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	Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office Google Apps or Microsoft Office? That is the question on the minds of many CIOs today. Microsoft has long dominated the e-mail, collaboration and office tools market, and its customer list dwarfs that of Google and all other competitors. But despite the presence of well-established alternatives such as OpenOffice and IBM's Lotus Notes, some industry analysts believe Google may pose the strongest long-term threat to Microsoft's office dominance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. In this Issue Diary of a mad McAfee antivirus victim Cisco plays up Borderless, CleanAir at Interop Carriers flubbing femtocell Cereal hacker on defacement rampage Apple reportedly tells Japanese discounters to stop selling online I Have Been Disillusioned by WAN Acceleration Conficker found on 25% of enterprise Windows PCs, Microsoft says Jurors begin deliberating Palin e-mail snooping case WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! Diary of a mad McAfee antivirus victim As if McAfee's bad antivirus update last week wasn't bad enough, some customers were none too happy with how the security vendor's tech support handled the situation either. Read More Cisco plays up Borderless, CleanAir at Interop HP's Marius Haas used his Interop keynote address to push his company's transformative networking and IT capabilities. Cisco did the same when it was its turn. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Geolocation and Application Delivery Both business and technical stakeholders will find value and a broad range of uses for the highly accurate data available from a trusted third-party geolocation provider, especially when the data is integrated into a Unified Application and Data Delivery platform. This Whitepaper has all the details. Read More! Carriers flubbing femtocell Femtocells have gotten off to a sluggish start so far because carriers have yet to sell customers on their benefits, says an analyst at Infonetics Research. Read More Cereal hacker on defacement rampage The websites of Kellogg's, Nutri-Grain, Vogel's and Specialty Cereals were hit in a string of mass defacements on Sunday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More! Apple reportedly tells Japanese discounters to stop selling online It's as if Apple suddenly told Japanese visitors to iTunes that they'll have to get off their butts and head to one of the company's brick-and-mortar retail outlets to buy a - what are they called again? - oh, right, CD if they want their music fix. A number of major retailers in Japan say they have been asked by Apple to stop selling its products online. Read More I Have Been Disillusioned by WAN Acceleration If you work for a WAN Acceleration vendor, please do not e-mail saying "our technology is different" or "we can make it work for you". Except for some different tweaks, in general, it's the same. Please don't bother. Read More Conficker found on 25% of enterprise Windows PCs, Microsoft says Meanwhile, fake security software also becomes bigger threat, Microsoft says Conficker was far and away the most prevalent threat found on Windows machines in the second half of 2009 in the enterprise, Microsoft says. The company's security tools cleaned the Conficker worm from one quarter of enterprise Windows machines. Read More Jurors begin deliberating Palin e-mail snooping case The fate of David Kernell is now in the hands of a Tennessee jury, and, presuming he is found guilty of a crime, here's hoping that the judicial system there will properly balance the resultant need for punishment, deterrence and proportionality. Read More
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