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	Microsoft plans gigantic Patch Tuesday next week Microsoft will issue 10 updates, three labeled as 'critical,' to fix 34 vulnerabilities in multiple versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and SharePoint. 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. In this Issue A History of Portable Computing Cisco/CoreOptics deal heating up core market Microsoft's Tony Scott on Work, Life as a CIO FTC cracks down on spyware seller Users find the secrets of WAN optimization Microsoft TechEd event to shed light on cloud computing plans Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's new Book, "Cyber War!" NASA Mars rover spies rare red planet rocks WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Integrating and Automating Composite Applications Batch Application Integration allows you to process critical transactions, such as payment authorizations, in real-time, and cue fulfillment (such as packaging and shipping) or other lower priority actions for batch processing. Learn more about Batch Application Integration, and how BMC CONTROL-M makes it possible. Learn More A History of Portable Computing From 'portables' that weighed nearly 30 pounds in the 1980s to the featherweight Apple iPad of 2010, portable computing has come a long way. Here's a look at some of the milestones. Read More Cisco/CoreOptics deal heating up core market Things are heating up in the core packet/optical space, the area targeted by Cisco with its recent acquisition of CoreOptics, a maker of optical modules and subsystems. Cisco bought the company to integrate 40/100G DWDM transponders directly onto its routers as opposed to connecting the routers to separate DWDM systems in the optical core of carrier networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Windows 7 User Acceptance Does it make sense to refresh PCs and notebooks as part of Windows 7 upgrade? See how Intel is undertaking their migration of more than 100,000 clients. This paper details their participation in Microsoft's beta program and Intel's own user research and application testing. Read More Microsoft's Tony Scott on Work, Life as a CIO Microsoft CIO Tony Scott sat down at Redmond headquarters with CIO.com's Shane O'Neill to chat about the CIO's evolving role, how quitting smoking made him a better CIO, and other intriguing topics on life in high tech. Read More FTC cracks down on spyware seller The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Florida spyware vendor CyberSpy Software, two years after suing the company for selling "100 percent undetectable" keylogging software. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks 7 Key Challenges of Virtualization While virtualization infrastructure platforms provide considerable advantages, VMs also add complexity. By planning for your migration, and recognizing the challenges, you can seamlessly optimize your virtual network and storage environment. Read Now. Users find the secrets of WAN optimization WAN optimization offers better application performance, cost savings and reduced bandwidth needs, but the business reasons to buy may vary. Read More Microsoft TechEd event to shed light on cloud computing plans While Microsoft's specific TechEd announcements haven't yet been revealed, some analysts are hoping for details about Windows Azure, Microsoft's answer to the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform. Read More Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's new Book, "Cyber War!" I recently finished Richard Clarke's new book, "Cyber War," and I have but two words for the former cyber czar -- thank you. Read More NASA Mars rover spies rare red planet rocks NASA's now hibernating Mars rover Spirit spotted rocks scientists say could offer key clues to whether or not life ever did or still does exist on the red planet. Read More
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