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	Gartner: Think twice before deploying Windows 7 Companies have been less willing to embrace Windows 8, preferring instead to downgrade PCs they deploy with Windows 7 instead. All well and good, but Gartner is advising them that unless they want to go through another XP-like headache, they should start preparing to move off Windows 7 instead of to it. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Looking to the Horizon: SDN Software-defined networking is one of the hottest buzzwords of 2014, but saying exactly what SDN is can be a challenge. SDN has its roots in the early 1990s, when both network managers and service providers began to express frustration with typical network architectures that inhibited innovation and change Learn More In this Issue Startup builds intrusion prevention system for home networks 10 things about (the Internet of) things Bill Gates blows away other techies with his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video Microsoft: Give IE another chance Azure cloud services have a rough week How new CEO Vishal Sikka can reinvent Infosys Adtran lays groundwork for superfast broadband over copper Heartbleed exposes weaknesses in hardware design Compliance, BYOD help drive small-business storage WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The New Mobility: Astonishingly Simple and Powerful Mobility has not only changed how we live, it is also dramatically changing the network infrastructures that we rely on. For the better. As organizations cope with a tidal wave of mobile users, mobile applications, and demand for pervasive access, it's becoming clearer that prior-generation approaches to providing mobility are breaking. Learn more Startup builds intrusion prevention system for home networks At a time of growing concern about the security of interconnected devices in homes, a startup aims to provide consumers with a type of network security system traditionally used by businesses. Read More 10 things about (the Internet of) things We've all heard about the promise of the Internet of Things, where your alarm clock will start your coffee maker and your refridgerator will tell you when it is time to buy new milk. That future is coming -- many think it will even be here by 2025. Read More Bill Gates blows away other techies with his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in grand style. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Significant Threat of Advanced Evasion Techniques Advanced hacking methods, like advanced evasion techniques (AETs) have become more prevalent and harder to detect. Yet many network security vendors have downplayed the threat they pose as purely theoretical. Learn the false sense of security many IT professionals are under View Now Microsoft: Give IE another chance In a wide-ranging "Ask Me Anything" chat on Reddit Thursday, developers and program managers from the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) team urged users to give the browser a second chance, crowed over the upcoming demise of IE8, and confirmed that even though they will push small, regular feature updates to customers, there will be an IE12. Read More Azure cloud services have a rough week Outages and service disruptions hit several Azure products in various regions of the world in the past seven days. Read More How new CEO Vishal Sikka can reinvent Infosys Vishal Sikka began his tenure as CEO of Infosys last week by approving about 5,000 promotions within the Bangalore-based IT services firm in an attempt to improve morale and slow down attrition rates. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Why you need a next-generation firewall This white paper explores the reasons for implementing NG firewalls and lays out a path to success for overburdened IT organizations. Learn More Adtran lays groundwork for superfast broadband over copper Telecom equipment vendor Adtran has developed a technology that will make it easier for operators to roll out broadband speeds close to 500Mbps over copper lines. Read More Heartbleed exposes weaknesses in hardware design Heartbleed may have been a software bug, but it highlighted glaring weaknesses in existing hardware architectures, which remain vulnerable to memory-bound attacks, a university researcher said. Read More Compliance, BYOD help drive small-business storage Both consumers and SMBs bought more external storage in Q2, IDC said. Read More
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