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ITEXPO West begins in: 32 Days. REGISTER NOW!   Featured Articles » India Remote Managed IT Services Market to Increase by 28 Percent: Study » IBM Rolls Out New Versions of Old 'Big Iron' Technology » Continuous Power from GE's New VH Series UPS » Arbor Networks to Provide Starhub with Security from DDOS Attacks   Sponsored By: Cloud4SMB Expo - October 2-5, 2012 - Austin, Texas Cloud4SMB Expo is the first event of its kind focused on the unique needs and challenges of small and medium businesses (SMBs) seeking to leverage the benefits of cloud computing solutions. This conference is dedicated to real-world business strategies and implications for growing businesses utilizing the cloud. Until now, the Cloud Phenomenon has focused almost exclusively on opportunities for the large enterprise. Sessions at Cloud4SMB Expo are designed specifically to provide attendees with the knowledge and information SMBs need to compete and succeed.   Top Stories » TP-Link Releases New N600 Router and USB Adapter for Faster, More Secure Connections » Analysts: China Set to Spend More Than $300 Billion on IT in 2012 » Australia is First Country to Upgrade Fighter Planes with Hi-Tech U.S. Jammers » Turk Telekom Stops Internet Services in Syria Due to Problems in Infrastructure   From The Expert Corner August 27, 2012 Why the Best Engineers Come in Pairs By TMCnet Special Guest Andrew Cantino, Vice President of Engineering, Mavenlink At Mavenlink, we develop software in an unusual way. Every morning, after a cup of coffee and the usual chitchat, we gather around an iMac at one of our standing desks and discuss the previous day's work.  What worked and what didn't? What were the "interestings" from the day: challenges overcome or nuggets of knowledge gained that the whole team should know about? How should we divide up the work for today? Division of labor is a concern for all businesses, but this last question is simplified through our use of a development technique called "pair programming." Pair programming is an agile software development technique that places two software engineers per computer. The engineers take turns writing code and discussing the problems at hand.  Ultimately, this approach means two people discussing problems, two people vetting code, two people considering bugs and two people carrying their experiences forward to share with the rest of the team... Read More    Featured Videos Box Bills Itself as Enterprise Cloud Alternative to Google, Microsoft and Others    Featured Resources » Getting Real with ROI » Unified Self-Service: Delivering on the Value of Multi-Channel Customer Interactions » SERIES 2: Learning to Share: A different way to develop and communicate the capacity plan   TMCnet's Blogs » Vive IP - IP Lives Conference in Cali, Colombia » New Samsung Series 7 & Series 5 All-in-One PCs Feature Windows 8 & Gesture Recognition » Google Leverages Home Page to Promote Nexus Tablet   Featured Channels » Power Protection » Load Balancer » SMARTnet   InfoTechSpotlight.com is Your Source for the Latest IT News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit IT Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here    |    Request a Media Kit   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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