Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Cloud: Public or private?

In pictures: Apple's new iPhone 4 | Watch out Google: Microsoft delivers free Office Web Apps one week early

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Cloud: Public or private?
Dave Malcolm, CTO of Surgient, says a private cloud lets you capitalize on your existing investments while driving up utilization rates, increasing productivity and making IT more dynamic. Siki Giunta, VP of CSC, says public clouds are already well understood, widely used, and easier to adopt because it doesn't require rethinking IT from the ground up. Who's right? Read More


RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco

Cisco to Announce Data Center 3.0 Architecture
Join Cisco in a special public announcement from Cisco Live conference and be among the first to lean about the next stages on the evolution of Cisco's Data Center 3.0 strategy. Hear information straight from the engineers who were involved in the latest developments, and find out what these innovations mean to you. Register Now!

WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Log Mangement in a Cyberworld
Cybercrime, increasingly operated under well-muscled organized crime syndicates, has become a huge threat. With so many potential cyber villains poking around the gates, enterprises must have strong protections and pristine visibility into what's happening on the network. Read Now

In pictures: Apple's new iPhone 4
For the newest iPhone, Apple focused visually on sleek new styling with stainless steel banding, and a dramatically improved display. Under the covers, you'll find improved battery life, and managed multitasking for applications. Apple also introduced video calls or chat, initially over Wi-Fi. Read More

Watch out Google: Microsoft delivers free Office Web Apps one week early
 Microsoft promised to release Office Web Apps by June 15, but got them out to the Intertubes one week early.  Read More

Facebook stalks users across 200,000 websites
I'm a loyal Facebook user. I'm not as obsessed as the FarmVille- and Mafia Wars-playing crowd, but I check the site every day and am not about to delete my account. Like many other people, however, I am concerned about my privacy online.  Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Is your WAN designed with your applications in mind?
WAN sourcing has been based on the cost of bandwith and availability. The focus is increasing on sourcing WAN solutions that can meet business needs for application performance. Read about Gartner's structured methodology to design a WAN that both performs well and is cost effective. Read Now

Group lists top five social media risks for businesses
As businesses increasingly trying to figure out how to use social networking tools in the enterprise, an IT governance group has released a ranking of the top five risks that social media poses to companies. Read More

News podcast: Network World 360
IBM aims to ride Apple's iPad momentum with a free download that lets Lotus Notes customers receive secure access to e-mail, calendar and other collaboration tools on the touch-screen computer. Also, a large-scale study of password-protected Web sites revealed a lack of standards across the industry that harms end-user security, according to two researchers working at the University of Cambridge in England. (5:54) Read More

New security/management software targets enterprise smartphones
A new client-server product uses a smartphone-based agent and server-based application to create and enforce security and management policies for four leading mobile operating systems. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

5 Challenges: Continuous PCI DSS Compliance
With adoption of the PCI DSS expanding throughout the United States and into Europe, organizations subject to PCI compliance face several key challenges. Learn more about these challenges, how to address them, and how Tripwire IT security and compliance automation solutions can help. Read Now.

Chinese government whitepaper reaffirms Internet policies
A Chinese government whitepaper released on Tuesday praised the Internet for improving access to information and giving citizens a way to better oversee the behavior government officials, but reaffirmed the need for policies aimed at controlling access to online content. Read More

How to fix your iPhone
Wet iPhone? Cracked screen? Here's what you can do. Read More

Stephen Colbert gets Microsoft's Bing to donate $100,000 to oil spill charity
Comic Stephen Colbert struck a bargain with Microsoft's Bing. Microsoft agreed to donate $2,500 for each time he mentioned the word "Bing" in his show Monday night. Not a problem for Colbert -- the master of slipping promotional items -- real and ficticious -- into his nightly news spoof comedy show. Read More



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