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[Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online] | [Manage my newsletters] | [Previous Edition] ZDNet Tech Today - US ZDNet Member | March 31, 2016 [Home] | [Hot Topics] | [White Papers] | [Small Business] | [Downloads] | [Reviews] | [Innovation] | [RSS Feeds] Today's Top Picks [Microsoft cozies up to Ubuntu as developers welcome cold day in hell] Microsoft's move to support Ubuntu in a command line says a lot about the company's strategy to court developers even though masses won't notice. [READ FULL STORY] | [SHARE ON FACEBOOK] Recommended [Business Resiliency: The Need for 24/7/365 Operations (Japanese)] Technologies like virtualization, data replication, and cloud computing have evolved to help companies overcome these resiliency challenges. Many companies employ hybrid models to ensure high availability for their most critical business systems and cost-effective recovery for non-critical components. Because cloud services are relatively new and confusing in their service and security parameters, it?s important to work closely with an expert resiliency service provider, such as IBM. This white paper explains the need for and challenges to maintaining high availability, then outlines ways that IBM services can deliver the right mix of solutions. [Toshiba recalls 100,000 laptop batteries due to risk of 'overheating and melting'] Owners of Toshiba laptops take note - the company is recalling over 100,000 laptop batteries because of a risk they can overheat and melt. [READ FULL STORY] | [SHARE ON FACEBOOK] [Apple releases iOS 9.3.1, fixes hyperlink crash bug] Apple has pushed out iOS 9.3.1 to iPhone and iPad users to fix the hyperlinks bug that's been plaguing users. 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