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	Six rising threats from cybercriminals Hackers never sleep, it seems. Just when you think you've battened down the hatches and fully protected yourself or your business from electronic security risks, along comes a new exploit to keep you up at night. It might be an SMS text message with a malevolent payload or a stalker who dogs your every step online. Or maybe it's an emerging technology like in-car Wi-Fi that suddenly creates a whole new attack vector. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloud Leadership Forum Cloud Leadership Forum: June 20 in Silicon Valley Come to the Cloud Leadership Forum 2011 for best-practice approaches to cloud migration, management, governance and more. The enterprise-focused agenda is based upon IDC research and peer-based insights. Learn from case study presentations, interactive sessions and leading cloud providers. Complimentary admission. Learn more. In this Issue Google Android barrels ahead of competitors Siemens industrial-control security vulnerability could be disclosed today Cool Android Tablet Apps to Watch For Today's innovation smackdown: John Chambers vs. Ed Whitacre Verizon to sell its first Windows Phone 7 smartphone on May 26 China's Great Firewall "father" pelted with egg, shoes When Steve Jobs isn't wearing jeans and a black turtleneck [Photos] Microsoft, SAP team to ease cloud deployments WEBCAST: Oracle How Oracle Exalogic and Exadata Deliver Extreme Java View this webcast to learn why Exalogic and Exadata are the definitive engineered platforms for enterprise application and database consolidation, with added advantage of extreme Java and database performance, unmatched reliability and scalability, and cloud-enabling elastic capacity. Register Today! Google Android barrels ahead of competitors Android has further consolidated its status as the leading global smartphone operating system, according to data released by both Gartner and the Millennial Media mobile ad network. Read More Siemens industrial-control security vulnerability could be disclosed today Although a public talk about new vulnerabilities found in Siemens industrial control systems (ICS) was pulled yesterday from a conference agenda due to its sensitive nature, the head of the vulnerability-test group that discovered the security holes said it expects Siemens will soon have a fix and will be discussing it. Read More WEBCAST: Limelight Networks The Next Phase of Cloud What is the next phase of the cloud revolution? Cloud's native services orientation can open up a world of options for infrastructure, software and other strategic considerations—like your network. This webcast will also cover how organizations can take advantage of cloud's robust storage capacity and how to manage that storage. Learn More! Cool Android Tablet Apps to Watch For These apps are all optimized for the larger screens of tablets -- and either just came out, or are coming soon Read More Today's innovation smackdown: John Chambers vs. Ed Whitacre Cisco CEO John Chambers credits his company's success to innovation in the network. During his time at the helm, Cisco has grown into many markets, which has left the company vulnerable to criticism that it is stretching itself too thin. He has recently talked of refocusing the company. Back in 1999, SBC CEO Ed Whitacre was called "one of the savviest leaders in this new age of networks and one of the toughest competitors in the business." He saw the buyout of AT&T in 2005 and retired in 2007. Vote now! Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Why BMC is the ITSM Market Leader Some vendors may force you to make difficult upgrades. Not us. BMC offers Rapid Results implementation services and BMC Remedy OnDemand, a SaaS version of the industry-leading IT Service Management suite. Read more to learn the top reasons why BMC Remedy offers true ITSM with out-of-the-box ease. Read More Today! Verizon to sell its first Windows Phone 7 smartphone on May 26 The HTC Trophy, Verizon's first Windows Phone 7, will be available online on May 26, and in Verizon stores on June 2 for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Read More China's Great Firewall "father" pelted with egg, shoes Somewhere George W. Bush might be laughing.  The BBC is reporting that China officials are looking for a man who allegedly threw an egg and shoes at the designer of the country's Great Firewall technology. Read More When Steve Jobs isn't wearing jeans and a black turtleneck [Photos] Oddly enough, Steve Jobs' wardrobe is about as well-known as the Apple CEO himself. Indeed, it's almost become a running joke that Jobs has a closet filled exclusively with black turtlenecks (reportedly from Issey Miyake) and Levi jeans. And oh yes, let's not forget about those New Balance sneakers! Read More Microsoft, SAP team to ease cloud deployments The two companies will bridge Microsoft .Net and Azure with SAP's NetWeaver Gateway Read More
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