Botnets are the biggest cloud service; Which browser is more secure?

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	The biggest cloud on the planet is owned by ... the crooks Robert Mullins: Who's got the biggest cloud in the tech universe? Google? Pretty big, but no. Amazon? Lots and lots of servers, but not even close. Microsoft? They're just getting started. The biggest cloud services are the botnets. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP ProCurve Break Free from Proprietary Networking See why Gartner and the network industry have positioned HP as a leader and the fastest-growing enterprise Ethernet LAN networking vendor. HP's commitment to industry-standards can help organizations optimize their network. Read now. In this Issue Which browser is more secure IE8, Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Chrome 4, or Opera 10? The Wild West All Over Again My Adventures in Digital Note-taking Microsoft guy tells open source conference it's 'really changing' Certificates in Migrating from Exchange 2003 / Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Cloud ROI calculation can be hard to pin down Microsoft really is going "all in" to the cloud Network Bones From Microsoft Subnet WEBCAST: HyTrust 8 Tips for Virtualization Under Control Examine 8 tips that will show you how to virtualize more critical workloads with confidence. From security planning and policy management to automation and access controls, get expert advice on how to build a more secure virtual infrastructure to accelerate the virtualization of business-critical applications. Learn More! Which browser is more secure IE8, Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Chrome 4, or Opera 10? Tyson.Kopczynski: About two weeks ago I saw a discussion thread on the GIAC Advisory Board that was entitled, "NSS report on browser security (is IE8 or FF more secure?)" IE8 seems to perform very well at protecting users from socially-engineered malware. Read More The Wild West All Over Again Kerrie Meyler: Gartner Group announced Monday that sixty percent of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they replace. Read More My Adventures in Digital Note-taking Susan Hanley: As a consultant, I am constantly taking notes during client meetings. When Adapx gave me a preview of Capturx for OneNote last Fall, I begged them to send me the digital pen when it came out and much to my delight, they did. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetScout Virtualization Simplified Industry analyst Jim Metzler helps identify how to overcome the challenges of managing virtualized server environments in this in-depth whitepaper. Read now. Microsoft guy tells open source conference it's 'really changing' Robert Mullins: Doing his best impersonation of a fox in the chicken coop who means no harm to the chickens, Microsoft's Stuart McKee spoke at an open source conference in San Francisco today delivering a message of peace. Read More Certificates in Migrating from Exchange 2003 / Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Rand Morimoto: A common question that is asked relative to a migration from Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 is what SSL Certificates need to be acquired for a smooth migration? Read More Cloud ROI calculation can be hard to pin down Robert Mullins: Cloud computing is right about at the same place today as the Web was in 1997.Large potential, a huge market, but at the same time a lot of hype, a lot of uncertainty. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Microsoft really is going "all in" to the cloud Robert Mullins: Well, this was inevitable. A tech conference devoted entirely to cloud computing. At that conference, Microsoft's cloud evangelist naturally insisted that the company is pitching cloud first, license second. Read More Network Bones Ron Barrett: Now here's a cool tool because it is actually a tool to find tools. Read More From Microsoft Subnet This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Read More
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