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Microsoft warns of new Windows zero-day bug
Microsoft today warned Windows users of a new unpatched vulnerability that attackers could exploit to steal information and dupe people into installing malware. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Eliminate the Impact of Distance
Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now!

WHITE PAPER: Nastel Technologies

Forrester: CEP Defined
Learn how to handle IT complexity using application performance management converged with Complex Event Processing. Learn More. Learn More

20 Weird and Wacky Products for Android Fans
Looking for the right gear to show off your allegiance to Android? Look no further. Read More

Open-source challenge to Microsoft Exchange gains steam
An open-source, cloud-based e-mail alternative to Microsoft Exchange called Open-Xchange has signed up two new service providers and predicts it will have 40 million users by the end of 2011. Read More

Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M
The cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year, according to a survey of 160 individuals leading the IT, privacy and audit efforts at 46 multinational organizations. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent

Business Benefits of Collaborative Communications
Discover how to increase employee engagement and productivity across your enterprise, even in a tough economy. This Alcatel-Lucent paper, featuring research from Gartner, shows how implementation of context-aware technology can ensure collaborative communications and build competitive advantage. Read now!

Egypt: Cisco and Juniper won't go there
Cisco and Juniper aren't touching Egypt. Both companies declined comment when asked if they are in communication with their service provider customers there after Egypt threw the "kill switch" on its Internet communications in the wake of political unrest in that country. Read More

Microsoft shifts some work out of Egypt
Microsoft, one of the companies located in Cairo's Smart Villages hi-tech office park, has begun shifting work to other locations in the wake of the on-going unrest in Egypt. Read More

Egypt Unrest Threatens Status as Rising Outsourcing Star
What happens if the country you outsource to suddenly goes dark? Early adopters of Egyptian IT and business process services are finding out today. Read More


WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn

Install Software on 50 Computers in 5 Minutes
Routine maintenance can be anything but routine when the time it consumes for IT support is considered. Learn how to easily take care of software updates all at once, automate the installation of thousands of computers without going on site, and set up standard maintenance scripts into one, secure tool. Read now.

How to Turn an IT System Into an External Product
CIOs share how they are learning to package, market and price their services. Read More

Office 2010 sales power record Microsoft quarter
Sales of Office 2010 -- especially to consumers -- fueled Microsoft's record quarter, the company and analysts said last week. Read More

Security firm 'detonates' copies of suspicious files to sniff out malware, botnet attacks
HBGary Monday introduced an appliance that sits at the perimeter of the enterprise network to watch for possible incoming malware and outgoing traces of botnet infections. Read More

Microsoft-Yahoo search alliance bearing fruit
This week we got our first glimpse at how well the Microsoft-Yahoo search advertising alliance is performing and while the gains are small, the numbers are at least heading in the right direction. Read More

Apple unveils brand new iPad commercial - "iPad is iconic"
Apple a few days ago unveiled a brand new iPad commercial highlighting many of the different ways users have been making use of the device. Read More



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