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	Downtime is ... good? A healthy dose of planned downtime can save your bacon. Don't buy into the 24/7, always-on culture unless you absolutely must. Read More WHITE PAPER: Agitar Technologies, Inc. Observation Driven Testing: What else is your code doing? Test-Driven Development's strengths include the ability to create code that does only what you want and create a thorough set of automated tests. What about unintended side effects? Yes, the code is doing what you want but what else is it doing? Observation-Driven Testing helps answer that question. Learn more In this Issue Smart users take control Microsoft releases old recovery software in new wrapper Security pros slam Cnet Download.com's bundling Homegrown solutions: The good and the bad Google as the new Sun: Case in point, Native Client WHITE PAPER: IBM A Glimpse into IBM's Collaboration Future This white paper focuses on the evolution of Notes and Domino and highlights the broader shift in the collaboration market toward a blending of traditional collaboration services with newer social constructs and business applications—all accessible via mobiles, browsers and rich clients. Read Now Smart users take control The consumerization of IT is a fundamental shift in the way business conducts the technology decision-making process, one that empowers individual users. Smart IT will stay one step ahead and determine sensible policies around consumerized devices and services. Read More Microsoft releases old recovery software in new wrapper The free Windows Defender Offline tool looks to be Standalone System Sweeper with a new name and support for Windows 8. Read More Security pros slam Cnet Download.com's bundling Prominent members of the security community criticize Cnet's Download.com for pairing bloatware with popular free security tools. Read More Homegrown solutions: The good and the bad Once upon a time, just about all of IT was homegrown. Today, we live in an era of homogenized, vendor-driven solutions that plug into existing infrastructures. Although "buy" seems to have triumphed over "build," both methods have their perks and pitfalls. Read More Google as the new Sun: Case in point, Native Client Google has assumed the mantle of chief risk-taker and eye-opener in the software industry. Evidence of this can be seen with projects like the Dart programming language, Google Web Toolkit, and Native Client. Read More
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