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	How to protect smartphones and tablets Managing mobile devices entails a level of complexity unheard of in the traditional enterprise world of Windows desktops. MDM software needs to control devices from multiple manufacturers, running different versions of as many as five operating systems, tied to carrier networks with their own particular constraints. Read More WEBCAST: Brocade Communications Inc. Ethernet Fabric for the Cloud Webcast Discover how your company can optimize its investments in virtualization and cloud technologies. A new webcast reveals why IDC analysts believe a fabric-based network infrastructures are the cornerstone of a more efficient, cost-effective data center network. Learn more! In this Issue 10 things we like and don't like about Check Point's R80 endpoint security product Financial services firms increasing IT spending: survey Siemens' 'damage control' response to SCADA bug frustrates researcher PlayStation Network hack will cost Sony $170M Oracle sued by university for alleged ERP failure Apple iPad corporate security gets boost from GroupLogic Indiana University positions self as home base for Software-Defined Networking Say Goodbye to Wintel? What Microsoft Windows 8 Could Be Having private parts is not probable cause for TSA to grope or body scan you WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Economics of Cooperative Control: Protocols are Free Inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. Aerohive's Cooperative Control controller-less WLAN architecture delivers an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease. This paper explores the expansive economic benefits of Aerohive's unique approach. Read now! 10 things we like and don't like about Check Point's R80 endpoint security product Check Point's Unified Endpoint Security Management tool offers powerful single client for comprehensive endpoint security Read More Financial services firms increasing IT spending: survey Three-quarters of IT leaders at financial services firms plan to increase IT spending over the next 12 months and 55% expect to shift more capital expenses to managed services, according to a survey by Bloomberg. Read More Siemens' 'damage control' response to SCADA bug frustrates researcher Siemens said it intends to fix a vulnerability discovered in its industrial control system products, but the NSS Labs researcher who found the bug says the company seems to be downplaying the seriousness of the problem to save face. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Oracle BI Foundation Suite delivers the broadest end to end BI functionality from reporting, dashboards, scorecards, scenario modeling, forecasting to ad-hoc analysis. Register Today! PlayStation Network hack will cost Sony $170M Sony expects the hack of the PlayStation Network and will cost it ¥14 billion (US$170 million) this financial year, it said Monday. Read More Oracle sued by university for alleged ERP failure Montclair State University is suing Oracle over an allegedly botched ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project, saying a series of missteps and delays could ultimately cost the school some US$20 million more than originally planned, according to a complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Read More Apple iPad corporate security gets boost from GroupLogic Businesses can now grant iPads safe remote access to files using new software designed to meet enterprise management and security concerns. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Security of Virtualization Divides IT and Security Pros The "2010 State of Enterprise Security Survey - Global Data" report shows that about one-third believe virtualization and cloud computing make security "harder," while one-third said it was "more or less the same," and the remainder said it was "easier." Learn more now. Indiana University positions self as home base for Software-Defined Networking Read More Say Goodbye to Wintel? What Microsoft Windows 8 Could Be Don't get too comfortable with Windows 7. Microsoft is already hard at work on Windows 8 (and probably Windows 9, at the very least). While it's still only in the "rumor" stage, tidbits are spilling out as to what the upcoming operating system will offer. We already knew that it would support system-on-a-chip and mobile ARM processors, which could signal a new direction for PC development, but will these be true game changers? Read More Having private parts is not probable cause for TSA to grope or body scan you After the Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed "Restrain-the-TSA" legislation, which would make invasive pat-downs a crime at Texas airports, it seemed to inject a bit of sanity into arguments of what is reasonable and unreasonable to expect from the Fourth Amendment's "right of the people to be secure in their persons . . . against unreasonable searches and seizures." Being sexually assaulted... Read More
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