Today's Tech Deals: 1/30/12

PCConnectionExpress: Special Savings on Select HP Ink & Toner – Stock Up Now
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Corel: Up to $150 off top products, plus the new Aftershot Pro
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CompUSA: New Core i7 Laptop $599...48 Hour End of Month Clearance Ends Tuesday...
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Geeks: 3.4GHz XP Pro System Deal
website: http://tinyurl.com/8yd6er7

MusiciansFriend: Only Hours Left To Save Up To $500!
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Amazon: PlayStation Vita 3G/Wi-Fi Launch Bundle
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MicroCenter: Your February Catalog is Now Online...Save On ALL Computer Cases, Power Supplies & PCI-Express Video Cards...Dual-Core Laptop $279.99
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Twitter Using Censorship Policy?

Twitter has been labelled a sellout because it will begin a censorship policy that will allow it to censor messages on a "country by country basis." That means if a rebellion breaks out in a country and that country contacts Twitter to block communications about the incident, Twitter can now block the messages from that particular country.
The social media giant has caught a lot of flak for implementing this policy and movements to boycott the company are underway. Could this be the beginning of the end for Twitter? Check out the video below for more info:

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Hump Day Whitepapers & Webcast: 1/25/12

Happy Hump Day. Thought we'd bring this Hump Day to a close with 10 hot whitepapers:

1) Deduplication backup basics for small businesses

2) 4 Principles of Online Learning

3) Best Practices on Getting Started with SAP Mobile Applications

4) Princeton Design Guild: Construction Firm Keeps Payroll and Labor Costs

5) Boosting virtualization performance with flexible memory configurations

6) AC Lens Gains Ground on the Competition using VeriSign Extended Validation SSL


7) Application Brief: Secure Cloud Bridging


8) Virtual Desktop Toolbox


9) How to Sell Management on a New ERP System


10) What Value can Immidio Offer

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Today's Tech Deals: 1/25/11

CompUSA: HDTV Price Alerts: 40" 1080p $299...47" 1080p w/ WiFi $599...55" 120Hz TV $729...60" 1080p $999...They Won't Last!
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Zzounds: Our Top Winter NAMM Picks
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AcademicSuperStore: SAVE $50 on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 - Hurry, Limited Time!
website: http://tinyurl.com/7kltbyr

Nerds: VistaQuest DV-820 1080p HD Water Proof Digital Camcorder Just $81.99...Buy Now!
website: http://tinyurl.com/7yguj29

Geeks: Uniden Digital Cordless Phone Deal
website: http://tinyurl.com/6rw8ksr

InkGrabber: Last Ink Coupons of the Month
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GlobalComputer: Lenovo Technology and the Solution Experts Team
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eBatts.com Specials: January 2012
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PCMall: Unleash Your Creativity - Save Up to $1,500!
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Hardware Breakdowns

Ever wondered what's inside your favorite and not so favorite tech devices? If so you will enjoy the hardware break downs provided by TechRepublic. For tech enthusiasts like me, there is nothing more satisfying then cracking open a device to examine its innards. Take a few minutes to see what's inside today's most popular equipment:

Motorola Xyboard 10.1

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook

Motorola Droid Razr

Amazon Kindle Fire

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Everything You Need To Know About PIPA & SOPA

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Today's Tech Deals: 1/20/12

MusiciansFriend: You're First In Line For The Hottest New Gear From NAMM
website: http://tinyurl.com/6wa6j83

GlobalComputer: Microsoft Hardware: Recognized, Reliable, and Ready to Ship
website: http://tinyurl.com/85fzqsg

TigerDirect: Championship Deals: NEW 60" HDTV under $1000...4GB Core i3 Computers from $399...ASUS Transformer Tab $299 and more
website: http://tinyurl.com/88lj7ot

Amazon: One-Day Sale on a JBL Home Theater System
website: http://tinyurl.com/7k3xl8p

MicroCenter: WD 1TB Hard Drive $99.99...$50 OFF ANY Z68 or P67 Motherboard with purchase of Intel Core i5 2500k Or Core i7 2600k Processor...Verbatim DVD 50 pack $8.99
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Geeks: Hot 7" Android Touchscreen Tablet Deal
website: http://tinyurl.com/7bohryt

ValoreBooks: Save Even More - Take An Extra $5 Off Textbooks For A Limited Time
website: http://tinyurl.com/7fjorcc

CompUSA: Top 40: Waterproof Camera $39...47" 120Hz TV $529...LG Blu-ray Player $69...Save $960 on Samsung 55" 120Hz 3D TV Bundle
website: http://tinyurl.com/7jptuas

NewEgg: Watch the Game in Style This Year! $619.99 Toshiba 42" 1080p LED-LCD TV…
website: http://tinyurl.com/72fen4j

#SOPA @PIPA Protest Anthem: The Day The LOLcats Died

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DataCenter World 2012 (event)

DataCenter World 2012

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Las Vegas, Nevada March 18-22, 2012

Mirage Hotel and Event Center

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WatchGuard XTM 11.5.1 Technical Boot Camp Training - Birmingham, AL(EVENT)

XTM 11.5.1 Technical Boot Camp Training

Join WatchGuard Technologies for a COMPLIMENTARY Technical Training Seminar covering XTM 11.5.1 Software and an overview of WatchGuard's Next Generation Firewall. It is critical that our customers learn how to quickly strengthen their networks from spam, viruses, malware, blended threats, spyware, phishing and network attacks. Additionally, granularly maintaining control of web applications like Facebook, Skype and YouTube keeps networks fully protected.

Agenda
» 11:00-11:30 - Welcome, Introduction to Next Generation Firewall - Erik Halvorsen, Territory Sales Manager
» 11:30-12:30 - Security Trends, Planning your Install, Upgrade and Avoiding Common Pitfalls - Brad Tompkins, Sales Engineer (Lunch Provided)
» 12:30-5:00 - XTM 11.5.1 Technical Training - Brad Tompkins, Sales Engineer

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Birmingham, AL - February 2nd
SpringHill Suites Birmingham Downtown at UAB
2024 4th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35233
1-205-322-8600

~ Technical Certification Test Keys Provided to all Attendees ~

For over a decade, WatchGuard Technologies has provided reliable, easy-to-manage network security appliances to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. Contact Nick.Kelly@WatchGuard.com for further details. Find more information about Next Generation services such as application control at www.watchguard.com.

DatacenterDynamics Converged – Atlanta 2012: Register Now!

DatacenterDynamics Converged – Atlanta 2012

Topics of discussion:

“DESIGN, BUILD,OPERATE: Design, Build, Operate focuses on every part of the mission-critical facility lifecycle. From site selection and engineering design through to power availability and full data center automation; this is a must attend event for any organisation embarking on a new data center project or operating existing facilities. 

OUTSOURCING DECISIONS: For every decision to build a data center there is one to outsource. From collocation to Platform-as-a-Service, from Software-as-a-Service, to building your data center capacity in the cloud, what are the options most appropriate to your organization? This conference theme explores an enterprise's strategic options for data center outsourcing, weighing up the economic benefits, the risks and the performance characteristics against those of doing it yourself. 

IT OPTIMISATION: The efficiency of the facility is only half the equation – optimizing all the systems that run within it is crucial: from processing to storage, to network to application. The ITO conference stream provides insight on how IT needs drive data center strategy and how that impacts infrastructure requirements.” source: datacenterdynamics.com

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Atlanta, GA - February 23^rd

Crowne Plaze Atlanta At Ravina

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Carl Cottuli Interview at Blade Systems Insight 2011

Allen Bonde Interviewed Carl Cottuli from Eaton during Blade Systems Insight 2011. The two discussed power, green technology, the cloud and Carl makes some predictions for what he feels will be the future of data centers:

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Today's Tech Deals: 1/18/12

AcademicSuperstore: New Year and Semester!...Get Super Deals on Popular Software!
website: http://tinyurl.com/82zhlzw

PCMall: Top Deals of the Week - Save Up to $505!
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GlobalComputer: We are your Choice for Toshiba Laptops. Find out why
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PriceGrabber: Hurry Now! 35% Off 46" Toshiba LCD TV!
website: http://tinyurl.com/7phojox

ValoreBooks: Can Textbooks Really Be This Much Cheaper Than At The College Bookstore?
website: http://tinyurl.com/7ryr8rj

Geeks: 24" 1080p LCD Monitor Blow-Out
website: http://tinyurl.com/75cs2uw

CompUSA: $99 or LESS: LED TV $99...Lenovo Pro PC $99...1TB Ext HD $99...See All 100 Deals, Orders over $50 Ship Free
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Top 10 Whitepapers For Hump Day

Need a little something to help you get over the hump this hump day? Check out our pick for the top 10 Whitepapers For Hump Day:


#1 Improving Datacenter Operational Efficiency Using Self-Service Provisioning and Advanced Performance Analytics


#2 Tech Report: Everything you need to know about vSphere and data storage

#3 Expert approach to combining VDI and unified communications

#4 Expert approach to combining VDI and unified communications

#5 Case Study: Medisync Takes Care of Health Providers with Equallogic Storage

#6 Assessment Prescribes a Technology Cure for Roswell Park

#7 How To Use Workflows In SharePoint

#8 Expert tips for consolidating servers and avoiding sprawl

#9 Optimizing Service Desk Value

#10  Your Complete Solution to Store, Manage, and Archive Unstructured Data

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Reducing Corporate Risk in Remote/Branch Offices (webcast)

The risk of losing critical data is daunting—and dangerous—for banks, credit unions, insurance companies, health care providers, retailers, and other businesses with remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations. Yet decentralization can wreak havoc on a data protection plan.

Remote locations are one of your competitive differentiators, but they are also uniquely vulnerable when faced by system failure or employee malfeasance.

In this live webcast, Matthew Seeley, EVault Systems Engineer, will lead a discussion focusing on:

• Specific data protection challenges for ROBOs
• Key elements of a data protection and recovery plan
• How to choose a backup and recovery strategy for servers and laptops

Register >> Reducing Corporate Risk in Remote/Branch Offices
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. PST / 1:00 p.m. EST



About Our Speaker:
Matthew Seeley is an EVault Systems Engineer with expertise in technology architecture including endpoint data protection. Matthew was a formerly a storage architect at Rackspace, and previously served as Chief Technical Architect for MTI. Matthew has designed process management, data storage, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for many more clients and business partners, and holds industry certifications from EMC, Cisco, IBM, HP, and many others.

Hello EVault. Goodbye i365.
We’ve changed our name as of December 20, 2011. Formally, we’re now EVault, A Seagate Company. Less formally, you can call us EVault. We changed the company name, to mirror the EVault line of products and services, for good reasons. EVault stands for electronic vault. Digital data goes in, and it stays put until you need it back. Secure. Reliable. Simple. Efficient.

The i4cp 2012 Annual Conference: Early Bird Registration Ends Next Week

Register for the i4cp 2012 Annual Conference by January 27 to save $300 What are you waiting for? Reserve your spot today.

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Early bird registration ends next Friday, January 27.
Sign up now to save $300 and reserve your seat!

If you and your colleagues haven't registerd for the i4cp 2012 Annual Conference, now is the time. Early bird registration ends next Friday, January 27, so sign up now to reserve your seat at the best possibly price. Group pricing is also available - ask your account representative for more details.
Presenters include John Boudreau, Sue Meisinger, Stephen M.R. Covey and Doug Conant, as well as executives from WD-40 Company, Deloitte, Nationwide, Pfizer, ING and Hertz. We invite you to come and learn, participate in lively roundtable discussions, kick back and laugh during comedy club night and even hit the links during our golf tournament.
Learn more about the conference, or sign up now at http://www.i4cp.com/conference

Taking the Nightmare out of File Server Migrations (webinar)

FREE WEBINAR:

Taking the Nightmare out of File Server Migrations
Hint: It’s Not Just About the Files

Some say there are two types of IT pros in this world: Those that dread file server migrations, and those that have never done one. Migrating files and folders to new servers has long been one of IT’s least successful and most hated activities. Just getting the files copied was one problem. Getting the permissions right is yet another. Until recently the problem was the tools: There simply weren’t that many that worked effectively.

In this informational webinar, you’ll learn the steps you should take to keep your migration from turning into a headache:

1. Reporting on file permissions
2. Fixing file permission issues
3. Migrating files and permissions
4. Ensuring migration success

Register for this live event.

Join Greg Shields of Concentrated Technology and Jayson Gehri of ScriptLogic in this end-the-nightmare webinar and learn about the new techniques (and the tools) that make migrating files and their permissions a snap.

*ScriptLogic will be giving away an Apple iPad 2
($499 USD Value) to a webinar attendee. *Contest Rules

Presenter Highlight:

Greg Shields

Greg is a Senior Partner and Principal Technologist with Concentrated Technology. He is a Contributing Editor for TechNet Magazine and Redmond Magazine, and a Series Editor for Realtime Publishers. Greg is a sought–after and top–ranked speaker, seen regularly at conferences like TechMentor, Tech Ed, VMworld, and more. He is a multiple recipient of Microsoft “Most Valuable Professional” award with has received VMware’s vExpert award.

Jayson Gehri

Jayson Gehri joined ScriptLogic in 2009 as Product Marketing Manager, bringing 10 years of marketing and technical experience. Jayson is currently the Director of Product Marketing at ScriptLogic. He is responsible for the promotion and evangelism of ScriptLogic solutions to the IT community.

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From ITSecPr0's Inbox: Reminder - Visit harmon.ie at Lotusphere 2012

harmon.ie Executive Summit Demo harmon.ie Mobile at Lotusphere 2012 Happy New Year! I would like to personally invite you to attend the upcoming harmon.ie Executive Summit at Lotusphere 2012 and hear about our exciting new products and solutions. Date: January 18, 2012 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm Location: Dolphin, Suite # 6111 Attendees of the summit will: Be the first to learn about harmon.ie for Connections, an exciting new product that drives adoption of IBM Connections, by bringing social and document collaboration to the convenience of the email client Hear how harmon.ie is helping enterprises realize the promise of social business, without requiring people to change the way they work See harmon.ie Mobile, the brand-new harmon.ie app that extends full-featured SharePoint access to your tablet and smartphone Get an insider’s tour of the harmon.ie 2012 roadmap Register to attend the harmon.ie summit I look forward to seeing you at the summit. Yaacov Cohen Co-founder and CEO harmon.ie Not attending Lotusphere? Set up a meeting with a harmon.ie collaboration expert to preview harmon.ie Mobile.

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Complimentary Webcasts with Live Q&A from VMware Experts

Presented by VMware experts, our one-hour, live webcasts feature online presentations about cloud computing and virtualization. Register Now  Introduction to Virtualization This webcast is designed for those with little to no virtualization experience to understand why virtualization and VMware are so important to driving down both capital and operational costs.  Register Now Simplifying Disaster Protection for All Your Applications with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager and VMware vSphere Replication With VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager 5 (SRM), the market-leading disaster recovery product, all types of organizations can deploy the simplest, most reliable disaster protection and site migration. Register Now Questions? Please e-mail the Online Events team. Webcast Introduction to Virtualization Wednesday, January 18 9:00 a.m. PT  1 Hour ___________ Simplifying Disaster Protection for All Your Applications with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager and VMware vSphere Replication Tuesday, January 24 9:00 a.m. PT  1 Hour

Is Your Resume 2012 Compliant?

It's the new year and many who are unemployed or just looking to make career change are dusting off their resume. Before you change a few words and submit your resume to a company, you must make sure your resume is 2012 compliant. What's is 2012 compliant business you ask?

It's more of a principle than an actual regulation. However; just like not following regulations can prevent a company from operating, not following the principles involved in having an up to date resume can prevent career seekers from obtaining the career of their dreams.

CareerBuilder blogger Justin Thompson put together a list of 8 things career seekers need to know about making their resume 2012 compliant to give them a much better chance of being reviewed instead of being overlooked with the rest of the outdated resumes.

Here are the first 4 principles:

"1. Stop trying to make 'objective statements' happen.The days of including a career objective and/or professional summary are over. It's a waste of valuable space. Instead, just address this with a sentence in your cover letter about how the position you're applying for fits into your overall career plan. Get to business by starting with accomplishments and facts that are relevant to the job posting.

2. Be concrete.Use numbers and proof of what you've done. "Increased sales by 35 percent through client profiling campaign" is better than "Increased sales in my region." Stop putting generic tasks down, and instead, get creative in portraying what you did in your role or how you brought forth new ideas for products, processes, efficiency, etc. The more you can quantify your efforts with actual numbers or data, the better positioned you'll be.

3. Cover letters are back.Like the "two page versus one page" debate, the subject of cover letters is heated. While some recruiters say they don't bother looking at them, others say some job seekers have grown lazy and won't take the time to write one or tailor one specifically to the company to which they are applying. It's a perfect opportunity to sell yourself, and it's where you can infuse personality into your application. But once you craft a terrific cover letter, don't just push it out to every job prospect. Take the extra few minutes to tailor it to why you want that specific job at that specific company and why your skills would benefit the overall organization if hired.

4. Keywords are your friend.If a recruiter or manager can put your resume side-by-side with the job requirements and check off the same keywords, you've made his life so much easier. Instead of using a lot of useless jargon on your resume, pay attention to the keywords in the job posting. Be sure to use them in your resume and cover letter, because even applicant tracking systems are based on keyword searches. Just as you use keywords to search for jobs, employers are using keywords to find your resume."

Find out what the other 4 principles are by clicking here!

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Whitepapers & Webcasts Monday: 1/2/12

Whitepapers
Creative Shorts: The Business Value Of ALM governance Through Process Orchestration And Management

6 Best Practices for Reducing Your Data Storage Footprint

Seven Tips & Tricks For Windows 7

Legally Avoid the Data Tax

The Case for Next-Generation Wireless LANs: Faster Connections and More Applications and Users

Five Levels of Embedded BI From Static to Analytic Applications

State of virtualization and cloud computing: 2011

Webcasts
Virtualized Storage: An Interactive Online Tutorial

The Next Chapter of In-Memory Computing: Enabling new possibilities for real-time analytics

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