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	Virtualization, cloud computing to dominate Interop Interop will hit Las Vegas next week as this important tech event celebrates its 25th anniversary. The impact of virtualization and cloud computing on the network will be explored in depth, and the conference will tackle how social technologies, smartphones and other mobile devices will affect the future of work. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2011 One-day learning for executive IT pros. Come to IT Roadmap in Boston on June 7 to explore new IT trends, technologies and strategies from leading analysts and peer experts. One-day event features workshops, tutorials, strategy sessions, keynotes and an interactive exhibit floor for in-depth technology learning designed for IT executives. FREE event. In this Issue Anonymous blames former victims for devising Sony PlayStation Network breach Cisco's 3 biggest weaknesses More antitrust headaches for Microsoft despite expiration of IE judgment Juniper seeks an edge Brocade gives a reality check on IPv6 Determining Windows attack risk now slightly less confusing Bin Laden raid blogger enjoying his new-found fame Microsoft plans critical update to Windows Server next week How to suck face over the Internet Re-inventing SuSE and Three Futures for Mono Singing the BlackBerry Blues WEBCAST: Cisco Implementing Virtualization-Enabled Collaboration Date: May 11th, 2011; Time: 2 PM EST This webcast will examine the challenges that IT organizations face when deploying desktop virtualization technologies and collaboration tools, and offer strategies for addressing implementing a robust, virtual desktop environment that fosters successful collaboration. Learn more Anonymous blames former victims for devising Sony PlayStation Network breach Just as Sony all but accused the hacker group Anonymous yesterday with masterminding the breach of Sony's PlayStation Network, today Anonymous came up short of denying it infiltrated PlayStation Network but rather said others performed the attack with the intent of making Anonymous look bad. Read More Cisco's 3 biggest weaknesses Cisco has stumbled, realized it needed to change course and has begun to make those changes. This week's management and business unit restructuring is the most recent change. But how did it get to this point? How did things get this bad? There are three key factors, three big weaknesses in Cisco's operations: over-ambition, distraction and mismanagement. Read More More antitrust headaches for Microsoft despite expiration of IE judgment The landmark antitrust judgment over Internet Explorer is finally set to expire next week after a decade of federal oversight over Microsoft. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest The End User's Experience is King in Application Performance When it comes to measuring the overall performance and health of an application system, there is only one perspective that matters - that of the end users. This chapter will introduce APM and explore why end user experience monitoring is the most important high-level metric you can have for APM. Read now! Juniper seeks an edge Juniper unveils the MX line of enterprise edge routers as an alternative to Cisco's ASR. Read More Brocade gives a reality check on IPv6 The looming depletion of Internet addresses has split the networking world into "IPv4 diehards" and "IPv6 purists," but the real needs of businesses lie somewhere in between the views of these extremists, a Brocade Communications Systems executive said this week. Read More Determining Windows attack risk now slightly less confusing No one knows for certain how likely they are to be victimized by malware, but since 2008 Microsoft has been trying to give customers a rough idea of the risks they face with its "Exploitability Index," a rating system released in conjunction with the monthly Patch Tuesday security updates. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Effective Elimination of Redundant Data Duplicate data is silently drowning storage systems and backup processes. By employing deduplication technology, numerous benefits can be achieved. CA ARCserve Backup provides comprehensive data deduplication solutions to help organizations keep pace with increasing volumes of data while still ensuring compliance. Read Now Bin Laden raid blogger enjoying his new-found fame Sohaib Athar, the Pakistani programmer who earned Internet fame on Sunday by inadvertently live blogging the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden, is handling his 15 minutes -- and a never-ending barrage of media requests -- with uncommon good humor. Read More Microsoft plans critical update to Windows Server next week Microsoft today said it will patch a critical bug in its Windows server software and two other vulnerabilities in PowerPoint, the presentation maker bundled with Office. Read More How to suck face over the Internet Sufferers of long-distance relationships rejoice: A Japanese lab is working on a machine designed to let people smooch – and even French kiss – over the Internet. Read More Re-inventing SuSE and Three Futures for Mono Over the past ten days we've seen the rolling announcements out of Attachmate as SuSE gets spun into a separate organization with a return to Germany and Mono employees (along with many other Novell employees) find themselves on the outside looking in. Read More Singing the BlackBerry Blues Research in Motion was the first real breakout firm as mobility began to take hold in the late '90's; the company was building successful PDA-form-factor handsets really before anyone else. Read More
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