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	Windows XP: No IE9 for you Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9, will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed. Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! In this Issue National broadband plan: What's in it for businesses? Fanboys: A field guide News podcast: Network World 360 Alcatel-Lucent lays groundwork for next-gen mobile services Avanti boosts satellite broadband availability Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits True: This site is not Snopes.com Teleworkergate NASA, Russian astronauts set records, land back on Earth WEBCAST: Compuware Succeed with Cloud Technologies There is plenty of hype surrounding the potential benefits of Cloud Computing, but how do you realize those benefits? APM is a major part of that answer. Join featured speaker Gartner Research VP Milind Govekar for this On-Demand webcast to learn why. View Today! National broadband plan: What's in it for businesses? We've heard a lot about how the Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan aims to provide 100 million U.S. households with 100Mbps broadband connections so far, but precious little on how it will affect enterprise users. Read More Fanboys: A field guide We've identified eight species of "fanboys" -- people who revere one tech platform above all others. Here's what makes them tick. Read More News podcast: Network World 360 A new survey of IT professionals reveals they are willing to forego the first Windows 7 service pack if that means they can get the OS in their environments faster. Also, Cisco this week unveiled new Ethernet access switches and enhanced routers designed to take on more of the jobs frequently handled by separate devices, such as those dedicated to handling video traffic or ensuring network security. (4:46) Read More WHITE PAPER: HP WAN Design – Don't Buy More than You Need This Gartner research note examines the methodology organizations should employ when designing a WAN. It offers advice on how to ensure that important applications are networked with sufficient performance and that there is not an "overspend" on less important applications and provides guidance on meeting unique network needs. Read Now. Alcatel-Lucent lays groundwork for next-gen mobile services Alcatel-Lucent's new Ultimate Wireless Packet Core is designed to let operators get a handle on the current mobile data explosion and offer subscribers more advanced services, the company said on Thursday. Read More Avanti boosts satellite broadband availability Avanti Communications has revealed it hopes to offer satellite broadband to even more Brits by September this year. Read More Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 (£65,000) the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. True: This site is not Snopes.com People tend to get lost on the Internet and I do not mean lost in thought or mindless drivel, though these things are undeniably true, too. No, I mean lost as in they don't know where the heck they are. Read More Teleworkergate While we in Boston had very little natural snow, Washington DC had a record year. Three storms dropped 32" of snow on our nation's capital. This led to a Federal government shutdown for 3 days -- at a cost of an estimated $100 million per day. Read More NASA, Russian astronauts set records, land back on Earth Bumping back to Earth,  NASA's Jeff Williams and Russian Flight Engineer Max Suraev landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay. Read More
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