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	Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP 10 Things to Know about Deduplication You as an IT manager want simple, cost-effective solutions for your complex IT challenges. HP kept this in mind while designing StoreOnce. New technologies, such as deduplication can be difficult to understand but StoreOnce powered by Intel Xeon® processor 5500 series makes it simple. Read More! In this Issue Former MySQL boss: Code 'in better shape than ever' under Oracle Tech debate: Apple iPad or Blackberry PlayBook for the enterprise? FBI warns that fake bin Laden video is a virus Brocade developing 32-Gigabit Fibre Channel Cloud drives Cisco to open source RIM not sitting still with PlayBook Microsoft issues first Windows Phone security update US court approves Google's $900M bid for Nortel patents How should you redesign your data center LAN? Ballmer surprises with Microsoft-RIM partnership Internap to enter public cloud market WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Why CIOs still embrace RISC/UNIX Forrester conducted in-depth interviews with senior IT operations executives to determine if UNIX delivers high value to current and future users who have requirements that place significant weight on the historical strengths of a RISC/UNIX environment, including reliability, scalability and security. Read now Former MySQL boss: Code 'in better shape than ever' under Oracle Oracle may not be a fan of open source, but it makes good code, says former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos. Read More Tech debate: Apple iPad or Blackberry PlayBook for the enterprise? The iPad has taken the world by storm, but RIM hopes to parlay its dominant Blackberry enterprise presence into a meaningful tablet advantage with the new PlayBook. Which tablet wins? Read More FBI warns that fake bin Laden video is a virus The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned computer users Tuesday that messages claiming to include photos and videos of Osama bin Laden's death actually contain a virus that could steal personal information. Read More WEBCAST: Internap Weighing Your Options: Colocation or Managed Hosting? The pressure is on IT to focus on strategic initiatives that move the business forward while reducing costs. Outsourcing aspects of your IT infrastructure can lower costs and enable you to focus on core business competencies. However, with so many options available, weighing your options can be an overwhelming decision. Read More Brocade developing 32-Gigabit Fibre Channel Brocade Technologies, which announced 16Gbps Fibre Channel products on Monday, is already working on a 32G bps version and expects to have it on the market within three years. Read More Cloud drives Cisco to open source There's an interesting post on GigaOm this week on how cloud computing is forcing Cisco to embrace open source. It argues that Cisco realizes open source software will be critical to its success in cloud due to the emphasis on application development. Read More RIM not sitting still with PlayBook Research in Motion doesn't want you to judge the PlayBook by its first-edition cover. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Virtualization Raised to the Power of Three Virtualization works best when the processor, systems management and hypervisor all communicate and share the workload. That's why Dell, AMD and Microsoft have teamed to develop a system that is optimized for virtualization out of the box. See the high performance, energy efficiency and simplified management this combination provides. Learn more. Microsoft issues first Windows Phone security update Microsoft has released the first security update for Windows Phone 7, replicating for smartphone users a patch the company gave Windows desktop users six weeks ago. Read More US court approves Google's $900M bid for Nortel patents Nortel Networks has obtained court approval to accept a US$900 million bid from Google for the entirety of its remaining patent portfolio, it said Monday. Read More How should you redesign your data center LAN? The last few newsletters have discussed LAN design in general and data center LAN design in particular. This newsletter will discuss an RFI for data center LAN switching. Read More Ballmer surprises with Microsoft-RIM partnership Microsoft will invest in the BlackBerry platform from Research in Motion, becoming the default search provider in BlackBerry browsers and maps, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during a surprise keynote appearance at BlackBerry World. Read More Internap to enter public cloud market Internap on Wednesday announced plans to enter the public cloud market later this year with two offerings: one based on VMware and another using the open source KVM hypervisor. Read More
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