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	The BP case: Online reputation management Recognizing that the surge of media coverage and Internet postings was growing at a faster rate than the oil plumes, BP moved quickly to mitigate the damage began damage control – for its reputation, that is. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study: Boston College Read this case study to learn how Boston College has reduced complexity of the backup process for over 1,700 seats by centralizing management. Read now In this Issue Google lashes out at patent trolls with Motorola buy US and UK zombies demand top dollar Cops Use Device to Find Child Porn on Wireless Networks Driver using two cell phones gets 12 month driving ban Smartphones and corporate websites, a required match Anonymous breaches San Francisco's public transport site The changing face of identity and location security WHITE PAPER: Schooner Information Technology The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options: An analysis of today's MySQL high-availability challenges and what asynchronous, semi-synchronous and fully synchronous replication offer toward reducing downtime, achieving full data consistency, automating failover, and simplifying administration. Read now! Google lashes out at patent trolls with Motorola buy Google is apparently sick of being pushed around by patent attorneys from Microsoft and Apple. Read More US and UK zombies demand top dollar Denizens of the malware underworld who sell access to compromised computers do so at varying rates depending on where the machines are located, researchers told the Usenix Security Symposium this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaseya How to Launch a Successful IT Automation Initiative In this paper, we'll look at IT automation from the corporation's perspective, and discuss the steps organizations should take before launching such an initiative. We'll hear from companies that successfully implemented computer automation platforms, what their early steps were and what they would do differently if they could repeat the process. Read now Cops Use Device to Find Child Porn on Wireless Networks It's not exactly rocket science to detect Wi-Fi networks, but a new device is helping law enforcement detect wireless networks and locate individuals who are suspected of downloading child pornography. Read More Driver using two cell phones gets 12 month driving ban This guy is the poster boy for why cell phone usage in cars should be banned in more places. According to press out of the United Kingdom, a man who was driving at 70MPH while texting on one phone and talking on the other has been banned from driving for a year. Initial reports said that the driver, David Secker was apparently using his knees to steer the car, an accusation he refuted in court apparently.... Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Three steps to agile change Comprehensive IT change configuration and release management (CCRM) continues to confound and frustrate both IT and the business units for which it provides services. But by first instituting the appropriate foundational processes and supporting tools, many enterprises are experiencing renewed CCRM success. Read Now Smartphones and corporate websites, a required match If I remember correctly, not long after the original Apple iPhone went on sale The New York Times ran a story indicating surprise that a relatively large number of poorer people were buying the expensive phone. After some pondering, the Times concluded that the cost of the iPhone was actually small when compared to a personal computer and Internet service. The iPhone was a way that people who could not otherwise afford to be on the Internet could get reliable, reasonable speed, access for not much more per month than they were already paying for their current cellphones. Read More Anonymous breaches San Francisco's public transport site The hacking collective Anonymous released personal data on Sunday belonging to more than 2,000 public transport customers in the San Francisco area in retaliation for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system's shutdown of mobile phone service on Thursday night. Read More The changing face of identity and location security For two decades, the dominant security model has been location-centric. We instinctively trust insiders and distrust outsiders, so we build security to reflect that: a hard perimeter surrounding a soft inside. The model works best when there's only one connection to the outside, offering a natural choke point for firewall defense. Read More
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