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Join Your Local VMware Users Group

The VMware User Group (VMUG) program is designed to encourage and support communities of VMware users who want to hold regular meetings in their local area. The purpose of these gatherings is to provide a forum in which VMware users can share best practices and expertise, and VMware can in turn obtain feedback from the user community. Your VMUG

How and Why to Launch a Business Presence on Twitter

Our updated Twitter guide delivers expert advice on everything from etiquette to job hunting. Check out expert analysis on how to better engage your followers, use Twitter to reach customers, and go mobile with Twitter. CIO

Best Places to Work in IT 2009

These top rated IT workplaces combine choice benefits with hot technologies and on-target training. ComputerWorld

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HP IdeaLab: Try Out Technologies Fresh from HP Labs

HP IdeaLab offers a sneak preview of some of the emerging technologies from HP researchers and engineers around the world. You'll find demos, downloads, descriptions and videos with information and instructions on each of the featured technologies. HP

SonicWALL: Real-time Monitoring, Centralized Management and Reporting

SonicWALL's management and reporting solutions provide a comprehensive architecture for centrally creating and managing security policies, providing real-time monitoring and alerts, and delivering usage reports, all from a single management interface. SonicWall

Solution Spotlight

How to Evaluate, Compare and Implement Enterprise Antivirus

Antivirus software has been around-well, nearly as long as viruses. But thanks to the ever-growing variety of threats to the PC environment, this is a fast-changing market that is undergoing two major trends: CSO

Desktop Virtualization: 5 Things to Help Avoid a Virtual Disaster

Contrary to some opinions, switching your enterprise's computing environment to VDI is not a cure-all. In fact, along with these recurring issues come a crop of new problems that may arise if not initially confronted and dealt with properly. To prevent countless headaches down the road, here are the five things you must address. VirtualStrategy

Top 10 Open Source Apps for Windows, at a Glance

Although there is a rivalry between the proprietary Windows and open source communities, there's also a lot of great open source apps for Windows. InfoWorld picks the 10 best. Infoworld

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Fix Your Terrible, Insecure Passwords in Five Minutes

I found a foolproof technique to create passwords that are near-impossible to crack yet easy to remember. Even better, it'll take just five minutes of your time. Ready? Slate