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• In Pictures: 10 high-tech breakups and hookups to look for in 2013

  By Robert X. Cringely | 15 February, 2013 14:29

  Buyouts, betrayals, and booty calls - the tech industry is steamy with merger and split-up intrigue

• F5's SDN investment puts it in play with Cisco, Juniper

  By Jon Gold | 14 February, 2013 21:15

  Network acceleration vendor F5's recent purchase of LineRate Systems, a startup specializing in software-defined networking technology, is both a near-term attempt to associate itself with a hot industry technology and a canny look ahead to the future, according to experts.

• In Pictures: IT deal book of 2013

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 14 February, 2013 08:14

  Our running list of mergers and acquisitions

• A10 denied stay in Brocade patent case

  By Jim Duffy | 14 February, 2013 00:18

  A San Jose federal court this week denied A10 Networks’ request to stay a permanent injunction barring the company from selling application delivery controllers that incorporate intellectual property from rival Brocade.

• Career advice that will change your life

  By Mary Brandel | 12 February, 2013 21:51

  These days, free advice can be found everywhere, from your various social networks to your favorite advice column. But truly valuable advice typically comes from your peers or people who've made it to a career or life position that you'd like to get to someday.

• 5 ways the help desk may be hurting you

  By Bryan Hood, solution engineer for remote support software provider Bomgar | 08 February, 2013 20:58

  Aptly named, a company's help desk is primarily focused on resolving technology issues so the business as a whole can function successfully. Despite the best of intentions, however, help desks can put the company at risk by using legacy tools, shared passwords and incomplete security practices.

• Top 5 criteria to assure the successful rollout of a global telecom expense management initiative

  By John Colbert, global telecom expense management product management at IBM | 08 February, 2013 20:03

  The use of telecommunications within large organizations has increased significantly as the business ecosystem of customers, partners and employees has become more complex and globally intertwined. This changing environment now requires investment in a plethora of technologies to successfully conduct business and manage relationships. In response, many organizations have started either to establish or consider a telecom expense management (TEM) initiative.

• HP slams Dell, plans to steal its customers

  By Sharon Gaudin | 06 February, 2013 12:34

  Just as Dell announced it had finalized its deal to go privatel, Hewlett-Packard came out swinging, criticizing its rival and declaring it's going after Dell's customers.

• With buyout set, Dell needs to lay out PC strategy, analysts say

  By Sharon Gaudin | 05 February, 2013 19:28

  Dell's buyout deal should give the company renewed business flexibility and stealth but now buyers need to know if Dell will be in the PC market for the long haul.

• Canadian game developer fired after spoofing call-center workplace

  By Jon Gold | 31 January, 2013 19:21

  An independent game developer recently got fired from his day job at the Canadian Revenue Agency after releasing a satirical depiction of his apparently aggravating and unfulfilling call-center job.

• F5 introduces new integrated firewall capability for the data center

  By Jon Gold | 31 January, 2013 17:14

  F5 Networks today rolled out a raft of new and more powerful Application Delivery Networking tools, including its most capable device to date, the Viprion 4800, and an advanced firewall that, when deployed on the 4800, is said to offer industry leading performance.

• In Pictures: Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium

  By Ted Samson | 30 January, 2013 08:58

  The Cloud-friendly suite has gotten improvements in collaboration capabilities, data visualisation, and more

• Gigamon targets 40Gb networks with new blade system

  By Jon Gold | 29 January, 2013 18:58

  Gigamon announced Monday that it will offer a higher-density blade server as part of its Traffic Visibility Fabric solution, a network management product designed to make data centers more efficient.

• Fluke rolls application performance and network monitoring into 1 box

  By Jon Gold | 29 January, 2013 15:15

  Fluke Networks is announcing an appliance called Visual TruView at Cisco Live today that combines network and application performance management into a single rack-mounted unit.

• Tech salaries jump 5.3%, bonuses flat

  By Ann Bednarz | 22 January, 2013 19:09

  Average salaries for tech pros climbed 5.3% to $85,619 last year, up from $81,327 in 2011. It's the largest salary jump in more than a decade, according to career site Dice.