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TechRepublic Member | April 19, 2011

Best job of 2011: software engineer

Strong demand for Web applications and cloud computing skills vault software engineers to number one spot for desirable jobs, says a national placement firm. Read more

Resource of the day

Preventive maintenance strategy for data centers

This APC white paper describes the types of physical infrastructure preventive maintenance (PM) services that help safeguard the uptime of data centers and IT equipment rooms. (APC)


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Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad

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Today's recommended downloads

Strategies for deploying blade servers in existing data centers (American Power Conversion (APC))

Free White Paper: Improving the Efficiency of Large UPS Systems (American Power Conversion (APC))

Osterman Research: The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats (GFI Software)

Gain Control of your Infrastructure (American Power Conversion (APC))

Preventive maintenance strategy for data centers (American Power Conversion (APC))


 

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