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	Chambers apologizes for Cisco's light Q2 Tells stockholders he's sorry for surprises, hopes outlook is conservativeCisco CEO John Chambers reportedly apologized to shareholders this week for Cisco's bleak outlook for its current fiscal second quarter. Cisco is guiding to growth of only 3% to 5% for Q2, down drastically from Wall Street's expectations of 13%. Read More WHITE PAPER: Array Networks Get Control of Your Datacenter Application Delivery Controller helps IT leverage data center technologies to quickly adapt to changing business demands. Read now! In this Issue Cisco's 3QCY10 Global Threat Report Results Report: Pentagon officials want review of Huawei deal Mobile broadband industry focusing on cloud 10 free iPhone apps for spectacular stargazing 52 percent of firms have no IT security guidelines for staff Is free DNS a good deal for business? IPv6 – some specific recommendations Create the Ultimate Car PC TSHOOT Practice Questions WHITE PAPER: Websense, Inc. Buyers Guide to Data Loss Prevention Solutions This guide provides a list of recommended features and capabilities for buyers to consider when purchasing a DLP solution. Buyers can also use this guide to develop requests for proposals, as well as to help differentiate one vendor's products from another during demonstrations and proof-of-concepts. Read More Cisco's 3QCY10 Global Threat Report Results Adobe Reader/Acrobat, Sun Java, and Adobe Flash were the three most common exploit targets during 1H2010Cisco recently released its third quarter 2010 Global Threat Report to the public. This report highlights the trends of Malware encounters, industry vertical risks breakdown, Stuxnet worm, Rustock Botnet, SQL inject attacks, Global Spam trends and the "Here you have" email worm. Here are the highlights from the report. Malware Encounter Rates: -Enterprise businesses experienced an average of 133... Read More Report: Pentagon officials want review of Huawei deal Chinese network supplier Huawei, whose business deals in the U.S. have faced security concerns, is once again drawing scrutiny from the U.S government, this time over the past acquisition of a California-based technology firm, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Read More Mobile broadband industry focusing on cloud The mobile broadband industry is facing a total transformation and services will be increasingly in the cloud, according to Weimin Ying, president of LTE network product line for Huawei Technologies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Collecting Compliance Evidence: The Role of Event Logs This Quest Software white paper discusses how to maximize the power of event logs. You'll learn about recent regulation changes, how your company can best prepare for an audit and the solution you need to address these issues. Read More 10 free iPhone apps for spectacular stargazing There's a lot to watch in the nighttime sky -- everything from the International Space Station and meteor showers to planets and stars. There are tons of iPhone apps that can help everyone who has a little (or a lot) of astronomer blood in them watch the sky with more authority. Here we take a look at a few of the free apps that can help you out. Read More 52 percent of firms have no IT security guidelines for staff More than half of small firms (52 percent) have no IT security guidelines in place for staff, meaning staff could be putting the firm at risk by downloading or visiting potentially dangerous websites from company PCs, says AVG. Read More Is free DNS a good deal for business? It's been almost a year since Google announced its free DNS service known as Google Public DNS, promising a speedier, safer way to surf the Web and sparking concern that Google would become the dominant DNS provider for ISPs and other large network operators. Read More WHITE PAPER: Pareto Networks The Cloud-based Telework Solution By combining a cloud-based model with user-friendly devices, Pareto Networks has pioneered a new approach to remote access with the simplicity, centralized control, visibility, and economies of scale needed for broad deployment to permanent telewokers. Read now! IPv6 – some specific recommendations This newsletter wraps up our discussion of IPv6 transition plans for the moment.  And while we may have felt that the Federal Government may be a little overly zealous in its plans and mandates, and adoption by the Feds certainly does not mean that it's a good idea, there's no question that IPv6 needs to be on your radar scope for a transition within the next two to five years. Read More Create the Ultimate Car PC Is your car ready to sport a full fledged Windows 7 PC in the dashWith all of the new micro PCs, Netbooks, tablets, smartphones and other wiz bang small form-factor but super powerful computers out there it is high time we had one in our car dashboard. Here is a look at some of the car PC kits and components that will allow you to convert the space owned by your current stereo system. It is time to rip out that 1990's technology stereo and replace it with a touch... Read More TSHOOT Practice Questions Practice for the TSHOOT exam with a few review questions.Earlier this month, I posted three videos outlining my three "TSHOOT Bull's Eye Strategies." Those strategies were: (1) Use Cisco's documentation. (2) Follow the path. (3) Abort! Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. Goodies from the Subnets We've got SharePoint 2010 training for up to three people from Webucator up for grabs. There's an iPad available, too. Enter to win one! SLIDESHOWS Microsoft Windows after 25 years: A visual history More than nine out of 10 computers run some version of Windows. But no one could have predicted that would be the case when Windows 1.0 launched 25 years ago as a graphical front end for MS-DOS. Here's a look at Windows through the years and some thoughts on what the future might hold. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Bug derailed Windows bid to top Linux in supercomputing speed Airports can legally opt-out, kick TSA program to the curb Google, Apple looking to introduce NFC capable smartphones Industrial Ethernet helped rescue Chilean miners Twitter generation failed The Science Guy? Nonsense. Free BlackBerry apps for the holidays Installing and using Ubuntu Netbook Edition Why U.S. IT jobs aren't coming back Report sounds alarm on China's rerouting of U.S. Internet traffic Google Chrome tops 'Dirty Dozen' vulnerable apps list
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