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	First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft's IE9 provides a browsing experience that even Chrome and Firefox users may find compelling. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver IT Roadmap Denver - April 28, 2011 IT Roadmap Denver returns April 28 to the Colorado Convention Center! Through executive keynotes, ROI workshops, technical tutorials, strategy sessions, networking opportunities and a private IT expo, attendees will gain insights into the latest IT issues, trends, challenges and solutions from top IT analysts and practitioners. Register now to attend! In this Issue Zune, Cisco email and Guitar Hero filling up 2011 tech industry graveyard Google to let Apps admins put the brakes on upgrades Arista claims latency lead with new data center switch Do bots spell doom for online poker? Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools New Aruba products blend Wi-Fi, wired access at network edge Oracle goes after Microsoft SQL Server with MySQL What do security auditors really think? Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security HP's new 'personal cloud' combines work and life First LTE phone, HTC Thunderbolt, coming to Verizon Thursday WEBCAST: Dell - Intel Get Mobile Right…Or Else! This Webcast will probe the business-critical challenges swirling around the fast-evolving mobile infrastructure challenges most companies face. Register Now Zune, Cisco email and Guitar Hero filling up 2011 tech industry graveyard Our running list of IT companies, technologies and ideas killed off or headed for the end of life in 2011.Even as the Apple iPad 2 and other technologies are born, 2011 will mark the end of life for a list of companies, products and brands across the networking and IT landscape. Read More Google to let Apps admins put the brakes on upgrades Google will start letting Apps administrators delay the delivery of upgrades to their domains to give them a chance to prepare themselves and their users for interface or functionality changes. Read More Arista claims latency lead with new data center switch Arista Networks this week unveiled a data center switch boasting sub-500-nanosecond latency for financial market trading applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Using BPM and Business Analytics Together How do organizations become agile enough to proactively respond to all this change? They require processes, analytics and structures that give them real-time situational awareness into occurrences both inside and outside the organization. Read now! Do bots spell doom for online poker? It's difficult to imagine a different outcomePoker is my favorite pastime and I write about the Internet for a living, yet I have never played so much as a single hand online (at least not for money). The reasons are many - three kids and a mortgage primary among them - but The New York Times yesterday hit upon another that will do if those should ever prove inadequate: Bots. Read More Looking for vulnerable Web sites? Try schools Educational institutions and social networks are the worst when it comes to leaving their Web sites exposed to known vulnerabilities, with health care and banks doing the best, according to a study by WhiteHat Security. Read More New Aruba products blend Wi-Fi, wired access at network edge The company that helped pioneer the controller-based enterprise wireless LAN is now selling wired Ethernet switches -- with a twist. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Oracle goes after Microsoft SQL Server with MySQL Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft's SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL Server along with blazing performance on Windows. Read More What do security auditors really think? What do auditors involved in making sure companies meet compliance requirements really think? For starters, companies don't care much about privacy and security, while encryption gets applied at a minimum to meet rules, according to a study of 505 security auditors by Ponemon Institute. Read More Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security The secure communications provider announced mobile extensions of its encryption and e-mail archive applications. Read More HP's new 'personal cloud' combines work and life Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker is taking cloud computing to the forefront of HP's strategy, a move that reshapes how the company will serve its consumer and enterprise customers. Read More First LTE phone, HTC Thunderbolt, coming to Verizon Thursday HTC's ThunderBolt, the first smartphone to operate on Verizon Wireless's LTE network, will launch this Thursday, according to a document from Verizon received by the online retailer Wirefly. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Google Chrome 10 Google has released the stable version of Chrome 10 and users are now being automatically updated. As always, Chrome's new features focus on security, speed and simplicity, with greater JavaScript performance, sandboxing technology for Adobe Flash, password encryption and an easier-to-use settings interface. Here's a look at the new features. MOST-READ STORIES Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing 'Anonymity is authenticity,' Zuckerberg 'wrong' Quake damage to Japan cables greater than thought Happy Pi Day: More than 3.14... pictures of cool Pi creations Cisco releases first all-in-one security agent DHS chief Napolitano: Algorithms a big key in solving security iPad 2: Don't take it apart, or risk cracked glass IE9's final release is Monday. Will it make a difference? 15 best iPad apps for newbies
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