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	Pentaho wants to make Hadoop easy Everyone wants to be in on the Big Data gold rush. But the fact is, using Hadoop and many other Big Data tools takes some specific skills and experience that put the power of big data analytics beyond the reach of many us. Pentaho, the open source powerhouse in the business intelligence space wants to change that equation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. In this Issue What really impacts application performance over the WAN The IPv6 bandwagon bas left the station, but who is onboard? Microsoft, Juniper, others in coding consortium issue guidelines for safer applications Firefox 14 contains vulnerability patches, security-related features Victim of half-million-dollar cybercrime tells tale of fighting back Shopaholic Cisco buys Virtuata Office 2013: What we still don't know MIT researchers chart a new approach for mobile Internet protocols 5 hot features of Microsoft Office 2013 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant remote support with LogMeIn Rescue With LogMeIn Rescue, you can start a support session in just 60 seconds. Connect 24/7 to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. You'll get in, solve the problem and save the day without ever leaving your desk. Try it free today. What really impacts application performance over the WAN Packet loss, latency, bandwidth limitations drive WAN optimization, WAN virtualization solutions. Read More The IPv6 bandwagon bas left the station, but who is onboard? The IPv6 movement has been years in the making. So many years, in fact, that it has hardly been a movement at all. While a handful of regions, primarily in Asia and pockets of Europe, have embraced IPv6, it has been otherwise largely ignored, something to be considered later while we exhaust IPv4 assets. This thinking has clearly stunted the growth of IPv6, presenting opportunities to early adopters and IPv6 facilitators and indigestion for the procrastinators. Read More Microsoft, Juniper, others in coding consortium issue guidelines for safer applications An industry consortium dedicated to assuring the security of software has issued guidelines to lower the risk that vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers will wind up in finished code. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The iEverything Enterprise Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. Learn more. Firefox 14 contains vulnerability patches, security-related features Version 14 of the Mozilla Firefox browser, released Tuesday, offers several new security-related features as well as patches for numerous vulnerabilities. Read More Victim of half-million-dollar cybercrime tells tale of fighting back It started out as an ordinary workday for Michelle Marsico, who runs a business based in Redondo Breach, Calif., handling escrow funds for clients in real estate. But when she went online to check the funds-transfer activity in her commercial bank account, she found to her horror that it had been cleaned out by cybercrooks to the tune of almost half a million dollars. Read More Shopaholic Cisco buys Virtuata Cisco added to its long list of acquisitions after recently plucking off Silicon Valley-based Virtuata. Virtuata is a provider of virtual machine and cloud security and will be incorporated into Cisco's data center group, which is run by former Q-Fabric chief David Yen. No financial details were given but the company only has 15 people, so it's likely to be a relatively small deal for Cisco. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more. Office 2013: What we still don't know We know that Microsoft Office 2013 emphasizes cloud integration with new Office 365 subscriptions for home users, a greater focus on touchscreens, and Office on Demand virtualization, but what about the things we don't know? Microsoft is keeping quiet about several key issues, including pricing, release dates, and whether the software giant will be including Android and iOS devices in its Office 2013 rollout. Read More MIT researchers chart a new approach for mobile Internet protocols A new approach to mobile Internet protocols could improve the usability and reliability of mobile applications. Read More 5 hot features of Microsoft Office 2013 Microsoft touts touch-sensitive ways to do things faster via new Office software. Read More
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