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	Cisco purchase of CIA-funded company may fuel distrust abroad The CIA's non-profit venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, has been pumping millions of dollars into technology startups since its launch in 2000, meaning it's not the least bit unusual for major vendors to have acquired and assimilated one of these CIA-nurtured seedlings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance Big Data projects slam network performance. This paper offer survival tips to prepare your network before the Big Data projects hit, not after. Learn how to monitor and manage network performance for bandwidth, consistent low latency, scalable storage, processing power and security. Learn More In this Issue TrueCrypt's abrupt demise 'puzzling, bizarre' INSIDER Tech Pros Need to Learn the Art of Brevity Teach your router new tricks with DD-WRT or OpenWrt C-Suites Struggle With Digital Strategy Land O'Lakes Seeks IT Candidates With a Cultural Fit The philosophy of IoT: Will it help or hurt? Google taps machine learning technology to zap data center electricity costs WEBCAST: Dell SecureWorks Counterstrategies for Combatting Social Engineering Social Engineering is proving costlier than ever, especially phishing and spear phishing. With recent breaches, the imperative to counter social engineering effectively takes on a whole new level of urgency. In this webcast, the CISO for Dell SecureWorks discusses the realities of social engineering and what your organization must do to counter it. Learn more TrueCrypt's abrupt demise 'puzzling, bizarre' The abrupt discontinuation of the disk and file encryption freeware TrueCrypt by its secretive software developers has left many security experts stunned, some of whom say there now are no viable alternatives left in non-commercial encryption software. Read More INSIDER Tech Pros Need to Learn the Art of Brevity A communication expert -- author of the new book "Brief" -- says you'll have a bigger impact by saying less. But it requires preparation. Read More WEBCAST: Kemp Technologies How To: Agile Hybrid Cloud Deployment with Virtual ADC's The Growth of Hybrid Cloud is effecting companies of all sizes. In this webinar you will learn: How to deploy Hybrid Cloud Applications in Hours Not Weeks, Enable Security & High Availability for Apps Migrated to the Hybrid Cloud. Learn More Teach your router new tricks with DD-WRT or OpenWrt With each passing year, hardware devices grow less dependent on proprietary components and more reliant on open source technologies. Network routers are among the main beneficiaries of this trend, especially those that can support a variety of third-party open source firmware projects. Two of these firmware projects stand apart from the rest: DD-WRT and OpenWrt. Read More C-Suites Struggle With Digital Strategy Many execs are dissatisfied with how their organizations make decisions about shaping digital business strategy. Will the CIO step up to be the digital pathfinder? Read More WHITE PAPER: Ipswitch, Inc 5 Ways to Ensure Wireless Networks Keep Up With Demand Discover five ways in which you can keep up with the ever-increasing demands on your wireless networks. Learn More >> Land O'Lakes Seeks IT Candidates With a Cultural Fit The CIO at the $14 billion company hunts for job candidates who understand cloud, big data -- and the special nature of the food business. Read More The philosophy of IoT: Will it help or hurt? As the Internet of Things evolves, will it free up human potential? WIll everyone benefit -- or just a few? And how will it change the way people use technology. A conference in July hopes to find some answers. Read More Google taps machine learning technology to zap data center electricity costs Google is using machine learning technology to forecast - with an astounding 99.6% accuracy -- the energy usage in its data centers and automatically shift power to certain sites when needed. Read More
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