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	IT managers need to curtail admin rights in Windows Robert Mullins: Microsoft endures a lot of criticism for its Patch Tuesdays, frequent vulnerabilities and security weaknesses, but many times, users bring those problems on themselves by not using the access management tools they have at their disposal, say two people in the access management field. Read More : ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). 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 In this Issue Recession Fallout: The IT Job Search What's happening? "Micro-blogging" inside the Enterprise Microsoft Reveals Communications Server W14 What to make of the hacker who broke IE8 in two minutes Microsoft, Amazon share Windows Server licensing for the cloud Using social networks to establish a publicly verifiable level of trust Conficker may be quiet now but it's still a threat It's Bootcamp time From Microsoft Subnet E-GUIDE: HP ProCurve Standards to Soothe Networking Headaches Is you network comprised of multiple switching tiers running proprietary protocols capable of handling next-generation applications? This Network World eBook looks at open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwidth of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and more. Get expert advice on how to turn your network into a more simplified, open infrastructure. Read Now. Recession Fallout: The IT Job Search Kerrie Meyler: For an IT Pro, a job is a big part of your self-identity and ego. After all, we probably spend about 60 hours a week working. Read More What's happening? "Micro-blogging" inside the Enterprise Susan Hanley: SharePoint 2010 includes several social computing features, including the ability to post brief status updates answering the question "What's happening?" Read More Microsoft Reveals Communications Server W14 Alex Lewis: The floor was buzzing this week at VoiceCon as Microsoft announced that Microsoft Communications Server "W14" will replace the current Office Communications Server 2007 R2. There are lots of reason to like the new version. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! What to make of the hacker who broke IE8 in two minutes Robert Mullins: Dutch hacker Peter Vreugdenhil broke into the current edition of the Web browser by launching a two-pronged attack on the Windows 7 operating system. Read More Microsoft, Amazon share Windows Server licensing for the cloud The Microsoft Subnet blog: If you have enterprise license agreements for on-premises Windows Server (and Software Assurance), you can use those licenses with Amazon's EC2 cloud, at least for a trial period. Read More Using social networks to establish a publicly verifiable level of trust Tyson Kopczynski: It's no secret that I'm fed up with how aspects of trust and assurance are established out on the Internet. I'v railed against the racketeering operations that public CAs operate. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. Conficker may be quiet now but it's still a threat Robert Mullins: Conficker has been largely dormant, but could become active again. Read More It's Bootcamp time Brian Egler: One of the courses I enjoy teaching is the MCITP-DBA Bootcamp. This is where we lock you up in a room for a week and let you out when you are certified. 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. Follow Microsoft Subnet on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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