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	Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware A phony anti-virus scam is presenting itself as a near-perfect Microsoft update popup with one notable exception - it appears only on machines using Firefox browsers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Networks in Motion Download this whitepaper today and discover how you can cost-effectively optimize your network for the mobile demands of today's business. Examine how IT can provide: * Personalization and intelligence. * Ease of operation. * Seamless quality of user experience. * Secure on-the-go access to public and private networks. Read now! In this Issue How to deal with 3 big corporate security concerns Lessons That Technology Company CEOs Should Learn From the RSA Breach IBM building security into cloud fabric Zeus Technology buys application firewall vendor Art of Defence NASA Mars mission walking a tightrope to launch this year Citigroup breach exposed data on 210,000 customers World IPv6 Day draws attention to security issues with new protocol US agency calls for new cybersecurity standards High-tech healthcare technology gone wild The 7 worst tech merger ideas ever WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation Best Practices for Data Performance on Storage Area Networks Because SANs work at a storage layer underneath the operating system's file system, SAN is unaware of file fragmentation and uable to solve this issue. Performance suffers. This white paper details in clear terms how, where and why Diskeeper data performance technology should be used to ensure maximum SAN performance and optimum data response time. Read more. How to deal with 3 big corporate security concerns Virtualization, mobility and social networking were flagged as posing most security risk to businesses, partly because there is no accepted set of best practices yet to protect them, IT Roadmap attendees were told. Read More Lessons That Technology Company CEOs Should Learn From the RSA Breach RSA Security is in a world of hurt right now -- customers are angry, industry experts are suspicious, and competitors are circling. To top it off, the media is reporting the whole thing. And I'm not talking about the technology trade press, I'm talking full articles in the New York Times. Ouch! Read More IBM building security into cloud fabric IBM executives said this week that the company is looking to many of its existing tools, from the Tivoli management system to Cognos business intelligence software, to secure private and IBM-hosted hybrid clouds as customers migrate to these new computing setups. Read More WEBCAST: IBM "Free" Open Source Portals: Myth, Hype, or Reality? Go beyond software license fees when evaluating a portal solution. Learn more about Key trends in the portal market, what's driving demand for portals, cost drivers for portal projects and what to consider when evaluating commercial vs. open source portal solutions from experts in the industry. View Now Zeus Technology buys application firewall vendor Art of Defence Zeus Technology has bought application firewall vendor Art of Defence for an undisclosed amount and promises tighter integration with Zeus' application delivery controller. Read More NASA Mars mission walking a tightrope to launch this year Three critical issues and numerous smaller problems could threaten the planned launch of NASA's ambitious Mars Science Laboratory this year - a delay that could add millions of dollars to the lab's current $2.5 billion cost. Read More Citigroup breach exposed data on 210,000 customers Citigroup admitted on Wednesday that an attack on its website allowed hackers to view customers' names, account numbers and contact information such as e-mail addresses for about 210,000 of its cardholders. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Economics of Cooperative Control: Protocols are Free Inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. Aerohive's Cooperative Control controller-less WLAN architecture delivers an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease. This paper explores the expansive economic benefits of Aerohive's unique approach. Read now! World IPv6 Day draws attention to security issues with new protocol The marking of World IPv6 Day yesterday has drawn fresh attention to the next generation Internet addressing protocol, as well as to the security considerations that enterprises will need to deal with as they migrate to it. Read More US agency calls for new cybersecurity standards A new report recommends that the U.S. Department of Commerce help the Internet industry develop cybersecurity codes of conduct. Read More High-tech healthcare technology gone wild DNA chips, microworms and a real-life Star Trek Tricorder are just a few of the latest high-tech healthcare developments Read More The 7 worst tech merger ideas ever These unlucky seven mergers – involving everyone from Apple to Microsoft to Google -- will hopefully never see the light of day Read More
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