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	300,000 Android phones activated a day, claims Google While Android's success has been well-documented, it's still hard to wrap your head around the idea that 300,000 Android phones are being activated every day. Read More WHITE PAPER: 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 2010: Quotes of the year Favorite cheap network tools Facebook co-founders pledge to give away most of their fortunes F5 expands file virtualization to cloud Microsoft straightens out cloud strategy -- finally Top 15 Holiday Deals on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Desktops iPad 2 Rumored for April so Should you Wait? Could Wikileaks spawn troubles for the IT Industry? Skype releases client for Nokia's N8 Fake receipt program targets Amazon retailers Estonia blamed Russia for backing 2007 cyberattacks, says leaked cable Google offers a peek at its Chrome laptop. Hint: it's an NC Ho Ho No: Holiday Work Party Hijinks to Avoid Optimize Your Router for VoIP and Video Tibco acquires CRM vendor Loyalty Lab Keep Your Credit Cards Safe From Skimmers Can will.i.am make cloud computing cool? Self-Assessing CCNA Readiness (RIP-2, Part 2) Rackspace combines cloud with managed hosting White House group pushes XML for health IT Gmail Tips: Five Can't-Miss Features that Boost Gmail WHITE PAPER: Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG 8 Criteria for Server Load Balancing Server load balancers are a simple yet highly effective means to scale an application environment while ensuring its availability. Today's solutions should also address application performance and security. Read about the top eight criteria you should consider when choosing a server load balancer and how Citrix NetScaler meets those requirements. Read now! 2010: Quotes of the year We offer a few of the more memorable quotes related to IT this year Read More Favorite cheap network tools We asked our bloggers to give us a list of the free or nearly free network tools they love. They had tons of them, ranging from ways to track network device configurations to ways to keep data synched between multiple devices. Read More Facebook co-founders pledge to give away most of their fortunes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was one of 17 billionaires this week to pledge donating more than half of their wealth to charitable organizations. Read More F5 expands file virtualization to cloud F5 this week enhanced its ARX portfolio with the addition of the ARX Cloud Extender, the ARX Virtual Edition and the F5 iControl management API. Read More Microsoft straightens out cloud strategy -- finally Things will get rowdier for vendors of cloud collaboration, communication and office productivity applications now that Microsoft plans to unleash a take-no-prisoners assault on the market with Office 365. Read More Top 15 Holiday Deals on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Desktops Sure, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, but that doesn't mean a lot of stores aren't still deeply discounting laptops, netbooks, and desktops. Read More iPad 2 Rumored for April so Should you Wait? 'Tis the season for rumors about Apple's next iPad, and it's only going to get worse as the expected release date draws closer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Mobility Management for Dummies In this informative Dummies Guide, you'll learn why mobility management and security is vital to your business. Plus, we'll introduce some of the best solutions and why you need to be prepared for the future—today! Read Now Could Wikileaks spawn troubles for the IT Industry? Copycats could begin publishing internal information to take down IT companies  Read More Skype releases client for Nokia's N8 Skype released an updated version of its Symbian client, which adds support for Nokia's N8, C7 and the E5, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Read More Fake receipt program targets Amazon retailers Amazon retailers are being targeted by fraudsters who have created a custom-built a program that generates fakes receipts for nonexistent orders, according to researchers from GFI Software. Read More Estonia blamed Russia for backing 2007 cyberattacks, says leaked cable A leaked U.S. State Department cable published by WikiLeaks on Monday indicated that Estonia told U.S. diplomats that circumstantial evidence linked the Russian government to 2007 cyberattacks against the country. Read More Google offers a peek at its Chrome laptop. Hint: it's an NC Google gave the world a first look at its new Chrome OS laptop Tuesday and according to CEO Eric Schmidt it's very much like the Network Computer devices that he was pitching while chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems 13 years ago. Read More Ho Ho No: Holiday Work Party Hijinks to Avoid Company Christmas parties can be a jolly good time, but a lot can go wrong. Overdrinking, under-dressing, bad dancing and inappropriate flirting, to name a few. Here are some etiquette tips to help you party on without losing your dignity or your job Read More Optimize Your Router for VoIP and Video We're at an awkward stage as the age of network-streamed multimedia matures. Broadband and cell providers have only recently realized the public's enormous appetite for streaming video, VoIP, and the combination of both. Read More WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc. Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce Get your ecommerce site ready for the holidays. This guide offers advice on testing your site to ensure it can handle peak demand, tips to leverage gift cards and wish lists, and last minute strategies to drive revenues. Plus you'll be able to see examples of best practices from online innovators. Read More Tibco acquires CRM vendor Loyalty Lab Middleware vendor Tibco is stepping toward the world of business applications, announcing Wednesday it has acquired CRM (customer relationship management) provider Loyalty Lab for US$23 million. Read More Keep Your Credit Cards Safe From Skimmers You're in a restaurant, enjoying a deep conversation. Peripherally, you see the waiter take your credit card and return a few minutes with a slip for you to sign. You think nothing of it until a few hours later when you receive a call from your bank: Someone is racking up serious debt on your credit card, mostly for electronics purchases. Is it you? Read More Can will.i.am make cloud computing cool? Entertainer makes cameo at Salesforce.com eventTech CEOs often incorporate pop or rock music into their keynotes and so it was with Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, that he strode onstage at San Francisco's Moscone Center Tuesday at the Dreamforce 2010 conference to the Black Eyed Peas' "Own It" from their new CD. Read More Self-Assessing CCNA Readiness (RIP-2, Part 2) Examining RIP-2 Terms and Applying Those TermsThink you're ready for CCNA? Could you, from memory, do the exercises listed in last week's post? Could you do them and come up with the same key points as my sample answers in today's post? Today I'll look at the answers to the exercise posted last week. And while I'm sure you have used your own wording, did your answers include the same substance as my answers below? Also, for further review, I'll... Read More Rackspace combines cloud with managed hosting Rackspace has launched a hybrid service combining cloud with managed hosting Read More White House group pushes XML for health IT A new report calls on U.S. agencies to push for a universal, XML-based system to link electronic health records. Read More Gmail Tips: Five Can't-Miss Features that Boost Gmail Check out these valuable Gmail features you probably never knew existed, from cool keyboard shortcuts to quick and easy remote sign-out. Read More
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