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	Government shutdown may disrupt business travel, H-1B visas A federal government shutdown could disrupt business travel for people who need a visa to enter the U.S., as well as an H-1B visa. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Drive Collaboration and Business Value with Video This Network World Seminar will bring you peer and expert insights into how and where video fosters true collaboration and brings tangible business results. Click to continue In this Issue Cisco pulls out the cutting board IPv6: jump in, or just put a toe in the water? The Commodore 64 is back, running Ubuntu! Screen queens: Double your screens, double your fun To top iPhone sales, Microsoft must aim low Japanese earthquake shelters getting PCs, WiMax Will Page as CEO usher in a sea change at Google? Facebook shares its data center secrets Five tips to avoid getting phished Microsoft wants to friend you on Facebook for tech support WEBCAST: AccelOps Today's Complex Data Center and Cloud Service Environments A TRAC Research study shows that organizations using a single integrated platform to monitor infrastructure across multiple functional domains – security/compliance, applications, servers, network -- are 72% more likely to improve their ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems quickly than their peers who are using multiple management tools. Learn more! Cisco pulls out the cutting board Among the changes promised by CEO John Chambers in his (intentionally) leaked internal memo this week is curtailed spending in some areas of the company. Where that spending will be cut back though is unclear at the moment. Read More IPv6: jump in, or just put a toe in the water? Now that we've officially run out of IPv4 Internet address blocks, the calls to migrate to IPv6 are getting louder and more desperate, especially among ISPs who say companies that dally risk losing network visibility. Not so fast, say proponents of a more measured approach to migration. Get it wrong and you risk more than that. Read More The Commodore 64 is back, running Ubuntu! Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Commodore 64 rides again! This time with Ubuntu. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Negotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Cost reduction strategies are top of mind, along with innovation through collaboration, for C level executives in businesses and governments. Negotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and understanding the alternatives customers have available to them is one of the most frequent consulting requests we receive. Read now Screen queens: Double your screens, double your fun Are two screens better than one? In recent years, device makers have been exploring this question with mixed results. Here are 7 dual-screen devices you can buy now (or hopefully soon). Read More To top iPhone sales, Microsoft must aim low Our colleagues over at IDC caused some chuckles to break out across the tech world when they predicted that Microsoft's Windows phones will beat the iPhone in market share by 2015. Impossible! Absurd! seemed to be the default responses. But is it really so far-fetched? Gartner, the other giant tech analyst firm, now agrees with IDC in a new report that says Windows phones will take 19.5% market share by 2015, compared to 17.2% for Apple's iOS. Read More Japanese earthquake shelters getting PCs, WiMax With a new laptop computer under his arm, Kenji Takemoto marched into the Takasago Day Care Center in Sendai. It's been almost a month since an earthquake and tsunami devastated the coastal area of this city and for the tens of families living in the center, life is getting boring. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Guidelines for Choosing a QSA The independent white paper in this security KnowledgeVault is just one of the resources to help you make the right decision. It details the top 5 questions to ask a prospective QSA firm and offers guidelines on everything from making sure they adequately handle compensating controls to assessing their expertise with virtualization. Learn more. Will Page as CEO usher in a sea change at Google? However Larry Page decides to lead Google, one thing is for sure: He's not going to be Eric Schmidt 2.0. Read More Facebook shares its data center secrets Facebook is sharing some of the secrets that help make its Prineville, Oregon, data center one of the world's most efficient. Read More Five tips to avoid getting phished The criminal art of spear phishing, email spoofing that aims to get the recipient to click on a bad link or attachment, has been around for years. But that doesn't mean it's become any less effective. According to figures from the US-CERT, phishing attacks accounted for 53% of all security incidents in 2010. Read More Microsoft wants to friend you on Facebook for tech support In a classic case of going where your customers are, Microsoft is now inviting users of the Office workplace productivity software suite to go to a specially-made Facebook page to get tech support. 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 Get a net-workout with cloud-enabled gym gear Can your treadmill do this? Core Performance embeds fitness smarts in software that runs on custom exercise equipment and also powers online fitness applications. The exercise gear is connected to the Internet and taps cloud-based data such as workout goals, health history and nutrition habits to create personalized exercise plans and track how you're doing in the gym. Cisco revamps Linksys with seven new products Cisco has revamped its E-series routers with a sleek new design and prices to meet every budget. The company revealed a total of seven new products, four routers, three switches, some of which replace earlier E-series versions. MOST-READ STORIES 10,000-core Linux supercomputer built in Amazon cloud The 2011 IT salary survey: Region by region Bashing Microsoft 'like kicking a puppy,' says Linux Foundation chief At long last GNOME 3.0 launches Gucci admin accused of $200,000 IT rampage Sony's 'in for a hell of a wake-up call,' Anonymous says Victoria's Secret no longer, Epsilon breach sees that Chambers memo says Cisco lost focus, credibility Wozniack questions long-accepted date of 'Day One' at Apple Would you take a pay cut to telecommute?
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