Security World: Gartner reveals top 10 IT security myths

Cisco looks to standardize context-aware security | HP ties knot with Google, as Whitman talks up customers

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Gartner reveals top 10 IT security myths
When it comes to information security, there are a lot of "misperceptions" and "exaggerations" about both the threats facing businesses and the technologies that might be used to protect their important data assets, according to Gartner analyst Jay Heiser. Read More

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WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center
As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now

Cisco looks to standardize context-aware security
Cisco is looking to standardize a framework it developed for integrating disparate security products from multiple vendors. The framework is called the Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid) and it allows third-party developers of security applications to add capabilities to Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE). ISE is designed to provide policy-based, context-aware security for Cisco networks. Read More

HP ties knot with Google, as Whitman talks up customers
Hewlett-Packard said it has begun to integrate its hardware and management systems with Google Apps. Read More

VMware: We're building one of the biggest SDN deployments in the industry
VMware hopes to make the networking components of its soon-to-be-released vCloud Hybrid Service one of its biggest selling points, and in doing so the company plans to build one the largest software-defined networking (SDN) deployments in the industry. Read More

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Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT
This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

Microsoft's BYOD game plan is surprisingly impartial
Microsoft has wrapped up its annual TechEd North America conference in New Orleans, which means those unfortunate enough to have gone should be finished wringing the sweat out of their clothes by now. Among the many developments at the show was Microsoft's clear support for the whole bring your own device (BYOD) trend. I'm actually surprised, because BYOD was born out of a rebellion against Microsoft. Read More

10 takeaways from Apple's WWDC
Apple held its much-anticipated annual World Wide Developers Conference keynote on Monday. Here are some of the highlights from the keynote that will matter most to Mac users. Read More

How to solve 4 impending Windows 8 problems
Enterprises have been slow to adopt Windows 8--and when they have, they've encountered migration, usability, security and hardware issues. Luckily, these challenges aren't impossible to overcome. Read More

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Next-Generation Customer Experience Management
This Aberdeen Analyst Insight provides an overview of the top factors driving 2013 customer experience management (CEM / CXM) programs. Learn More.

MIT researchers advance cloud security with end-to-end encyrption
University researchers have taken an important step forward on cloud security by proving it's possible for a server to process encrypted data and to send back a still-encrypted result. Read More

Ubuntu Touch: First look at the Linux smartphone OS
The first developer preview of Ubuntu Touch – aka "Ubuntu for Phones and Tablets" – was unveiled just a few short months ago. And, just a few weeks back, it was announced that the team was shooting for having a fully functional (aka "can use it as your actual phone, on a daily basis") version by the end of May. May is now over. So let's take a look at where Ubuntu Touch is at. Read More

Federal CIOs need more authority to better manage IT
Seeking ways to reduce duplication in federal IT spending and managing IT more efficiently, Senate panel hears pleas for stronger central authorities for department and agency CIOs. Read More

Office 365 customers can now replace SharePoint newsfeed with Yammer
Microsoft has taken the first step in its integration roadmap for SharePoint and Yammer, allowing Office 365 customers to replace SharePoint Online's activity stream with Yammer's. Read More

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