[TechRepublic] Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience

Software Engineer TechRepublic Member | April 17, 2012

Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience Justin James gives his initial impressions of the Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Beta, in which he highlights the benefits and drawbacks of the new products. Read more Resource of the day Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management with VMware With VMware, virtualization tools come with a management system built in. Check out this webcast to learn more. Additional TechRepublic resources   W3C releases CSS 3 variables draft A specification for using variables in CSS has reached the first standardisation milestone. Read more jsFiddle: An online playground for your JavaScript, HTML, CSS jsFiddle lets developers play with the three core elements of Web development. Check out this powerful application for rapid prototyping and testing. Read more Poll: How much of your logic is in services? Let us know whether all, some, or none of your non-UI logic is in services by taking this developer poll. Read more Tutorial: jQuery Show, Hide, and Toggle functions Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates how to use the jQuery Hide, Show, and Toggle functions. Read more When can Android devs target ICS? Developers need to have a very good reason to solely target Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest and greatest version of Android. Read more 2012 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominees George R. R. Martin, Rachel Swirsky, and John Scalzi are among this year's Hugo nominees. Find out who else is nominated, as well as the finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Read more Featured multimedia   Exhibit explores 'The Art of Video Games' (images) New exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates 40 years of gaming. View on site 50 sexy costumes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of ECCC 2012 that we collected from folks who uploaded their photos to Flickr. View on site Today's recommended downloads Simplified Management in the Real World with VMware vCenter Operations (VMware) ESG Security Management Maturity Model (EMC Corporation) Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management with VMware (VMware) Blade Servers: Easier Management, Better Power Usage and Quicker ROI (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Introducing the New VMware Management Solution Portfolio (VMware) Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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[TechRepublic] Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience

Software Engineer TechRepublic Member | April 17, 2012

Visual Studio 11: A refined and disappointing experience Justin James gives his initial impressions of the Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Beta, in which he highlights the benefits and drawbacks of the new products. Read more Resource of the day Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Leading experts from Gartner and Symantec break down the emerging information management challenges that organisations like yours face and, more importantly, offer solutions to address them. Watch this informative webcast now! Additional TechRepublic resources   W3C releases CSS 3 variables draft A specification for using variables in CSS has reached the first standardisation milestone. Read more jsFiddle: An online playground for your JavaScript, HTML, CSS jsFiddle lets developers play with the three core elements of Web development. Check out this powerful application for rapid prototyping and testing. Read more Poll: How much of your logic is in services? Let us know whether all, some, or none of your non-UI logic is in services by taking this developer poll. Read more Tutorial: jQuery Show, Hide, and Toggle functions Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates how to use the jQuery Hide, Show, and Toggle functions. Read more When can Android devs target ICS? Developers need to have a very good reason to solely target Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest and greatest version of Android. Read more 2012 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominees George R. R. Martin, Rachel Swirsky, and John Scalzi are among this year's Hugo nominees. Find out who else is nominated, as well as the finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Read more Featured multimedia   Exhibit explores 'The Art of Video Games' (images) New exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates 40 years of gaming. View on site 50 sexy costumes from Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Emerald City Comic Con was held in Seattle, WA, on March 30 - April 1, 2012. Here are 50 of the sexiest costumes of ECCC 2012 that we collected from folks who uploaded their photos to Flickr. View on site Today's recommended downloads Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Does Your Cloud Storage Strategy Measure Up? (Oracle) The Right Way to Prove Identity & Establish Trust (Quest Software) Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution (Quest Software) Why The Change in Backup Licensing Models? (Quest Software) Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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Formulate a Database Security Strategy

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Formulate a Database Security Strategy
Although most organizations are taking stronger measures to protect their data, significant gaps still exist at the very core - their databases. Many don't have a comprehensive database security strategy to defend against sophisticated attacks, track sensitive data, or even meet emerging regulatory requirements. Read this Forrester paper to help you formulate a database security strategy.

Five Calls to Make When Developing a Mobile Learning Strategy
With smartphones becoming commonplace and new mobile devices such as tablets skyrocketing in popularity, the interest in mobile learning has begun to heat up as well. Many organizations see the promise of mobile learning, but actual implementations are still rare. Is now the time to take the plunge into mobile learning or should you wait for a more stable mobile landscape to emerge? It's important for organizations to focus on some basic issues before making this decision.

Economics of Virtualization for the Mid-market
While the value of virtualization for large businesses has been well documented, this whitepaper explains how mid-sized business can benefit from virtualization with some new technologies and improved affordability. It explains virtualization in the context of mid-sized businesses and shows how they can reduce costs, improve services and simplify management.

Take a New Approach to Big Data
Machine data holds critical operational insights into user behavior, security risks, capacity consumption and more. Learn how to leverage this unstructured data and correlate meaningful events all in real time. Turn your machine data into a NoSQL data fabric that can be searched, browsed, analyzed and visualized all without the inherent limitations of a RDBMS.

4 Collaboration Fundamentals
Digital and social technologies have raised the bar for everyday business processes such as document creation and distribution to be more collaborative and engaging. However, there are several pressing questions facing IT decision-makers as they explore solutions that will help adapt to this new collaborative behavior.

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Report: Google Drive to launch next week with 5GB free

Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic Member | April 17, 2012

Google Drive details leak: 5GB for free Google Drive will reportedly be unveiled next week with 5GB of free cloud space for each user. Read more Resource of the day Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Leading experts from Gartner and Symantec break down the emerging information management challenges that organisations like yours face and, more importantly, offer solutions to address them. Watch this informative webcast now! More from TechRepublic   Microsoft details Windows 8 editions Five ways CIOs can keep the boss - and the IT team - happy Tech mind control? It's not what you might think Defending against Advanced Persistent Threats Infographic: The true cost of an iPhone News from ZDNet   European carriers: Nokia's Lumia smartphone "would be much easier to sell" if it ran Android HP: Oracle execs thought Sun acquisition was a 'bad idea' Oracle, Google CEOs lined up as witnesses in Android IP trial RIM eyes investment bankers: First step to a sale? Toshiba to buy IBM point-of-sale business for $850 million Intel's Q1: Solid results, outlook, but wild cards linger Microsoft Office 15: What's an Agave? Is Apple REALLY family-friendly or does it just want you to think it is? ASUS offering free GPS fix for Transformer Prime owners Google faces fine for bypassing Apple's Safari privacy settings Is there a Canon EOS 5D Mark III product recall in the offing? Sprint offers old-school netbook on fading WiMAX network News from CNET   Microsoft hiring points to Web-based Skype service Nokia can't compete with Apple, Android, say European carriers The 'Starck' truth about Apple's 'revolutionary' product Sprint selling Lenovo IdeaPad with built-in 4G for $200 Hulu Plus hits 2 million subscribers, report says Code Warrior: Nokia puts bounties on desirable apps How a super feature phone could save RIM Google rolls out a new design for its campus bike Mozilla readies Firefox 3.6 for the grave Twitter buys social-media analytics startup Hotspots.io Google Play, YouTube to rent 600 MGM titles Google wants to know what do you think of Google TV Selling the Apple II: Three true stories Zooey Deschanel oozes nerdy allure for Sprint's iPhone Stink different: New fragrance smells like Apple Mac Today's recommended downloads Gartner webcast: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Does Your Cloud Storage Strategy Measure Up? (Oracle) 2011 DCIG Oracle Backup Buyer's Guide (Quest Software) Why The Change in Backup Licensing Models? (Quest Software) The Right Way to Prove Identity & Establish Trust (Quest Software)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Connect with TechRepublic CIO Insights newsletter: Subscribe today! TechRepublic's CIO Insights newsletter highlights the world of technology and business from the point of view of CIOs, IT directors, and other senior tech professionals. Go go to our Newsletters page to subscribe to CIO Insights today. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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[TechRepublic] Defending against Advanced Persistent Threats

IT Security TechRepublic Member | April 17, 2012

Defending against Advanced Persistent Threats Alfonso Barreiro defines the security class known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and describes the security view you should take of your organization to combat them. Read more Resource of the day Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management with VMware With VMware, virtualization tools come with a management system built in. Check out this webcast to learn more. Does your flashlight app know where you are? Probing Android permissions Android permissions are difficult to understand. Michael Kassner interviews a research team using the "wisdom of the crowd" to clarify what a permission actually does. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Are sysadmins and Google evil hackers? Do almost half of systems administrators read the emails of their co-workers? And has Google found a way into the content-management system of News Limited? Read more [Update] Apple preparing tool to detect and remove Flashback malware Apple is on the offensive against the Flashback botnet that struck last week. Here's what the counter-attack looks like. Read more Software security: Are firms right to outsource scanning for flaws? More end-user organisations and software vendors are using outsourced services to check app for vulnerabilities, so it's important to understand the processes involved. Read more It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: April 2012 Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decisions when applying Microsoft's April 2012 patches in your organization. Read more Featured multimedia   Five great apps to handle emergency recoveries With this combination of apps in your toolkit, you should be able to tackle just about any software crisis you encounter in the field. View on site Today's recommended downloads Introducing the New VMware Management Solution Portfolio (VMware) Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management with VMware (VMware) Investing in A Cloud-Based Back-End (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Case Study: Signature Mortgage and Electronic Paperwork (IBM) Simplified Management in the Real World with VMware vCenter Operations (VMware) Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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