Microsoft: 'We love open source'

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	Microsoft: 'We love open source' Steve Ballmer used to call Linux a cancer. Now Microsoft insists it loves open source. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Hacking toolkit publishes DLL hijacking exploit Cool iPhone/iPad apps for a hot August Like EMC, HP pushes around smaller rival in bidding war Avoid Your Business Being Collateral Damage in a Cyber War Data center switch maker teams with VMware to optimize gear for virtualization IT Careers 2020: Cloudy days ahead Tech workers, with 'pent-up animosity,' plan to bolt Apple patent could end iPhone jailbreaking Requiem for an OS: OpenSolaris board closes shop IDC: Virtualization helps boost switch sales One year later, Twitter parody site Woofer hits 2 billion characters There's more to an IT career than technology WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc. Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More Hacking toolkit publishes DLL hijacking exploit The appearance Monday of exploit code for the DLL loading issue that reportedly affects hundreds of Windows applications means hackers will likely start hammering on PCs shortly, security experts said. Read More Cool iPhone/iPad apps for a hot August We've compiled a list of some of the most promising and interesting apps to be released this month on the iPhone and iPad. Read More Like EMC, HP pushes around smaller rival in bidding war The HP/Dell bidding war over storage vendor 3Par is shaping up to be a repeat of last year's high-profile battle between EMC and NetApp. Read More Avoid Your Business Being Collateral Damage in a Cyber War Even though the chest-beating seems to be a redux, and much of the blustering rhetoric seems to be recycled, the reality on the virtual ground in cyber space is that the capabilities (the offensive ones, at least) have evolved over the last decade, and so have the opportunities. Furthermore, the appetite to use them seems to have grown apace. Read More Data center switch maker teams with VMware to optimize gear for virtualization Data center switch maker Arista Networks this week is unveiling software designed to improve visibility, configuration and provisioning in virtual environments. Read More IT Careers 2020: Cloudy days ahead Welcome to the IT organization of the year 2020 -- and brace yourself, because it's a far cry from the department you find yourself in today. Read More Tech workers, with 'pent-up animosity,' plan to bolt Many technology professionals -- stressed-out over pay freezes and heavy workloads -- are thinking about jumping to other companies as the economy improves, according to the latest IT Employee Confidence Index. Read More Apple patent could end iPhone jailbreaking An Apple patent application, filed earlier this year but posted online could put an end to jailbreaking iPhones, iPod touches and iPads reports claims. Read More WEBCAST: Infoblox Learn 4 Concepts to Network Automation Join this webinar to learn where to start introducing network automation into your organization so you can: • Address Hidden IT Costs • Support Key Initiatives • Achieve Operational Optimization • Apply IT Resources More Strategically View Now! Requiem for an OS: OpenSolaris board closes shop Neglected by Oracle, the OpenSolaris operating system has now lost its external governing body Read More IDC: Virtualization helps boost switch sales Ethernet switch revenue grew by 32.7 percent year-over-year during the second quarter, helped by the growing popularity of applications such as virtualization and voice over IP (Internet Protocol), according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Networks Tracker. Read More One year later, Twitter parody site Woofer hits 2 billion characters Tongue-in-cheek Twitter parody site Woofer is still attracting a small group of users after one year. Read More There's more to an IT career than technology As IT roles move up the value chain, companies like Johnson & Johnson, State Street, W.W. Grainger, General Mills and Xerox are looking to hire smart, tech-savvy, collaborative business professionals for 20- or 30-year multifaceted careers, not for IT jobs. Read More
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