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	5 things to pass along to new networkers Jimmy Ray Purser: I firmly believe that what separates an average networker from a excellent networker is the willingness to share experiences and information with our peers. What are your top five words of wisdom to pass to others in the field? Here are mine. Read More ARTICLE: Novell Introducing Novell Identity Manager 4 With Novell Identity Manager 4, you can leverage your existing IT assets to create a more risk-aware, secure and compliant organization. Infuse intelligent identity management across physical, virtual and cloud environments—to put holistic, real-time, business-friendly identity management at the core of everything you do. Learn more. In this Issue Photo forensics: Identifying faked pictures Android rootkit is just a phone call away Time to start eliminating Windows XP, Gartner says IP traffic quadrupling by 2014: Cisco study Atheros sampling 450Mbps 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset FCC Seeks Volunteers to Test Broadband Speed What makes Sybase worth nearly $6 billion to SAP? Why does the Open Source Community love Apple? Could a roly-poly, wind-powered rover soon zip across Mars? WHITE PAPER: Brocade Deployment Strategies for 802.11n Many organizations are looking to reap the benefits of the new 802.11n standard, but what is the best way to deploy wireless technology while minimizing costs? Learn why understanding the "Three Cs"-context, coverage, and capacity-is critical for choosing an optimal network implementation strategy. Read More! Photo forensics: Identifying faked pictures Recently a family member sent me a set of pictures supposedly showing Mexican headstones with insulting epitaphs (for example, "Here is resting my dearest wife... Lord please welcome her with the same joy I send her to you"). All of the images struck me as improbable. I decided to examine the pictures to see if I could find evidence of fraud. Read More Android rootkit is just a phone call away Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious "rootkit" program they've written for Google's Android phone next month at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas. Read More Time to start eliminating Windows XP, Gartner says Businesses should completely get rid of Windows XP by the end of 2012, Gartner says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the network impact of 802.11n This paper describes 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 IP traffic quadrupling by 2014: Cisco study Internet traffic will quadruple by 2014, according to Cisco and its most recent Visual Networking Index study. This finding is consistent with the general view over the years that Internet traffic doubles annually. Read More Atheros sampling 450Mbps 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset Chip maker Atheros Wednesday released samples of its powerful new 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset, which tops out with a maximum data rate of 450Mbps for access points and routers, and a signal that's more consistent and resilient. Read More FCC Seeks Volunteers to Test Broadband Speed The FCC is embarking on a project to determine actual broadband speeds and see if broadband providers are actually delivering what they advertise. As the FCC sets out to expand and modernize broadband access for all of America, it would be nice to have an accurate view of what is currently being provided as a baseline. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Excel: Creation and Distribution Challenges Spend less time building spreadsheets. View this webinar to learn a free and intuitive method to automate spreadsheet production and efficiently produce the accurate, up-to-date, analysis-ready Excel spreadsheets your users need to support their business decisions. View Now What makes Sybase worth nearly $6 billion to SAP? Sybase CEO John Chen, in an interview shortly before SAP announced plans to buy Sybase for about $6 billion, gives clues about why his company might be worth so much. The mobile enterprise has a lot to do with it. Read More Why does the Open Source Community love Apple? Attend any computer conference these days and you can expect that almost every giveaway is an iPad. In fact, I recently attended a conference for a Microsoft oriented customer group and the talk of the attendees was Apple and how excited they were to possibly win an iPad from the vendors in the exhibit hall. It makes me wonder, why isn't the open source community in a complete uproar against Apple? Read More Could a roly-poly, wind-powered rover soon zip across Mars? Could a spherical, wind-driven rover be prowling the Mars surface in the future? Such a spacecraft is being looked at courtesy of a computer model project at North Carolina State University that lets engineers design all manner of space vehicle designs. Read More
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