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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

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Cisco, EMC joint venture makes progress; Man lost $127M at casinos owned by Cisco customer, Harrah's Entertainment
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Data security risks

Confidential data (i.e. regulated data, private data, company confidential data, PII, etc.) is everywhere -- on laptops, thumb drives, file servers, and enterprise storage devices. This also means that confidential data is at risk everywhere. In other words, my organization could suffer a data breach as a result of a stolen laptop, external hacking exploit, or lost box of backup tapes. This... Read full story

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that current Bay Area resident - Terrance Watanabe, lost a staggering $127 million during a single year at the Las Vegas casinos owned by a very important Cisco customer - Harrah's Entertainment (read the NetworkWorld story about Cisco signing a 10-year deal with Harrah's). As a former 5-year resident of Las Vegas, I'm amazed at the size of Watanabe's gambling...

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Cisco, EMC JV preps for early Q1 launch
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15 winners of our November book giveaway
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Bankers in Cisco/Tandberg deal set to divvy up $39M in fees
According to a Reuters story today, Cisco's M&A advisers on the Tandberg deal - Lazard and Carnegie, can expect to split fees of $17 to $19 million. Furthermore, dealmaker Freeman & Co. is predicting that Tandberg's financial adiviser - JPMorgan, will rake in fees of $18 to $20 million from the deal. Breathtakingly, earlier this month, I was both stunned and flabbergasted to read in Deal.com...

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