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	How to keep Windows XP SP2 safer after Microsoft stops patching Tuesday marks the end of patches for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). If you're still running that edition of XP, you can still take steps to protect your PC. Read More WEBCAST: Nimsoft Reasons to Consider Cloud IT Monitoring Join this Webcast to learn the value of IT monitoring delivered via the cloud. You can monitor and manage all business applications, from the data center to the cloud, including SaaS, hosted, and virtualized environments—all with a single product, architecture, and console. There's even a 30-day free trial download. View Now In this Issue 5 tips for managing Microsoft licensing costs The White House plan to safeguard cyberspace Newest Attack on your Credit Card: ATM Shims SIP trunking: A primer Review: Firewall operations management Podcast: There's a Hacker in My Copier! (and other hidden office dangers) Apple unveils four new iPhone 4 commercials, all feature Facetime Microsoft can thank Apple for Windows 7 popularity Feds Pull the Plug on Funding for IT Projects Offshore outsourcing picking up after recession: Everest Next iPod Touch: 7 Must-Haves Taking distracted driving to the next level WHITE PAPER: Qualys 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! 5 tips for managing Microsoft licensing costs If you're running a business of any size, chances are you're a Microsoft customer. But unless you're an expert negotiator, there's a good chance you're paying too much for Microsoft licenses. Read More The White House plan to safeguard cyberspace The plan to "reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve online privacy protections" floated in June by Howard Schmidt, the Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President, is comprehensive and an important step in the right direction. Read More Newest Attack on your Credit Card: ATM Shims Shimming is the newest con designed to skim your credit card number, PIN and other info when you swipe your card through a reader like an ATM machine. Read More SIP trunking: A primer A beginner's guide to SIP trunking. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM BI for Business Users This white paper explores how today's advanced business intelligence solutions can put powerful, informative BI information into the hands of more users. Read More Review: Firewall operations management Anyone running multiple firewalls in a complex, enterprise environment knows how difficult it can be to catch misconfigurations, avoid conflicting rules, identify vulnerabilities and meet auditing and compliance mandates. Read More Podcast: There's a Hacker in My Copier! (and other hidden office dangers) Adam Bosnian from Cyber-Ark Software chats with Keith Shaw about five different areas within the enterprise where potential security exists, including the digital copier, printer/scanner and wireless routers. (11:48) Read More Apple unveils four new iPhone 4 commercials, all feature Facetime If there was any doubt as to which iPhone 4 feature Apple feels is the device's strongest selling point, then these new commercials certainly clear things up. Apple recently rolled out four new iPhone commercials which all focus entirely on Facetime, and in typical Apple fashion, all strike an emotional chord. Read More Microsoft can thank Apple for Windows 7 popularity More than half of software developers are already building applications for Windows 7 and nearly 80% will do so within the next year, a new survey has found. And somewhat ironically, Microsoft might have Apple to thank for developer interest in its new operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Simplify System Management Telephone system manageability depends to a great extent on the underlying architecture of the voice system. The architectural approach for integrating new systems has serious implications for management. In this paper you will learn more about how various architectural approaches impacts overall system manageability. Read now! Feds Pull the Plug on Funding for 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 Offshore outsourcing picking up after recession: Everest The outsourcing market is witnessing an increase in activity as the global economy recovers from the recession of 2009, according to a report by Everest Research Institute. Read More Next iPod Touch: 7 Must-Haves If the latest Apple rumor is true, a new iPod Touch should arrive in September. U.K. retailer John Henry says we can expect an iPhone 4-inspired device with a front-facing camera, video chat, and a gyroscope. Read More Taking distracted driving to the next level Headed west on the Massachusetts Turnpike, I pass a car being operated by a young woman who has both hands firmly on the steering wheel, just like they teach when you get your license. Rather than the classic 10 o'clock-2 o'clock positioning, however, hers are clamped more like 11:45 and 12:15, or the optimum setup for thumb-texting on whatever mobile device it was she had balanced in between. Read More
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