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	First Look: Norton 2012 Looking to bolster its intrusion-prevention capabilities Symantec today announced the beta versions of its 2012 editions of its consumer-focused Windows-based security products, Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Novell Introducing Novell® VibeTM Cloud Introducing Novell Vibe, a place where enterprise teams can work socially to achieve better results. Combining real-time social networking, online document co-editing and file sharing—all with enterprise-level security and control. It's time for Social Getworking. Try Novell Vibe free > In this Issue OpenFlow opens new doors for networks 10 Must-Have Utilities for Small Networks Is John Chambers still good for Cisco? Juniper grabs another Cisco exec Will Google's legal woes define how far it crossed the creepy line? Did You Hear The One About The Hacker Who Broke In To Steal The Open Source Code? Survey says: You're at risk Computer factories eat way more energy than running the devices they build Can the PlayBook serve two masters? WHITE PAPER: IBM Five Steps to Improving Business Performance Read this white paper to learn five practical steps your company can take to achieve customer intimacy. Read Now OpenFlow opens new doors for networks With a new industry organization to promote it, routing protocol OpenFlow is about to give users unprecedented ease of control over the way their networks operate. Read More 10 Must-Have Utilities for Small Networks These ten downloads--most of them free, and none of them expensive--will make managing your small network much easier. Read More Is John Chambers still good for Cisco? If you had bought 100 shares of Cisco the month John Chambers became CEO, it would have cost you $3,499.92 ($35/share) and be worth $31,156.80 today. But if you had waited until the day Chambers became both CEO and chairman ($24.34/share), you'd have spent $2,434 and it would be worth only $1,730.93 today, a 29% loss. Ouch. This according to the stock calculator tool Cisco hosts on its site, which... Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Strategy Guide to Business Risk Mitigation Read this solution brief to learn more about the challenges that affect business and how HP Business Risk Mitigation Solutions can help. Read now! Juniper grabs another Cisco exec Cisco lost another executive this week, and another one to Juniper. Cisco's rival named Nawaf Bitar as senior vice president and general manager, emerging technologies. Read More Will Google's legal woes define how far it crossed the creepy line? Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt described Google's mindset as, "There is what I call the creepy line. And the Google policy about a lot of these things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it." There seems to be a growing global consensus that Google crossed way past the creepy line long ago. Read More Did You Hear The One About The Hacker Who Broke In To Steal The Open Source Code? Sounds like a dumb (take your pick - blonde, nationality, etc.) joke. The hacker who breaks in to steal the source code to an open source project. Pretty stupid you would think, huh? Reminds me of my honeymoon, I was ocean kayaking off the beach in Hawaii. I fell out of the boat and was floundering around on some sharp coral and stuff. I yelled to the lifeguard for help and he yelled back, STAND UP!... Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom NDS thrives with Microsoft-optimized Polycom Solutions Read how NDS Group Lte.'s success in implementing a Unified Collaboration platform based on Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft-optimized Polycom telephony, improved employee productivity, reduced costs and streamlined communications. Read More Survey says: You're at risk It's survey week here at the Internet home of secure identity -- two different surveys popped into my inbox. Today's results are from a risk management survey given to about 1,250 IT decision-makers at large enterprises. Read More Computer factories eat way more energy than running the devices they build The main idea behind saving energy in the high-tech world has been to buy newer, more energy efficient devices, but researchers say maybe that's the wrong way to look at the issue, since as much as 70% of the energy a typical laptop will consume during its life span is used in manufacturing the computer. Read More Can the PlayBook serve two masters? The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, which goes on sale Tuesday starting at $499, is performing a balancing act between two worlds -- enterprise customers and consumers. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a 5-day Microsoft Licensing Tricks class teaching negotiation tips; a Polycom system. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of Cisco Unity books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Internet2's Top 10 firsts and other achievements As Internet 2 celebrates its 15th anniversary, here are 10 major achievements and firsts. MOST-READ STORIES Hacker 'handshake' hole found in common firewalls U.S. takes out Coreflood botnet Berners-Lee: Web access is a 'human right' Microsoft learns lessons from Windows Phone update fiasco Apple looking to take on Netflix? VMware releases Cloud Foundry to set the PaaS cloud free IRS e-filing system turns 25 Firewall security issues raised in report ignites vendors' ire Did you hear about the hacker who stole the open source code? Hackers gain root access to WordPress servers
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