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	Should companies block Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? Surveys show most companies don't let employees access social network sites such as Facebook, ostensibly for risk reasons, but probably also because they fear a productivity drain. But proponents say allowing access benefits corporations in everything from market intelligence to recruiting. What's more, the next generation of workers will require it. In this Tech Debate, Chris Poulin argues that social networks are a keyhole for advanced threats, while Shel Holtz makes the case for open employee access. What do you think? Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Work Smarter with IBM Smart Analytics System Working smarter means being able to optimize and grow your business. The IBM Smart Analytics System is a ready-to-use analytics solution that turns information into insights and accelerates decision-making across your business. Read the white paper and put your business in the best position to quickly adapt and grow in any environment. Read More In this Issue Lost in Translation: 10 Funny Foreign Tech Ads Microsoft punches Cisco, VMware in the eye with Windows Azure Appliance One final patch for Windows XP Service Pack 2 before it reaches end-of-life Climate researchers gain high capacity network via Stimulus Act Big guns for hire: Supercomputing-in-the-cloud BlackBerry offers users free security app Amazon introduces cluster computing for HPC apps NASA offers $5M prizes for cool robots, satellites and solar spacecraft WHITE PAPER: IBM The Information Agenda Guide for Financial Markets CIOs need relevant information to achieve both short-term and long-term strategic goals. Read this guide to find out how an IBM Information Agenda can help financial institutions address a wide variety of business tasks, as well as unlock the value of their information, by using it in entirely new ways. Read Now Lost in Translation: 10 Funny Foreign Tech Ads Put down your TiVo remote: These 10 foreign tech ads are well worth watching. Trust us. Read More Microsoft punches Cisco, VMware in the eye with Windows Azure Appliance The Windows Azure Appliance that Microsoft announced on Monday combines cloud services and virtualization with an on-premises flexible server, networking, storage. Partners for the device include Dell, HP, Fujitsu. Sound familiar? It should. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Simplify System Management Telephone system manageability depends to a great extent on the underlying architecture of the voice system. The architectural approach for integrating new systems has serious implications for management. In this paper you will learn more about how various architectural approaches impacts overall system manageability. Read now! One final patch for Windows XP Service Pack 2 before it reaches end-of-life A moment of silence, please, for Windows XP Service Pack 2. Today is the final day the software is eligible for security updates, and as Service Pack 2 rides off into the sunset Microsoft has given it one final patch that will prevent some zero-day attacks. Read More Climate researchers gain high capacity network via Stimulus Act Climate researchers have scored a big win, as Internet2 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are joining forces on a nationwide network expected to handle up to 80TB of weather-related data per day. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Fighting the Tide Aberdeen Group recently examined how companies are using Business Intelligence (BI) tools to adapt to today's market pressures. This report focuses on IBM Cognos 8 BI users and compares the results they are seeing to other survey respondents. Read More Big guns for hire: Supercomputing-in-the-cloud For much of its existence, Woodward Governor Co. has been building fuel nozzles and other parts for jet aircraft engines the old-fashioned way -- carefully designing them, building physical prototypes out of raw materials, conducting tests and finally creating production parts. Read More BlackBerry offers users free security app BlackBerry maker RIM has shown a new free application that owners can use to track their much-loved smartphones in the event they are lost, stolen, or simply misplaced around the house. Read More Amazon introduces cluster computing for HPC apps Amazon Web Services says its latest cluster computing service, which it announced Tuesday, can provide the same results as custom-built infrastructures for high-performance applications at organizations that don't want to build their own. Read More NASA offers $5M prizes for cool robots, satellites and solar spacecraft NASA today significantly expanded its Centennial Challenges program to include $5 million worth of new competitions to develop robots, small satellites, and solar powered spacecraft. Read More
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