Researchers create exploits for IE7, IE8; Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10%

	Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10% | Microsoft promises emergency IE patch
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	Researchers up ante, create exploits for IE7, IE8 Researchers have created attack code that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in IE7 as well as in the newest IE8 -- even when Microsoft's recommended defensive measure is on. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: OfficeMedium Web Intranet & Collaboration Software Ad Body: We Offer On-demand, Web-based Business Intranet and Social Collaboration Software. Centralize and Streamline Your Business with Contact Management, File Sharing, Task and Event Coordination, Social and Communication Features, Client Integration, and Much More. Try Our Live Demo or Sign Up for a Free 30-day Trial. Click to continue In this Issue Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10% Microsoft promises emergency IE patch Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Top 10 Rookies of the Year in Open Source Are open source business models successful? Cisco, HP say they're on the same wavelength with VEPA Three lessons for businesses from the Google attack Analyst: AT&T needs to spend US$5B to catch up Cisco's video network for Winter Olympics will be all-HD, all-IP Report: ISPs Fear Many More DDoS Attacks in 2010 Broadband trials hold regional ISPs to account Gartner: CIOs don't expect IT recovery WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10% The long-awaited depletion of the Internet's primary address space came one step closer to reality on Tuesday with the announcement that fewer than 10% of IPv4 addresses remain unallocated. Read More Microsoft promises emergency IE patch Microsoft today announced that it will issue an emergency security update for Internet Explorer (IE), but postponed setting a ship date for the fix until Wednesday. Read More Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Top 10 Rookies of the Year in Open Source Despite everything, 2009 was a bumper crop for new open source projects. It is estimated that developers created 52 new open source projects a day on average. So who was the best of the best in new open source for 2009? Read More Are open source business models successful? It has become quite fashionable lately to disparage open source business models as a failure. Read More Cisco, HP say they're on the same wavelength with VEPA Cisco and HP say their intentions are aligned when it comes to the hairy task of managing growing numbers of switched VMs in data centers. The companies have both submitted proposals to the IEEE on ways to manage the switch management of multiplying VMs moving around. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Case Study: Six Billion Slurpees and Counting Managing remote users was a help desk nightmare for convenience storage giant, 7-Eleven. Read how 2800 new laptops were deployed in 30 days reducing help desk calls by 67%, decreasing management costs by 81% and increasing productivity by 30%. You'll even get the latest tally on Slurpees sold! Learn More Three lessons for businesses from the Google attack The cyberattacks against Google and more than 30 other technology companies by adversaries operating out of China highlights what some call the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) confronting a growing number of U.S commercial entities. Read More Analyst: AT&T needs to spend US$5B to catch up AT&T would need to spend about US$5 billion on its wireless network to catch up with the coverage offered by Verizon Wireless, a financial research firm said Tuesday. Read More Cisco's video network for Winter Olympics will be all-HD, all-IP The Olympic Winter Games are coming soon, and NBC will be using Cisco's gear to bring it to your living room in high definition. Read More Report: ISPs Fear Many More DDoS Attacks in 2010 Internet service providers are worried about increasingly sophisticated attacks on cloud-based services, according to new survey from Arbor Networks. Read More Broadband trials hold regional ISPs to account Regional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be made more accountable for delivering advertised broadband speeds following a Federal Government test of consumer Internet access. Read More Gartner: CIOs don't expect IT recovery Gartner estimates 2010 IT budgets in the U.S. will be 2.5% higher than 2009, which is on par with 2005 budgets. Read More
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