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	Windows 8 rumor mill heats up as Microsoft eyes tablet market Rumors suggest Microsoft is shipping an early build of Windows 8 to hardware makers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compellent VMware Seven storage features every VM needs The key to maximizing your VMware environment is to create a storage environment as flexible as your virtual server environment. Learn how Fluid Data storage from Compellent maximizes VM Storage performance and efficiency, while being a cost-effective solution. Learn more. In this Issue Google hopes to spray patent trolls with Nortel portfolio Eight Android Apps for IT from Gearhead EMC/RSA acquires electronic threat detection firm NetWitness Where to start with public cloud computing RSA Reveals More Details About Its Security Breach Best Buy customers part of Epsilon breach High-tech amusement park keeps special-needs guests connected UPDATE: Underwater robots find airline wreckage, bodies Meru Networks: Closing in on the all-wireless enterprise network Enterasys bolsters switches with automation, access control When you can't trust your own company WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Transaction Tracing through Complex Web Applications In this Quest white paper, learn about the components of a transaction as they cross various application domains. Then, discover the difficulty in connecting transaction components for monitoring, why continuously monitoring is key and how a third-party solution simplifies the challenge. Learn more. Google hopes to spray patent trolls with Nortel portfolio Google has apparently decided that buying Nortel's patents could be strong repellant against patent trolls. Citing the need to defend itself against "dubious" patent lawsuits, Google today announced it had placed an opening bid of $900 million for Nortel's patent portfolio. Read More Eight Android Apps for IT from Gearhead Read More EMC/RSA acquires electronic threat detection firm NetWitness EMC Corp. today announced it has acquired NetWitness Corp., security company that makes the NextGen visibility monitoring system to detect electronic threats and malware-based attacks. EMC said NetWitness will operate as part of RSA. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Case Study: Boston College Read this case study to learn how Boston College has reduced complexity of the backup process for over 1,700 seats by centralizing management. Read now Where to start with public cloud computing The first step is to evaluate your workloads, says Mark White, CTO for Deloitte Consulting's technology practice. Read More RSA Reveals More Details About Its Security Breach On Friday, RSA Security held an analyst conference to provide more details on the recent security breach and subsequent investigation. RSA provided a bit more detail on the "Advanced Persistent Threat" (APT), the actual root cause of the security breach. Apparently, cyber criminals did a lot of intelligence gathering on specific RSA employees. Read More Best Buy customers part of Epsilon breach Retailer Best Buy today told customers that files containing the "'email addresses of some Best Buy customers were accessed without authorization" due to a data breach at marketing firm Epsilon. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Foundations of Security Information Management This guide examines the details of each of these processes and provides best practices to build a foundation for SIM. Learn more. High-tech amusement park keeps special-needs guests connected Morgan's Wonderland hosts thousands of special-needs children, adults and their families. Each guest at the Austin theme park wears an RFID wristband for location tracking and to link to critical personal information, such as medical conditions and allergies. Read More UPDATE: Underwater robots find airline wreckage, bodies The undersea robots scouring a 3,900 square mile search of Atlantic Ocean bottom have found bodies and a large portion of Air France Flight 447 which crashed off the coast of Brazil nearly two years ago. Read More Meru Networks: Closing in on the all-wireless enterprise network In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Meru President and Ihab Abu-Hakima speaks with IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant about what sets Meru apart from bigger competitors with broader networking product lines such as Cisco and HP as well as what needs to be done by enterprises to manage and secure networks being flooded by iPads, smartphones and other devices. Read More Enterasys bolsters switches with automation, access control Enterasys Networks this week will revamp its stackable and modular edge switches with a new generation of platforms featuring enhanced automation, visibility and control. Read More When you can't trust your own company The 'Net is just one hack away for disaster Read More
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