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	Microsoft releases biggest-ever security update Microsoft released its largest-ever set of security patches Tuesday, fixing a total of 49 bugs in products such as Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Extreme Networks From Physical to Virtual to the Cloud The migration from a dedicated infrastructure to a shared and outsourced cloud infrastructure is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. With Extreme Networks "Four Pillars" strategy, Enterprises and Hosting Centers of any scale can approach change in a logical and affordable, stepwise fashion. Read More In this Issue Cisco still haunted by 3-year-old Brazil case To thwart keyloggers, Facebook introduces one-time passwords How smartphones can use free WiFi from moving vehicles Intel posts increased profit, sees bright future Linux is on the rise for business Gov't can embrace social media, collaboration, experts say VMware CEO: Future of IT is automation Businesses 'stick with mainframes' for the cloud PayPal alternatives that let you shop around WEBCAST: NetApp Use 50% Less Storage - Guaranteed Listen to this on-demand Webcast and hear Chris Rima of Tucson Electric Power discuss how his organization managed data growth and improved performance with storage and server virtualization. You'll also hear Brian Garrett from ESG and NetApp experts discuss ways to consolidate your Windows® application data, files, and virtual machines. Learn More Cisco still haunted by 3-year-old Brazil case Cisco is still haunted by three-year-old tax evasion allegations in Brazil that prompted authorities there to detain executives and close offices. Bloomberg, citing reports out of Brazil, is reporting this week that Cisco's assets were frozen there during a probe into a suspected import fraud scheme. Read More To thwart keyloggers, Facebook introduces one-time passwords Worried about logging into Facebook from a strange computer? There's now a way to get into the popular social network without entering your regular Facebook password. Read More How smartphones can use free WiFi from moving vehicles Microsoft researchers have been working on a technology that would let mobile phones and other 3G devices automatically switch to public WiFi even while the device is traveling in a vehicle. The technology is dubbed Wiffler and earlier this year, researchers took it for some test drives in Amherst, Mass, Seattle and San Francisco. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 30 Minutes to Faster Web Pages Join this discussion and learn the importance and nuances of load testing, measuring scalability, setting page performance and transaction response rates, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll even hear performance improvement tips that are quick to implement and free. View Now Intel posts increased profit, sees bright future Intel reported an increase in quarterly profits, brushing off weakness in the consumer market and predicting "healthy worldwide demand for computing products" moving forward. Read More Linux is on the rise for business Large companies are planning to increase their reliance on Linux over the next five years, both in terms of the number of Linux servers run in their organizations and in terms of the mission-critical nature of the work they're used for. Read More Gov't can embrace social media, collaboration, experts say If the U.S. Department of Defense can embrace social networking and other Web 2.0 tools, just about any large organization can, said a representative of the agency's Business Transformation Office. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Effectively Address your Biggest IT Challenges Meet your CAPEX and OPEX cost saving goals with a more efficient data storage strategy. Enterprise Strategy Group lays the groundwork on how to do just that in this whitepaper. Ensure you have the tools in place to keep costs down while better managing data growth. Read More! VMware CEO: Future of IT is automation The future for IT lies in automating as much as possible of the infrastructure, allowing users to self-provision applications, all in a mixture of virtualized private and public clouds, according to VMware's CEO Paul Maritz. Read More Businesses 'stick with mainframes' for the cloud Mainframe computing is seen by most businesses as an essential component of their cloud computing strategy, according to a survey of IT managers. Read More PayPal alternatives that let you shop around Ever gone out to a fancy restaurant with friends, only to find that someone lacked the cash to pay their share? Is writing a paper check to a relative (say, a kid in college) a hassle? Read More
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