IBM Positioned as a Leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services in Europe and Asia/Pacific IBM News, October 3rd, 2019 Today's announcement falls on the heels of its recent announcement that Gartner positioned IBM as Leader in the same for the North American market

Solve Complex Problems Quickly: High-Performance Computing on Cloud IBM News, October 1st, 2019 A summary of high-performance computing (HPC) that focuses on simplifying the concept and explaining with the help of examples

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FortiGate NGIPS Receives Third Consecutive Recommended Rating from NSS Labs Fortinet News, October 3rd, 2019 According to the latest Fortinet Threat Landscape Report published in Q2 2019, we continue to see increases in threats, particularly malware and exploits

Fortinet Ranked in Top Three by Gartner for SD-WAN Equipment Market Share by Revenue Fortinet News, October 1st, 2019 'Cybersecurity has become a top-of-mind strategic business issue for enterprises deploying WAN edge solutions,' says John Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet

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TOKAI Group Adopts Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated for Fully-Managed Enterprise Kubernetes Red Hat News, September 30th, 2019 Red Hat's Kubernetes platform on the public cloud provides consolidation and integration for group companies' web applications, helps to improve security, operational efficiency and development speed

Alliance Bank and Hong Leong Bank Crowned Winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2019 in Malaysia Red Hat News, October 3rd, 2019 Recognized for their transformative use of open source to continuously innovate and future-proof the business

Bank Central Asia and Telkomsel Crowned Winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2019 in Indonesia Red Hat News, October 3rd, 2019 Recognized for their transformative use of open source to continuously innovate and future-proof the business

Friday Five - September 27, 2019 Red Hat News, September 30th, 2019

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Citrix Endpoint Management joins the Citrix Cloud Government suite Citrix News, October 1st, 2019 This platform is designed for local, state, and federal government agencies (and the commercial organizations that work with them). It's a U.S. government-grade cloud that's infrastructure as a service

Citrix TIPS: Getting started with Windows Virtual Desktop Citrix News, October 2nd, 2019 It's an exciting time because we now have a new Windows 10 multi-session virtual app and desktop delivery model, in addition to the hundreds of use cases supported by multi-session Windows RDSH and single-session Windows VDI

The Magic Bullet: Modern Digital Workspaces Citrix News, October 2nd, 2019 There are few universal truths that apply to the majority of workplaces around the world

What's New with Citrix Workspace - September 2019 Citrix News, September 30th, 2019 Almost two years ago, my family and I moved a little south of San Jose, California, to a great little town called Morgan Hill. The commute is a bit longer, but I'm loving the country/suburban living