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	Symantec to buy VeriSign's authentication business Symantec will pay $1.28 billion to acquire VeriSign's security business. The two companies confirmed the rumored acquisition Wednesday, saying it would give VeriSign the opportunity to focus on its more-profitable domain name business, while allowing Symantec to broaden its growing portfolio of enterprise security products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks From Physical to Virtual to the Cloud The migration from a dedicated infrastructure to a shared and outsourced cloud infrastructure is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. With Extreme Networks "Four Pillars" strategy, Enterprises and Hosting Centers of any scale can approach change in a logical and affordable, stepwise fashion. Read More In this Issue The Android surge goes global My makeshift 3G iPad Microsoft Revamps Hotmail With New Tools Nanotech will be focus for future criminal hackers LifeLock CEO said to be victim of identity theft 13 times Cisco, Extreme have strong Q1 switch sales Cloud Computing Comes to a (Linux) Desktop Near You WAN Ethernet / VPLS: Is overhead an issue? Motorola offers mobile device management Aruba Networks reports record quarterly revenues 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. The Android surge goes global The surge in Android phone adoption isn't just confined to the United States, research firm Gartner has found. Read More My makeshift 3G iPad Since getting the Wi-Fi only version of the Apple iPad, I've been using it in two main locations - at home and at work, which both have very good Wi-Fi connections and a higher-speed backhaul. That changes today, as I'm heading to New York for a quick trip, and I wanted to see how the experience would be away from those two safe confines. Read More Microsoft Revamps Hotmail With New Tools Microsoft is beefing up its Windows Live Hotmail with a bevy new productivity features for sharing and working. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today! Nanotech will be focus for future criminal hackers Criminal hackers once rejoiced in manipulating the new digital phone systems in the 1960s and 1970s; then they moved on to using modems and hacking into mainframes in the 1970s and 1980s; then they exploited the new local area network technology and the burgeoning Internet in the 1980s. Malware writers moved from boot-sector viruses on floppy disks in the 1980s to file-infector viruses and then to macro viruses in the 1990s and vigorously exploited worms and Trojans for botnets in the recent decade. So what's next on the horizon? Read More LifeLock CEO said to be victim of identity theft 13 times A CEO who publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company's credit monitoring services was the victim of identity theft at least 13 times, a news report says. Read More Cisco, Extreme have strong Q1 switch sales An improving economy, pent-up demand, and a reduction in backlog due to supply chain constraints have all led to first quarter growth in the Ethernet switch market. The market was up 12% in Q1 to $4.6 billion, according to Infonetics Research. This follows a 15% hike in the fourth quarter of 2009, and is up 41% from the first quarter of 2009. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Hosted VoIP. What Does That Mean To My Business? This informative guide, featuring questions from business people, provides answers and insights on how Hosted VoIP can impact communications by providing critical features and flexibility, all for significantly lower costs. Read More Cloud Computing Comes to a (Linux) Desktop Near You Peppermint OS is a "cloud-oriented" OS, meaning it's designed to boot and run from the cloud (buzzword alert). Apparently there have been over 25,000 downloads of Peppermint in its first week, so obviously there is some interest, even if it's "just" from the Linux community. Read More WAN Ethernet / VPLS: Is overhead an issue? We're in the midst of a most interesting conversation at Webtorials on the subject of "Wide Area Ethernet / VPLS - Ready for Prime Time?" This conversation features an in-depth online interview with Geoff Kreiling, Manager - Product Development, at Masergy. Read More Motorola offers mobile device management Motorola Inc. today announced two managed services to help companies with limited resources keep mobile devices and wireless LANs up and running. Read More Aruba Networks reports record quarterly revenues Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks reported another quarterly loss, slightly smaller than a year ago, but its third-quarter adjusted earnings were slightly better than analysts expected, and it set a record for revenues. Read More
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