Bandwidth IS NOT speed; Google Apps ups security

	Google Apps ups security with two-factor authentication | Start-up unveils SAN-to-cloud optimizer appliance
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	Bandwidth IS NOT speed ISPs and the FCC use the terms 'bandwidth' and 'speed' interchangeably, and they shouldn't. ISPs claim to deliver blazing speeds if you buy their highest bandwidth services. This misleads consumers into assuming that a higher bandwidth connection will automatically deliver a faster user experience. In fact, bandwidth is but one of a half dozen factors that affect user response time. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Email Archiving Deep Dive Mail servers continue to deal with ballooning message volumes and management challenges. Email archiving software provides a viable solution, particularly when granular government regulations apply. Learn More Now. In this Issue Google Apps ups security with two-factor authentication Start-up unveils SAN-to-cloud optimizer appliance Microsoft's HPC server harnesses power of idle Windows 7 desktops Avaya CEO: How video will change business world CloudMagic speeds up Gmail and Google Apps searches Ellison announces 'one big, honkin' cloud' Oracle will support apps running on Amazon EC2 BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp: 'Waiting 90 days for a server to get provisioned isn't going to work' Google Chrome: 5 must-have tips and tricks WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc. Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More Google Apps ups security with two-factor authentication Google this morning has taken a step to shore up confidence in the security of its cloud computing products by introducing to them a two-factor authentication system. And you can't beat the price: free. Read More Start-up unveils SAN-to-cloud optimizer appliance Cirtas Systems announced its first product, a WAN accelerator that also acts as a local data cache with multiple tiers of storage, ranging from DRAM and SSDs to data replication to cloud-based storage services. Read More Microsoft's HPC server harnesses power of idle Windows 7 desktops Windows HPC Server now integrates with Excel workbooks and harnesses the power of idle Windows 7 desktops. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent A 'hands-free' approach to optical networking With unmatched scalability and performance, Alcatel-Lucent has a future-proof, Carrier-grade WDM solution which enables the flexibility, intelligence and reduced time to revenue data centers require and offers key tools for successful deployment: training, network management, spares and support. Read now Avaya CEO: How video will change business world Avaya made a splash in New York City with a portfolio of new collaboration products, including the Flare Experience multimedia conferencing system, a new tablet designed to support the Flare software and the web.alive virtual reality meeting service, among other offerings. Read More CloudMagic speeds up Gmail and Google Apps searches I used to think that Gmail's built-in search feature was fast, but that was before I tried out CloudMagic (free). This browser extension (available for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox) can search your Gmail so quickly that you'll never be able to look at Gmail's own search tool the same way again. Read More Ellison announces 'one big, honkin' cloud' Oracle CEO Larry Ellison unveiled his company's entry into the private cloud computing system battles on Sunday, upping the competitive stakes between Oracle and rivals like IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Load Balancers are Dead Gartner Research Note "Load Balancers are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery" helps you understand how to replace your basic load balancing technology and focus on getting the highest availability, performance and security for your web apps. Includes key recommendations you can use. Read now! Oracle will support apps running on Amazon EC2 Oracle customers will now be able to deploy a range of Oracle software on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service in production form, the companies announced at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Read More BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp: 'Waiting 90 days for a server to get provisioned isn't going to work' As if managing your current IT operations wasn't challenging enough, along comes cloud computing to plaster on another layer of complexity. How does your current management strategy need to evolve to support private cloud? How do you seamlessly control a hybrid private-public cloud? Read More Google Chrome: 5 must-have tips and tricks Maybe IE 9, just released in beta form, will turn out to be the greatest browser ever. Mozilla's Firefox gets better with every rev -- and my heart wants to support the open source business model that has given Microsoft a run for its money. But for now, I'm sticking with Google's Chrome 6, because its clean, no nonsense interface, and above all, its speed and stability, make Web surfing as easy and enjoyable as possible. Read More
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