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	Cisco mulling membership in Google, Microsoft Ethernet group Cisco is considering joining a handful of companies, including Google and Microsoft, that have defined a specification for 25Gbps and 50Gbps Ethernet for data centers requiring greater than 10/40Gbps. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Only Next Gen Firewall to Stop AETs The risk of network security systems being compromised by AETs continues to grow as more and more cybercriminals actively exploit this vulnerability. The answer is to combine stream-based inspection with data normalization on multiple protocol layers. The risk of network security systems being compromised by AETs continues to grow as more and more cybercriminals actively exploit this vulnerability. The answer is to combine stream-based inspection with data normalization In this Issue What vacation? Expect to work while you're away IBM rethinking decades-old computer design with $3 billion investment Microsoft says new hybrid storage options can cut costs up to 60% Tech companies pick up tab for pricey CEO perks Google, Dropbox band together to fight patent trolls Office 365 SMB editions to get a makeover Let the countdown begin: Windows 7 mainstream support ends in six months Microsoft to strike back at Salesforce.com with CRM cloud for government Cisco says Tail-f will complement its own cloud orchestrator : VCE The Cornerstone of New In-House IT Operation for CP Railways As part of this sweeping transformation, Canadian Pacific Railways (CP) took a fresh look at its outsourced IT and decided to bring the entire operation in-house. After evaluating various options, CP chose Vblock™ Systems from VCE to virtualize its extensive suite of business-critical SAP applications and other business solutions. Learn More What vacation? Expect to work while you're away While on vacation in Ocean City, Md. a few years back with his wife and kids, Michael Adler got a panic-stricken call from the office. At the time he was working at Symantec, which was in the throes of an acquisition, and an intellectual property problem had arisen. As vice president of engineering and enterprise mobility, Adler had to take what he calls "a vacation from my vacation" for an entire day. Read More IBM rethinking decades-old computer design with $3 billion investment IBM will pour US$3 billion into computing and chip materials research over the next five years, as it rethinks computer design and looks to a future that may not involve silicon chips. Read More Microsoft says new hybrid storage options can cut costs up to 60% Microsoft is coming out with new hardware and cloud management features for its StorSimple hybrid storage offering that promises lower costs and better data protection. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Classification of Data Center Infrastructure Tools This paper divides the realm of data center management tools into four distinct subsets and compares the primary and secondary functions of key subsystems within these subsets. Learn more! Tech companies pick up tab for pricey CEO perks CEO perks are a magnet for shareholder criticism, but some extras are hard for execs to relinquish. Last year, tech CEOs enjoyed a wide range of perks, from corporate aircraft and auto usage to home security, club memberships and financial planning services. Find out which tech CEOs indulged the most. Read More Google, Dropbox band together to fight patent trolls Google, Dropbox and a few other high-tech firms have come up with a new way to help defend themselves against patent trolls. Read More Office 365 SMB editions to get a makeover Microsoft will revamp its Office 365 lineup for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), adding features, dropping prices and increasing the flexibility to mix and match them with Office 365 plans for enterprises and with stand-alone applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Big Data Security Analytics and Advanced Persistent Threats This technical white paper demonstrates how to use Big Data security analytics techniques to detect advanced persistent threat (APT) cyber attacks, and it shows how HP ArcSight -- a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution from HP -- applies these techniques to spot and stop attacks. Learn More Let the countdown begin: Windows 7 mainstream support ends in six months Three months after the XPocalypse, Microsoft has reset the countdown clock, this time for the end of free mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015. Read More Microsoft to strike back at Salesforce.com with CRM cloud for government Microsoft is continuing its dogfight with Salesforce.com in the customer relationship management software market with a new Dynamics CRM Online cloud service for U.S. government agencies. Read More Cisco says Tail-f will complement its own cloud orchestrator Cisco's acquisition of Tail-f and its Network Control System (NCS) cloud orchestration product raises questions on what now becomes of Cisco's own Intelligent Automation for Cloud (CIAC) system. CIAC has been on the market since 2012 and was introduced in 2011 as a component of the company's CloudVerse cloud management initiative. Read More
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