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	Review: Cisco sets the bar for mobile security Cisco has been a leader in remote access VPNs since 1999, and its latest release, the AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution, will make both end users and network managers very happy, despite a few rough parts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Best Practices for Exadata Cell This paper describes the best practices for setting up the optimal backup and recovery strategy to protect your mission-critical data. Learn more. In this Issue Phone maker publicly says 'No' to WP7 Four steps to take if your business depends on RSA SecurID tokens AT&T buys T-Mobile: The new - and unstable - cellular landscape On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Sun.com name could fetch Oracle $1 million Lawyer behind Android infringement claim has Microsoft ties Mobile payments in U.S.: Creative chaos or just chaos? Groupon could break Google's record with $25 billion IPO Groupon answers my question before I even ask The change imperative Cisco unveils secure teleworker products Cisco pays its first dividend 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 Phone maker publicly says 'No' to WP7 Smartphone maker ZTE has publicly dissed Microsoft, saying the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system is not popular enough, nor has Microsoft done enough to make it so, and that ZTE sees no reason for it to develop a smartphone running WP7. This is not the kind of news Microsoft likes to hear as it struggles to gain traction for its well regarded but not well received OS. Read More Four steps to take if your business depends on RSA SecurID tokens With the theft of sensitive data about RSA's SecurID technology, large businesses should reassess the risks to the assets the two-factor authentication deployment is supposed to protect. Read More AT&T buys T-Mobile: The new - and unstable - cellular landscape While further consolidation in US carriers was inevitable, a consequence of flawed spectrum policy, this particular development will eventually lead to a US with only two major wireless carriers, and a big potential downside for consumers. Do the regulators know this? And do they care? Read More On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Back in January, Scandinavian gamers hijacked a New Hampshire medical center's server to host "Call of Duty: Black Ops" sessions. When asked about that incident, Stephen Heaslip of the gamer site Blues News told Network World that hackers are not the most likely individuals to commandeer corporate servers for illicit gaming: Such appropriations are more often the work of IT administrators, he said. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How much network downtime can your business tolerate? Join this IBM broadcast to learn how to manage and improve network configuration activity to keep your networks running, in compliance and generating revenue. View Now Sun.com name could fetch Oracle $1 million Oracle may reap a tidy profit from reselling the about-to-expire Sun.com domain name. Read More Lawyer behind Android infringement claim has Microsoft ties Edward J. Naughton, is out promoting the idea that Android violates the GPL over on Huffington Post. But Naughton seems to be hiding his ties to Microsoft. Read More Mobile payments in U.S.: Creative chaos or just chaos? The day is nearing, many say, when your smartphone will be your wallet, letting you make purchases as stored cash or credit that will be wirelessly accepted by stores or soda machines. Merchants, in turn, will use smartphones like modern point-of-sale devices to process your plastic credit cards. Read More Groupon could break Google's record with $25 billion IPO Groupon is in talks with banks for an initial public offering that places the value of the company as high as $25 billion, Bloomberg and others are reporting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper System Reliability Improvements and Benefits with Diskeeper Over 300 IT managers evaluate Diskeeper on crucial issues that can make or break a site's viability. Read More Groupon answers my question before I even ask This afternoon I printed out my first Groupon coupon -- $20 off $40 worth of food and drink from a local restaurant - and was both surprised and a bit irritated to see fine print that I hadn't seen when I agreed to the deal a few weeks ago. Read More The change imperative Some 400 of your peers gathered at Network World's IT Roadmap show in Chicago last week to discuss everything from cloud plans to iPad support, flat network options and Windows 7 migration. Read More Cisco unveils secure teleworker products Cisco introduced four devices aimed at improving the performance and security of home offices used by corporate workers. Read More Cisco pays its first dividend As promised, Cisco this week said it will pay a dividend to shareholders from that $40 billion cash reserve it has piled up, most of which is overseas. It's the first time in company history that Cisco's paid a dividend. 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 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5. MOST-READ STORIES RSA warns SecurID customers after company is hacked Android violates Linux license, experts claim HP "beat the crap" out of Cisco, others Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' RSA's SecurID breach: What should you do? Web users bury Yahoo for botched Nate Dogg obit photo iPad 2 demand still exceeds supply Why does U.S. Cen Com want to create phony online identities? Telecom mogul is world's richest person Xoom tablet pricing for Wi-Fi model sparks online debate
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