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	9 super useful subreddits network pros should follow Reddit is not just filled with pictures of cats and silly memes. Seriously. There's a lot of good content on the popular social news aggregator for network professionals whether you're focused on security, Windows, VoIP, IPv6 or a mixed bag. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Autonomy Best Practices for Cloud-based Information Governance This paper explores the latest ideas on evaluating cloud deployment: public or private clouds, data location and privacy, data ownership and access, and cloud technology ownership. Read Now! In this Issue Juniper invests in cloud and big data Google pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says Commission wants to turn tables on IP thieves by crippling PCs with extortion-style lock-outs Don't look now, but Microsoft is surprising in the cloud 3D printing saves a life Twitter's two-step authentication a good start, experts say Layered defenses largely fail to block exploits, says NSS Cloudian connects with Citrix for easier cloud rollouts Yahoo acquires gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale WHITE PAPER: CDW Software Asset Management: Ensuring Today's Assets Today's trends like BYOD and SaaS are new and exciting in terms of how they will help make our jobs more productive but they also introduce challenges as it relates to software licensing. Find out more - it's time for your organization to look at how to better manage software assets. Read Now Juniper invests in cloud and big data Not long after announcing an integration arrangement with the OpenStack cloud company, Juniper has invested in Cloudscaling's $10 million Series B round. Read More Google pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says Google has reportedly launched an expansive effort to bring wireless networks and affordable computing to emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, moves that could bring the Internet to a further billion people. Read More Commission wants to turn tables on IP thieves by crippling PCs with extortion-style lock-outs Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property was a recommendation to copy a tactic cyber scammers use to extort money from innocent victims. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Best Practices Performance Monitoring Recorded Webinar Webinar will examine the driving factors, objectives, requirements, and best practices surrounding converged network and application performance management. Learn More Don't look now, but Microsoft is surprising in the cloud Conventional wisdom says that a revolutionary company in one segment usually can't make the leap to the next, especially if the next revolution comes at the expense of the technology built by that initial company. Ergo, companies built on selling on-premises software should be abject failures at moving to the cloud, right? Read More 3D printing saves a life For the first three months of his life, Kaiba Gionfriddo's airway collapsed repeatedly, occasionally causing his heart to stop and leaving many doctors at a loss for how to help him. Then, in the first procedure of its kind, doctors in Michigan used a 3D printing method to create an artificial splint to help Kaiba breathe without the assistance of a breathing machine for the first time, according to the Associated Press. Read More Twitter's two-step authentication a good start, experts say For celebrities and the average Joe, having two-factor authentication turned on won't protect them against determined hackers, however. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trusteer Dealing with Advanced and Targeted Attacks This whitepaper explains how advanced malware challenges traditional defenses to take advantage of the increased exposure of employee endpoints. It reviews the evolution of advanced targeted attacks and the various approaches used to address them. Learn More. Layered defenses largely fail to block exploits, says NSS Security experts have long touted a layered approach to cyber security as the most effective way to thwart network intruders, and the strategy is most effective when companies use a mix of vendors and security products, NSS Labs found. Read More Cloudian connects with Citrix for easier cloud rollouts Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a service. Read More Yahoo acquires gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale Yahoo has acquired PlayerScale, a startup developer of infrastructure software for cross-platform gaming, adding to its string of recent acquisitions. Read More
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