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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Cybersecurity Lessons from the Battlefields of Europe

Many pcAnywhere systems still sitting ducks | iPhone 5 production set to begin - Report

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Cybersecurity Lessons from the Battlefields of Europe
At the beginning of WWI, battlefield tactics had not advanced much since the U.S. Civil War. The general goal was to continually advance on the enemy with waves of infantry attacks and eventually break through the lines by overwhelming enemy defenses. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Shoretel

Investigating UC Vendors
This must-read publication features independent research from Gartner, providing a wealth of information around best in breed Unified Communication systems. 12 Unified Communications vendor ratings, along with their strengths and cautions, are provided. Read now!

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Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management
This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More

Many pcAnywhere systems still sitting ducks
Symantec warns that its product should not be connected directly to the Internet, yet an estimated 140,000 computers are configured to allow direct external access Read More

iPhone 5 production set to begin - Report
Citing a reliable source, 9to5Mac reported a few days ago that iPhone 5 production is set to begin soon, perhaps signaling a Summer release date for Apple's next-gen iPhone. The source in question dropped a few interesting nuggets of information: Read More

Microsoft sets Office 15 public beta for summer 2012
Microsoft announced it has kicked off a "technical preview" of the next version of its money-making Office suite and promised a public beta will ship this summer. Read More


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Driving Business Value with VBlock Infrastructure Platforms
With Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, organizations of any size can rapidly deploy a pervasive virtual infrastructure and implement a private cloud while lowering risk and operating expenses. Learn More

AT&T appoints chief strategy officer
AT&T has appointed its first chief strategy officer to develop the company's road map, including long-term mobile capacity needs, the company announced Monday. Read More

10 Best Windows Phones Apps for Staying Productive
Here are the coolest Windows Phone apps we could find for business-related tasks such as scanning documents, backing up files to the cloud and analyzing Web traffic. Read More

Tracking-notification bill unlikely to gain traction
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts yesterday announced a bill to require that consumers be told when their phones carry tracking software, an idea that would appear so commonsensical and presumably non-controversial that it would sail through Congress like a resolution proclaiming this Super Bowl Appreciation Week. Read More


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CRM Thought Leadership Booklet
With instant access to information, customers expect a purchase experience that matches the ease and speed of the information-gathering experience. Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms. Read Now

Court affirms felony conviction of Palin e-mail snoop
A federal court has rejected the appeal of a felony conviction filed by a Tennessee man who in 2008 guessed his way into a Yahoo email account owned by Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who was then running for vice president. Read More

MetaFlows launches low-cost SaaS product that unifies network security
Network security monitoring startup MetaFlows launched a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product that can be installed on low-cost hardware to monitor network traffic flow, detect possible intrusions and analyze event logs. Read More

Accused Kelihos botmaster proclaims innocence
Andrey Sabelnikov, the Russian programmer accused by Microsoft of creating and operating the Kelihos spam botnet said he's innocent. Read More

Cybersecurity report: All countries lag behind the bad guys
The U.S. and U.K. are relatively well prepared for cyberattacks, compared to many other developed nations, but everyone has more work to do, according to a new cybersecurity study from McAfee and Security & Defence Agenda (SDA). Read More

Products of the week
Our round-up of intriguing new products from D-Link, Sourcefire and HP, among others. Read More



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