Which of Microsoft's top rivals will be most dangerous in 2011?

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	Which of Microsoft's top rivals will be most dangerous in 2011? You don't get to $60 billion without making a few enemiesIs there a technology company in the world with more rivals than Microsoft? The unbelievable lucrative Windows and Microsoft Office products would be enough to sustain most vendors, but Redmond has always wanted to be a player in just about every technology market that exists: databases, cloud computing, e-mail, search, virtualization, unified communications, Web browsers, mobile phones and tablets,... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave More Power, Lower Price, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security's 500h appliance delivers 1Gbps of throughput for unrivalled speed and performance across your enterprise. We've got the power to handle your biggest pipeline. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue FedEx suffers nationwide software glitch on mobile package delivery processing NASDAQ Hacked! Enterprise Cloud Services: The agenda US tries to fire-up mighty offshore wind energy projects Egypt 'Net Shutdown: Wake-up Call for CIOs Former FBI Agent Turned ALCU Attorney: Feds Routinely Spy on Citizens Survey: The best privacy advisers of 2010 iPad Security: How a Hospital Group Treated Trouble Microsoft takes second shot at fixing Outlook 2007 bugs Report: Nasdaq systems were hacked last year U.S. sacks counterfeiters in massive sting Hacker steals 400 billion virtual poker chips from Facebook game Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks F5 and Infoblox DNS Integrated Architecture As market leaders in the application delivery market and DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI) market respectively, F5 and Infoblox have teamed up to provide customers with a complete DNS solution. Read now! FedEx suffers nationwide software glitch on mobile package delivery processing FedEx package-delivery personnel across the United States have been reduced to inputting package information by hand and getting handwritten signatures instead of doing this all electronically due to what's believed to be a software glitch on their handheld devices. Read More NASDAQ Hacked! Yet another example of cyber security vulnerabilitiesIn a weekend highlighted by banal football chatter, a critical news story received minimal attention. Beyond Packers, Steelers, and new Bud Light commercials, the Wall Street Journal reported a security breach of NASDAQ last Friday. Apparently, hackers penetrated the NASDAQ OMX Group which runs a service providing "secure" communications between public companies and their boards. The target application... Read More Enterprise Cloud Services: The agenda Cloud services have the potential to deliver important business benefits to the enterprise, including cost savings, flexibility, resiliency, agility, quicker time to market, better customer service and the ability to handle unexpected spikes in demand. Read More US tries to fire-up mighty offshore wind energy projects The US government today took a bold step toward perhaps finally getting some offshore wind energy development going with $50 million in investment money and promise of renewed effort to develop the energy source.   Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Securing Virtualized Data Centers Download this HP White Paper to learn how to protect your high value virtual assets with a combination of purpose-built IPS platforms and enterprise-class management solutions. Read Now Egypt 'Net Shutdown: Wake-up Call for CIOs The Egyptian government's Internet shutdown shows that CIOs around the world must create contingency plans to deal with the potential shutdown of critical infrastructure. Read More Former FBI Agent Turned ALCU Attorney: Feds Routinely Spy on Citizens Domestic spying on citizens is done by too many federal agencies, targeting people based on religion and political activity. Too often, we've seen U.S. Intelligence agencies whose actions are cloaked in secrecy until someone uncovers governmental abuse that places innocent people under surveillance or on watchlists. It's truly scary to ponder how much more stays hidden. I'd love to interview an FBI agent with in-depth national security and intelligence experience, but one who would answer truthfully and believes in privacy.... Read More Survey: The best privacy advisers of 2010 Who are the best people and firms at providing privacy advice? It's a question I've been asking since 2006, before privacy was cool. Since then, a plethora of new privacy rules and penalties and a tsunami of new technologies and risks have placed privacy among the top handful of corporate concerns. Doing privacy wrong now takes a bigger bite off the bottom line than it did when I first started asking this question. So have the answers changed? Read More iPad Security: How a Hospital Group Treated Trouble Doctors have fallen in love with the Apple iPad, becoming one of the biggest early adopters among professionals. They want iPads for personal use and to get their work done. It's the latter that has healthcare IT staff scrambling to secure the devices. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Web Security, Earn $15 GC Get Email and Web security solutions with robust features and the lowest TCO on the market. Delivery options include hosted, on-prem appliances and hybrid. For a limited time, we'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. And you'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. Microsoft takes second shot at fixing Outlook 2007 bugs Microsoft will take yet another crack this month at fixing a December update for Outlook 2007, the company said last week. Read More Report: Nasdaq systems were hacked last year Federal authorities are investigating a computer intrusion at the company that runs the Nasdaq stock exchange, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Read More U.S. sacks counterfeiters in massive sting With the National Football League's Super Bowl extravaganza as a background, the government announced what it called a record breaking $3.6 million sting aimed at counterfeit game-related sportswear sellers. Read More Hacker steals 400 billion virtual poker chips from Facebook game An English hacker has admitted he stole 400 billion virtual poker chips worth somewhere between $285,000 and $12 million in actual dollars from a popular online game, then sold some of them for cash on Facebook. Read More Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy ACLU leads the development competition, which seeks to address security on smartphones Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of AAA Identity Management Security. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 15 more useful Cisco sites Three years ago, we compiled our initial list of 20 useful sites for Cisco practitioners, partisans and pundits. Now we're adding to that list with 15 more sites we found useful for the Cisco masses. A sneak-peek preview of Android 3.0 Expect a new holographic look, customizable home screens, a Windows-style taskbar, and tabbed browsing in Google's upcoming version of the Android OS, code-named Honeycomb. MOST-READ STORIES Microsoft's top 12 rivals What a girl wants: 25 techie gifts for your Valentine Want a new IT job? Now's your chance Windows Phone 7 update coming Feb. 7? Cisco announces three new security certifications Suddenly everybody's selling IPv6 Hacker steals 400 billion virtual poker chips from Facebook game Will anyone pay $800 for Android-powered Motorola Xoom tablet? 15 more useful Cisco sites Nasdaq systems were hacked last year
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