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Gmail outage caused by overloaded servers; Health privacy undermined: Worst breaches of 2009

Health privacy undermined: Worst breaches of 2009; Half of new servers are virtualized, survey finds
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Gmail outage caused by overloaded servers

A worldwide outage of Google's Gmail online e-mail system on Tuesday was caused by a traffic jam on its servers, according to Google's official Gmail blog. Read full story

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Qwest upgrading backbone to 100Gbps
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Cisco, VMware create method for long-distance VMotion
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Microsoft offers free Windows 7 RTM trial
Microsoft on Tuesday offered a free 90-day trial of the final version of Windows 7 , saying that the three-month free ride is for IT professionals.

Microsoft offers Hyper-V as free download
Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet to VMware by launching the lastest version of its Hyper-V hypervisor as a free download, cheekily offering the software to coincide with the first day of the VMworld show in San Francisco.

Red Hat bolsters system management tools
Red Hat Wednesday released the latest version of its system management tools, the first version based on its year-old open source project Spacewalk project.

Google's Gmail Fail Casts Dark Cloud on 'Cloud Computing'
Tuesday's Gmail outage was not only an inconvenience; it calls into question--yet again--the feasibility of present day cloud computing.

Enterprises Want WAN Optimization to Work Across Companies
Back in June we predicted that WAN optimization customers will want to extend their acceleration solutions across company boundaries. We just tested our hypothesis with a survey, and validated that enterprises do indeed want their WAN optimization solution to work with those of their business partners and customers.

Deep-space clouds smell like mothballs?
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Zapping things from the sky: Airborne Boeing laser blasts ground target
The airborne military laser which promises to destroy, damage or disable targets with little to no collateral damage has for the first time actually blown something up.  

Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages.

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The Benefits of Integrated IPS
If a traditional distributed Intrusion Prevention System seems too complex then integrated IPS everywhere might be the right strategy for you. The benefits will be discussed during this Live Webcast, Thursday, September 17, 1:00 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST. Get IPS deployment best practices and tips on selecting the right operational tools.
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ESG: Why SharePoint Needs WAN Optimization
According to recent research from the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), implementing SharePoint is a Top 5 initiative for CIOs. But a hidden challenge in SharePoint is to ensure that end users are able to quickly access and edit files when connected via the WAN. Learn about the key benefits organizations have realized as a result of Wide Area File Services Technology.
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September 02, 2009

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IDC: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs
Read this review on today's storage optimization and technologies. Learn how they reduce the data footprint and identify how various technologies work toward this goal.
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