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	HP "beat the crap" out of Cisco, others CEO Apotheker talks tough on networking, data center competitionHP says it can "beat the crap" out of its networking competition in price-performance, a big selling point it employs in bids against Cisco. That's the exact phrase HP CEO Leo Apotheker used in describing his company's progress in networking to IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant: Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall A Powerful Platform for Virtualization Download this HP white paper to learn how the next-generation ProLiant servers can help companies achieve rapid ROI and dramatically lower their operational expenses. Read More In this Issue Cisco-EMC joint venture lured to Texas with incentives Ironically, Cloud Security Is Picking Up Steam Security will rescue cloud computing NASA to unleash 1 million lbs of force in "can crusher" test HP's Leo Apotheker: We're heading to the cloud Perks shrink, but tech CEOs aren't ready to fly coach WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Access Architecture for the Post-Laptop Era The next-generation of network access unifies wired & wireless into a single cohesive architecture where access privileges are based on user identity. As a result, the enterprise workforce has consistent, secure access to network resources based on who they are – no matter where they are, what device they're using or how they're connected. Read now! Cisco-EMC joint venture lured to Texas with incentives The Virtual Computing Environment Co. (VCE), formed from the joint venture of Cisco and EMC, this week said it is establishing headquarters in Richardson, Texas, and hiring 434 people. Read More Ironically, Cloud Security Is Picking Up Steam Drive for lower costs and improved security makes cloud security services extremely attractive While the IT industry continues to pump millions of dollars into messaging cloud computing, most IT shops remain on the sidelines. For example, when ESG Research asked IT professionals to list their top initiatives for 2011, "increased use of cloud services" came in as the 12th most popular response -- below more pedestrian IT activities like "desktop/laptop PC replacement initiatives," and "data... Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point Advanced ADCs Take Over Where Load Balancers Leave Off Server load balancers offer fairly basic capabilities. This white paper details the advanced content switching, application acceleration and VMware integration capabilities that have data centers using Equalizer Application Delivery Controllers to take over where server load balancers left off. Read More Security will rescue cloud computing Whenever the topic of security is mentioned in the context of cloud computing, it is usually discussed as the "big barrier" to adoption. The perceived or actual lack of security in the cloud makes it impossible for businesses to make the leap into this new computing paradigm. I propose a different perspective: Security will rescue cloud computing. Read More NASA to unleash 1 million lbs of force in "can crusher" test NASA testing will provide data for stronger future rocket designNASA engineers next week will break something rather than build it -- all in the name of rocket science. The engineers will crush a 27.5-foot wide, 20-foot-tall aluminum-lithium cylinder with one million pounds of force until it buckles. The resulting crush-test dat Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps How Belgacom Achieves End-to-End Monitoring The demand for automation and unified computing and monitoring is on the rise in the service provider world. As the Belgacom ICT case study unfolds, telecom providers can turn to innovative technology approaches for operational efficiency and service performance. Read now! HP's Leo Apotheker: We're heading to the cloud In an exclusive interview, HP's new CEO expands on his strategy and offers frank assessments of his competition Read More Perks shrink, but tech CEOs aren't ready to fly coach Executive perks are a lightning rod for shareholder criticism, and many tech companies are cutting back on CEO extras to avoid a negative outcry. But some perks -- like personal use of corporate jets -- are proving hard for executives to relinquish. 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 VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5. MOST-READ STORIES Web users bury Yahoo for botched Nate Dogg obit photo Xoom tablet pricing for Wi-Fi model sparks online debate HP "beat the crap" out of Cisco, others Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' RIM urges BlackBerry users to turn off JavaScript 12 cool things to do with an old iPad EFF exposes porn industry's latest copyright screw job Hackers duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures Japanese quake may shorten days
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