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	Top 10 botnet targets in the U.S. and worldwide In its new botnet research report, 'Safeguarding the Internet,' Level 3 uses its own threat intelligence, combined with other data feeds, to define trends in botnet behavior, DDoS attacks and malware. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Building a Multi-Tenant Big Data Environment Does your organization face competitive or regulatory imperatives that require higher quality big data analysis in ever shorter amounts of time, even as data volumes explode? Learn More In this Issue Enterprises lukewarm to SDNs Why your business should upgrade to 802.11AC Wave 2 Wi-Fi How encryption keys could be stolen by your lunch Hackers had access to US security clearance data for a year Curb: Home power monitoring comes of age Fingerprint sensors on their way to more smartphones Twitter tests a new way to sell goods How to structure an outsourced IT project for less risk, more leverage INSIDER 8 ways to jumpstart your career Rackspace creates career path for tech execs who don't want to manage people WEBCAST: IBM Building a Multi-Tenant Big Data Environment Does your organization face competitive or regulatory imperatives that require higher quality big data analysis in ever shorter amounts of time, even as data volumes explode? Learn More Enterprises lukewarm to SDNs Even though service providers are well on their way with SDNs, enterprise adoption of the technology is slowed by a host of issues. Chief among them is cultural inertia. Read More Why your business should upgrade to 802.11AC Wave 2 Wi-Fi Four reasons why now is the time to upgrade to 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi. Read More How encryption keys could be stolen by your lunch Israel-based researchers said they've developed a cheaper and faster method to pull the encryption keys stored on a computer using an unlikely accomplice: pita bread. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Building a Multi-Tenant Big Data Environment Does your organization face competitive or regulatory imperatives that require higher quality big data analysis in ever shorter amounts of time, even as data volumes explode? Learn More Hackers had access to US security clearance data for a year Hackers who breached a database containing highly personal information on government employees with security clearances had access to the system for about a year before being discovered, The Washington Post reported on Friday. Read More Curb: Home power monitoring comes of age I just received my electricity bill and, to my annoyance (and horror) the bill is just over $100 more than the previous month. I have no idea what kicked the bill into the stratosphere. This wouldn't be the case if I had the Curb home energy intelligence system installed. Read More Fingerprint sensors on their way to more smartphones Fingerprint authentication will become a lot more common on smartphones of all prices as sensors get cheaper—and Google's integration of the technology in the next version of Android will make it much easier for app developers and service providers to make use of them. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Use Analytics to Find the Insights Buried in Video Join IXP and IBM in this webinar and learn how intelligent video analytics can be a force multiplier for police, security, and risk officers. Learn More Twitter tests a new way to sell goods Twitter has long positioned its site as a way to see what's happening in the world. Now, it wants to tap into our desires as consumers. Read More How to structure an outsourced IT project for less risk, more leverage In 2015, big, monolithic outsourcing deals are regarded just about as negatively as huge, enterprise IT projects: They are seen as lengthy, costly and practically doomed to fail. Read More INSIDER 8 ways to jumpstart your career With family, work and personal obligations, few IT professionals feel they have extra time to sharpen their career prospects. But in reality, small changes can make a big difference. We've collected advice from experts on the tweaks IT professionals can make to improve their career prospects. (Insider Story) Read More Rackspace creates career path for tech execs who don't want to manage people Egle Sigler started at Rackspace as a junior programmer and later moved to a DevOps architect position before advancing to her current role: principal architect of private cloud solutions at Rackspace. Along the way, Sigler was asked about leading a team of developers, but it didn't seem like the right path. 'I wasn't really interested in taking the management route, at least not immediately,' Sigler says. Read More
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