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Agencies announce $795M broadband subsidies; EMC shuts down cloud storage service

EMC shuts down online cloud storage service | iPhone's Exchange woes aren't over

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Agencies announce $795 million in new broadband subsidies
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will announce nearly $795 million in grants and loans for broadband deployment projects across the nation on Friday, officials with two federal agencies said. Read More


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WHITE PAPER: Qualys Inc.

Justifying IT Security
The goal of a security program is to choose and implement cost effective countermeasures that mitigate the vulnerabilities that will most likely lead to loss. This paper discusses the management of Risk and how Vulnerability Management is one of the few counter-measures easily justified by its ability to optimize risk. Read now!

EMC shuts down online cloud storage service
EMC announced it is shuttering its Atmos Online storage service and it will not offer any guarantees that anyone who has already stored data through the hosted service will be able to retrieve it in the future. Read More

iPhone's Exchange woes aren't over
Apple's workaround for an iOS 4 Exchange synchronization issue could improve performance for some users, but a more complete fix is necessary to solve the problem, an expert said Thursday. Such a fix could be on the way. Read More

HP closes Palm deal, confirms WebOS tablet
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday finalized its acquisition of Palm and confirmed it will use the company's WebOS in future tablets and netbooks. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Building Secure Wireless LANs
This paper walks through the steps to build a highly-secure wireless LAN and explains the technical considerations for: • Wireless privacy • Authentication • Client management and NAC • Network firewall and intrusion detection and protection • Identity-based access control • Rogue detection and WIDS • Compliance Read more!

White House, citing waste, freezes IT projects
President Obama's approach to IT spending showed its teeth this week in a decision to end new spending on about 30 financial systems that cost about $3 billion in annual development. Read More

IBM acquires BigFix for data centers
IBM announced plans to buy systems management software vendor BigFix. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter, were not provided. Read More

Why Microsoft's Kin phones were destined to fail
Microsoft has discontinued the Kin phones line, just six weeks after it launched the devices. The company blamed low sales numbers, and was shy to say how many it sold exactly. But Kin's failure comes as no surprise, with a troubled Microsoft playing catch-up in the mobile world. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation

No Harmony in Harmonics
Distortion in your data center's electrical system can significantly impact power utilization and cause communication errors, overheating and hardware damage. Learn how installing a single harmonic-mitigating transformer is the most cost-effective means to prevent harmful harmonics from affecting electric distribution equipment. Learn More

Red Hat gets closer to releasing Enterprise Linux version 6
Red Hat released the second beta of its Enterprise Linux 6 and declared it on track for an unspecified release date. (I've heard rumors that it's scheduled to be available in October.) A number of features are going to make network managers happy. (You'll surely want to take Mobile IPv6 out for a spin). Read More

Cloud computing exacerbates government security issues
While it is the same in many public and private corporations, government cloud computing projects can be a double-edged sword: Cloud computing offers many benefits, but it can also create numerous information security risks. Read More

Cisco exec sees Cius tablet as thin client hit
Cisco's Cius business tablet has raised questions over how it will be used, especially when compared with the larger-screen Apple iPad. Read More

Survey finds storage systems underutilized as companies add more capacity
A survey of 1,165 IT decision makers showed that while storage utilization rates remain low, the amount of data storage capacity is expected to almost double over the next five years. Read More



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