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JC Penney tried to block publication of data breach
Retailer JC Penney fought to keep its name secret during court proceedings related to the largest breach of credit card data on record, according to documents unsealed on Monday. Read More


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Ciena + Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks: See whats next.
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Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More!

Windows users patch fast when zero-day hype heats up
A researcher says media coverage is a key reason why users patch zero-day Microsoft bugs faster, whether they are part of a standard patch Tuesday release or an out-of-band update. Read More

5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio
Users might have a love/hate relationship with Novell's SUSE Studio. Here are five things we love and five things we disliked about the product. Read More

News podcast: Network World 360
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the iPhone could finally be coming to Verizon. The paper cited unnamed sources who said a Taiwanese manufacturer will start mass producing iPhons to run on Verizon's network in September. Also, Cisco and Bank of America have announced plans to roll out 200 Cisco TelePresence systems globally by the end of the year, which would make it the largest high-definition videoconferencing network used by a single company so far. (5:17) Read More


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Virtualization and Disaster Recovery
The need to protect virtualized systems is paramount but organizations may not understand how vulnerable they are to disaster. This whitepaper discusses the challenges of protecting virtualized workloads and how Double-Take Software's solutions can help. Read Now.

Femtocell prices have dropped below $100, says vendor
The wholesale cost of a femtocell has dropped below US$100 and that will help give the sector a boost, femtocell vendor Ubiquisys said on Tuesday. Read More

US Airways joins growing list of airlines with Wi-Fi
US Airways launched GoGo inflight Wi-Fi service on five aircraft, joining eight other airlines working with wireless service provider Aircell. Read More

Former iPod chief bids Apple farewell
A great era at Apple has finally come to an end, even as another seems set to begin. According to The New York Times, Tony Fadell--the Apple executive widely regarded as the father of the iPod--is officially leaving the company after more than a year of acting as Steve Jobs's special adviser. The former senior vice president of the iPod Division resigned his executive position in November 2008. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide
Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More!

Judge deals U.S. major setback in H-1B fraud case
What may be the largest H-1B fraud case ever brought by the government is running into trouble after a judge dismissed a number of counts last week and suppressed some of the evidence taken from an IT services firms computers. Read More

NASA tapped to help Toyota acceleration investigation
If you want to solve a major engineering mystery why not bring in some of the world's best engineers?  Read More

Where in the World is Keith's iPad?
After I received a shipment notification from Apple regarding the iPad that I pre-ordered, I decided to post updates on where the package is, and see where the shipment will be sitting as we wait for the Saturday, April 3, delivery. Read More



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