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	Researchers find materials that could lead to super crypto chips Researchers at Florida State University have discovered crystals that could lead to super security chips as well as contribute to the discovery of materials that expand the capacity of electronic storage devices by 1,000 to 1 million times. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Application and Server Virtualization: Better Together While many IT organizations deploy virtualization, some hesitate to deploy application and server virtualization together. Learn how these virtualization technologies can enhance each others' capabilities, while having a greater positive impact on IT and the business by enabling server consolidation and improving application availability. Learn More Now In this Issue Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon IDC: Avoid 'one-size fits all' for desktop virtualisation A WiMax phone might help ailing Palm Palm CEO: We're down, but not out Cisco Nexus 5000's Poor Results in Data Center Switching Test Force10 targets the large installed base of Cisco's end of life Catalyst 6509 switches More IT projects green-lighted amid signs of recovery, survey shows People, groups flock to the Web after Chile earthquake VIRTUAL EVENT: IBM NWW Making the Planet Smarter Hear from technology leaders, clients and business partners on today's enterprise data management challenges and how leveraging IBM's data management portfolio can deliver better business outcomes, at lower cost, while providing capabilities that scale across enterprise applications, databases and platforms. Register Today! Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon Microsoft has several other botnets in its crosshairs, and believes it can use the same legal tactic against them that it used to strike at the Waledac botnet's command-and-control centers. Read More IDC: Avoid 'one-size fits all' for desktop virtualisation Companies looking to move to desktop virtualisation should be wary of what approach to take. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Networking Redefined Consolidation, virtualization, green Initiatives, cloud computing, etc., the state of the data center has never been more in flux. Is it time for a network overhaul built on the concepts of open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwiths of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and beyond? Read this Network World Executive Guide to learn more. . Read now. A WiMax phone might help ailing Palm After Palm Inc. admitted that its smartphone sales were below expectations, rumors started swirling that the company might be sold, or that it could be beefing up its product line with a WiMax smartphone for Sprint Nextel. Read More Palm CEO: We're down, but not out Once the purveyor of the world's most successful handheld devices, Palm has found itself in dire straits this week after an announcement that the company would not meet the financial guidance it had provided to Wall Street investors. The difference was attributed to lower than expected sales of its webOS-based smartphones like the Palm Pre. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ultrium Cost Effective Data Security with Tape With a growing number of laws and regulations, financial penalties, and public notification costs, a security breach can be costly for corporations. Data managers are called upon to develop effective security for sensitive data and are turning to tape encryption. Read Now Cisco Nexus 5000's Poor Results in Data Center Switching Test As I have blogged about numerous times, we built a new data center last year that uses Cisco Nexus switches end-to-end, including the Nexus 5000 series. Read More Force10 targets the large installed base of Cisco's end of life Catalyst 6509 switches Until the end of September 2010, Force10 will sell at a lower price its chassis-based C-Series C300 switch against any new Cisco 6500 Series chassis. Read More More IT projects green-lighted amid signs of recovery, survey shows Robert Half Technology survey shows that many CIOs intend to push ahead with high-tech projects that were put on the back burner due to the economic recession. Read More People, groups flock to the Web after Chile earthquake After Chile's massive earthquake and potential Pacific Rim tsunami damage, relief organizations, government agencies, corporations and throngs of people are on Google, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other services to seek and provide information and help. Read More
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