IBM's software-defined storage rides Watson's coattails

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Step-by-step guide to documenting your network (free reg) Security-vendor snake oil: 7 promises that don't deliver Network World Daily News AM May 12, 2014 Share this email IBM's software-defined storage rides Watson's coattails Storage is now marching down the same path as computing, approaching a future when all of an organization's storage systems can be mixed and managed as virtual pools. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. INSIDER Step-by-step guide to documenting your network (free reg) 2. Security-vendor snake oil: 7 promises that don't deliver 3. Hackers now crave patches, and Microsoft's giving them just what they want 4. IoT Design Shop's very affordable iBeacon Development Kit 5. MIT recruits Batman to help students pick usernames 6. Oracle wins, Google loses in copyright ruling on Java APIs 7. Rush to defend against Heartbleed leads to mistakes with certificates, patches 8. MIT uses nanotech to hit cancer with one-two punch 9. 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