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	Google eyes 34 cities for next step in gigabit fiber expansion Google has chosen 34 cities across the U.S. as the next sites for possible expansion of its gigabit-speed Fiber Internet service. The cities across the US aren't guaranteed service, but gigabit-speed Internet could be coming. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Unchain Your Network with Application Intelligence & Control This paper discusses the new risks of Web-based applications, and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. Read now! In this Issue Microsoft delivers stopgap defense against active IE10 attacks Alcatel-Lucent works with Red Hat to virtualize mobile networks Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges Microsoft kills SkyDrive, launches OneDrive FinancialForce.com repositions itself as the latest cloud ERP player California fights drought with big data, cloud computing Fresh batch of security start-ups aim to safeguard mobile devices, SaaS apps The surprise power hog for mobile storage: software FCC will establish new net neutrality rules in light of court decision WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! Microsoft delivers stopgap defense against active IE10 attacks Microsoft on Wednesday issued a stopgap defense that protects IE9 and IE10 against ongoing attacks until the company issues a patch, probably in three weeks. Read More Alcatel-Lucent works with Red Hat to virtualize mobile networks Alcatel-Lucent is betting big on operators wanting to virtualize their mobile networks using NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) technology, in order to become more nimble and less reliant on proprietary hardware. Read More Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com The Zeus Trojan, malware long known to steal banking credentials to siphon off victims' funds, has been spotted being put to yet another devious use: swiping business data from Salesforce.com. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The Future of email and application is social This white paper examines the state of collaboration in today's enterprise and provides an IBM point of view on how collaboration will evolve, along with how Notes and Domino software will fit into the new collaboration equation. View Now>> Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges A new study shows that CSOs could dramatically lower the risk of malware infection by becoming a lot stingier with the number of company employees given administrator accounts on computers. Read More Microsoft kills SkyDrive, launches OneDrive Three weeks after announcing OneDrive as the new label for SkyDrive, Microsoft today activated the renamed storage service, and offered some new incentives that give customers more space. Read More FinancialForce.com repositions itself as the latest cloud ERP player Salesforce.com-backed FinancialForce.com is taking a leap into the burgeoning market for cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) software, offering a suite that combines its core finance software with modules for human resources, supply chain management, procurement and other areas. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software SuperMassive Series data sheet Learn how to protect against today's emerging threats in this SuperMassive NGFW datasheet. Read now! California fights drought with big data, cloud computing California is facing its worst drought in more than 100 years and with no end in sight. Conserving water has never been more important, and the problem this poses may offer Silicon Valley a new opportunity. Read More Fresh batch of security start-ups aim to safeguard mobile devices, SaaS apps Security start-ups continue to blast out of stealth mode, and among the ones seen this week, the focus is on mobile security as well as cloud-based monitoring and threat detection of software-as-a-service applications such as Salesforce and Box. Read More The surprise power hog for mobile storage: software Flash storage can be a big power consumer in mobile devices, but it's not the flash that sucks up all that energy, it's the software that goes with it, according to researchers from the University of California at San Diego and Microsoft. Read More FCC will establish new net neutrality rules in light of court decision The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will not seek further judicial review of a January court ruling that struck down the agency's net neutrality regulations, but it does plan to issue a new set of rules covering ISPs. Read More
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