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	Chinese school linked to Google attacks also linked to '01 attacks on White House site One of two Chinese academic institutions identified in a New York Times report Thursday as the apparent source of the recent attacks against Google, has also been linked to a hacker who may have been involved with the takedown of whitehouse.gov nine years ago. Read More WEBCAST: HP Improve Tracking of VM Devices Virtualization has a major impact on the network and those who manage it, making it difficult to gain visibility to inter-VM traffic. This Webcast addresses the challenges – from operating expenses and compliance to security and management. Learn best practices to alleviate some of the burden virtualization has placed on the network. Listen now In this Issue Coupons, 2.0: Ten Social Buying Sites That Add Up to Savings Google gets US approval to buy and sell energy Pa. school district denies spying on students with MacBooks Metrics vendor defends Windows 7 memory claims Together, Cisco and Juniper lost 10% of the worldwide router market in 2009 Open Source Storage Options Keeping an eye on Network Coding WHITE PAPER: Radware Accelerating Next-Generation Data Center Initiatives In today's competitive business landscape, every business looks for solutions to enable key business drivers, such as increasing business productivity, agility, continuity, globalization, and regulatory compliance. Effective – not to mention – cost effective application delivery lies at the heart of this need. This paper details how to cost-consciously overcome these challenges. Learn More Coupons, 2.0: Ten Social Buying Sites That Add Up to Savings With social buying sites such as Groupon, you round up friends to cash in on steep discounts on everything from restaurants to spas. Here's the lowdown on 10 sites that will hook you up with a variety of deals. Read More Google gets US approval to buy and sell energy Google has received federal approval to buy and sell energy on the open market, giving it more options for the way it powers its data centers and opening the door to a potential move into the energy-trading business. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Live Webcast: Maximize ROI for Web Applications Learn how the data grid technology in Oracle WebLogic Suite can dramatically reduce hardware, datacenter, and software license costs, as well as improve overall system manageability, reliability, and scalability. Register today for this FREE Webcast. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET Register Today! Pa. school district denies spying on students with MacBooks A suburban Philadelphia school district yesterday denied it spied on students by remotely activating the cameras on their school-issued MacBook laptops. Read More Metrics vendor defends Windows 7 memory claims The Florida firm that said most Windows 7 machines exhaust their physical memory, and as a result take a performance hit, defended its data and conclusions after naysayers dismissed its findings. Read More E-GUIDE: HP ProCurve Standards to Soothe Networking Headaches Is you network comprised of multiple switching tiers running proprietary protocols capable of handling next-generation applications? This Network World eBook looks at open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwidth of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and more. Get expert advice on how to turn your network into a more simplified, open infrastructure. Read Now. Together, Cisco and Juniper lost 10% of the worldwide router market in 2009 Network industry research firm Infonetics, published this week its 2009 4th Quarter Service Provider Routers and Switches Forecast Report, revealing vendor market share standings for the quarter and 2009. Read More Open Source Storage Options I have said it many times before in this and other forums that I believe data center technologies are THE career path to get in right now for the future. Especially, if your background is plumbing - routin' n switchin'. Read More Keeping an eye on Network Coding Network coding is one of those technologies I keep thinking could really take off. For the uninitiated, network coding enables routers not to just hand off packets but to mathematically combine them into more efficiently transferred hybrid packets. Read More
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