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• Slack cofounder: 'We didn't have a sense of the scale it could grow to'

  If there's anything Cal Henderson knows about, it's scaling technology to keep up with extremely rapid growth.

• UK government reportedly working to end its reliance on Oracle

  The U.K. Cabinet Office has reportedly asked government departments and agencies to try to find ways to end their reliance on Oracle software, but it's not clear that approach will really solve its problems.

• The grim reaper approaches for Windows Server 2003

  Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 has its Windows XP moment coming very soon, and that's bad news for IT leaders who have been dragging their feet.

• In Pictures: Seven best practices for Cloud security

  Learn how to protect yourself in the Cloud from the next vulnerability and/or wide scale attack.

• Price tag for troubled SAP project will skyrocket to nearly $1 billion, audit says

  The cost of finishing a massive SAP software overhaul at a New York gas utility will rise to nearly US$1 billion from an original estimate of $383.8 million, a newly released audit report has found.

• How to Create an Effective Business Continuity Plan

  Natural and manmade disasters underscore the challenges of seamless disaster recovery in the real world. Having a comprehensive business continuity plan isn't just an IT concern; though. Nothing less than the survival of your company is at stake.

• Microsoft scrambles to simplify its licensing

  Microsoft is pledging dramatic improvements to its notoriously complex enterprise licensing, but experts are skeptical about the potential impact of the plan.

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  SIEM Integration Best Practices: Making the Most of Your Security Event Logs

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  30 Business Practices for Remaining Competitive in a Changing Economy

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  Tintri Deployment and Best Practices Guide for VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager™ 5.8