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	Cisco urged to fold more than Flip Flip shouldn't be Cisco's only fold in the challenging consumer market, industry watchers say. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel The Value of a Fully Virtualized Storage Infrastructure This paper is focused on the power of virtualization in general and the value of HP's Virtualized Storage Infrastructure in particular. In order to put HP's approach into balanced context, it is necessary to review the changes that have occurred in the IT world in a little more depth. Read now In this Issue Record-breaking Microsoft patch day affects all versions of Windows Essential Gear for Pajama-Clad Professionals Can IPS appliances remain useful in a virtual-machine world? Google denies lying about Apps' certification Military wants full disk encryption for iPhone, Android smartphones Independent lab tests find firewalls fall down on the job Cisco Introduces Cisco Learning Labs Cisco $64 million poorer after second infringement trial IBM's Watson not as smart as you think AT&T cuts data cost on pre-paid plans Multitasking gets harder the older you get, study finds 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 Record-breaking Microsoft patch day affects all versions of Windows Microsoft released a record-breaking number of patches today that affect all versions of Windows and Office -- including its cloud apps -- and addresses some long-standing holes that hackers have been exploiting in the wild. By the numbers: 17 security bulletins fix a whopping 64 holes. These include nine critical patches and eight important. Of the critical patches, five of them have the highest "exploitability index" rating of 1, meaning that the risk of attack is high and the impact of being pwned is also high. Today's Patch Tuesday is a record-breaker in the number of holes fixed. In December, 2010, Microsoft released 17 patches, too, but these fixed a total of 40 holes. Read More Essential Gear for Pajama-Clad Professionals Do you work from home? Power-lunch in your pj's? These indispensable items will enhance your live-work environment. Read More Can IPS appliances remain useful in a virtual-machine world? Intrusion-prevention system (IPS) vendors have not found it easy to recast their appliances for use in the virtual-machine (VM) environment. But now McAfee and Sourcefire claim to have overcome some hurdles, at least with VMware's VM. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Software Get the Leading ITSM Suite on your Terms BMC Remedy OnDemand offers the power of the industry's leading IT Service Management solution with the flexibility of Software as a Service. And when your needs change, switching between the OnDemand and on-premise BMC Remedy suite is seamless. Watch the demo for a peek inside BMC Remedy OnDemand. View Today! Google denies lying about Apps' certification Google on Monday denied an allegation by rival Microsoft that it lied about an important government certification for Google Apps for Government. Read More Military wants full disk encryption for iPhone, Android smartphones The US military wants to take no security chances with the smartphones it is deploying. Read More Independent lab tests find firewalls fall down on the job If enterprises can't trust the technology they buy to protect their infrastructure, what can they trust? Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Achieving Security with Cloud PC Backup Read this paper to learn how Iron Mountain's heightened focus on security, privacy, and cost savings, goes beyond simple cloud storage to enterprise cloud security. Read Now! Cisco Introduces Cisco Learning Labs Wendell Odom: Learning@Cisco announced a new service for those studying for certifications: Cisco Learning Labs. In short: pay money, get remote access to a lab topology of virtual routers and switches, plus lab exercises, hosted by Cisco. Read More Cisco $64 million poorer after second infringement trial Cisco has been ordered by federal court to pay $64 million to a Texas company in a patent infringement case. This is after Cisco was already ordered to pay Commil USA $3.7 million, but that verdict was thrown out and a new trial ordered after Cisco attorneys made insensitive remarks about the plaintiff's religion. Read More IBM's Watson not as smart as you think While IBM's supercomputer may have demonstrated the latest in artificial intelligence, it's not self-aware or capable of intelligent conversation. But that doesn't mean A.I. won't change our lives, according to experts who spoke at an MIT symposium. Read More AT&T cuts data cost on pre-paid plans AT&T announced big price cuts for pre-paid data plans on Tuesday and said its first GoPhone smartphone for pre-paid customers, the LG Thrive, will go on sale April 17 Read More Multitasking gets harder the older you get, study finds Not that this will necessarily make you feel any better, but "senior moments" of temporarily forgetting what you were about to do have a scientific explanation behind them. University of California, San Francisco researchers say older people's brains have more difficulty than younger people's brains at switching between tasks, and that negatively impacts working memory, such as that used to retain... Read More
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