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	Will IT certs get you jobs and raises? Survey says yes Sixty percent of IT professionals surveyed say a certification led to a new job, and half say it gave a salary boost. But some certs are more valuable than others. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Case for a New Data-centric DLP White Paper With increasing data growth, comes increased need for data security. The existing DLP model, with a focus on compliance/enforcement is not sufficient as the data discovery and classification capabilities are not granular enough. Learn More In this Issue Top500 list passes another milestone: 10 petaflops Geekiest holiday cards Top-secret Google X lab rethinks the future New computer can diagnose breast cancer better than docs Hire a vet? IT says yes Too much social networking could lead to Big Brother fears, agency says Tibco's Spotfire ties in-memory analytics to SharePoint, Tibbr social network Hard drive shortages will result in more expensive PCs, says Gartner AT&T to add six more LTE cities on Sunday WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations This paper discusses ways to simplify data center transformation and introduces a new process – BOCA – Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions. Learn the five stages of BOCA and see how the right remote access and IT infrastructure management tools, deployed early and continuously monitored, can dramatically improve overall efficiency. Read now! Top500 list passes another milestone: 10 petaflops Japan's K Computer has retained its pole position on the Top500 list of fastest supercomputers and become the first machine on the list to achieve performance of more than 10 petaflops. Read More Geekiest holiday cards Holiday decorations appeared before the last of the Halloween skeletons were even boxed up. An endless loop of seasonal music is already playing in stores. Retail commerce forecasts are piling up. The countdown is on, and it's not too early to start thinking about holiday cards. Here are some clever geeky options for inspiration. Read More Top-secret Google X lab rethinks the future Google reportedly has researchers working on robots, elevators to space, smart light bulbs at the Google X research lab. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Best Practices for Implementing 2048-bit SSL Ready for 2048-bit SSL? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign 2048-bit Performance Kit. Learn more New computer can diagnose breast cancer better than docs A new computer system created by researchers at Stanford University can diagnose breast cancer better than pathologists. Read More Hire a vet? IT says yes When President Obama challenged the private sector this past August to hire 100,000 unemployed veterans by the end of 2013, he shared the stage with companies that have some of the largest IT workforces in the United States -- among them Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Siemens, Honeywell, Accenture and Microsoft. Read More Too much social networking could lead to Big Brother fears, agency says Europe's biggest cyber security agency, ENISA, has warned that social networking could lead to a feeling of being continuously under surveillance and paranoid behavior. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Business at the Speed of Virtualization Enterprises increasingly rely on technology to serve as the enablers and accelerators of the business—not just to reduce costs but also to empower new business initiatives and increase the top line. Learn More! Tibco's Spotfire ties in-memory analytics to SharePoint, Tibbr social network Tibco is giving its Spotfire BI (business intelligence) and visualization tool an injection of social collaboration through integrations with Microsoft SharePoint and its own Tibbr enterprise social networking product, the company announced Monday. Read More Hard drive shortages will result in more expensive PCs, says Gartner Enterprise users and consumers who have held off buying new PCs recently may come to regret their decision as a hard-drive shortage following floods in Thailand is expected to result in higher prices, according to Gartner. Read More AT&T to add six more LTE cities on Sunday AT&T plans to add six more cities to its 4G LTE network on Nov. 20, bringing the total to 15 cities in the U.S. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Wi-Fi security do's and don'ts Wi-Fi is inherently susceptible to hacking and eavesdropping, but it can be secure if you use the right security measures. Unfortunately, the Web is full of outdated advice and myths. But here are some do's and don'ts of Wi-Fi security, addressing some of these myths. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Will IT certs get you jobs and raises? Survey says yes DARPA program to alter security authentication techniques Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends of 2012 Cisco girds for Huawei's U.S. entry iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Nov. 11 Top 10 Android smartphone browser alternatives How IBM started grading its developers' productivity Cisco's Q1 solid, but access routers, Nexus 7000 lagging Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now
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