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	Cisco patches bug that crashed 1 percent of Internet Cisco has fixed a bug in its IOS (Internetwork Operating System) router software that contributed to a brief Internet blackout last week, thought to have affected about 1 percent of the Internet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware Insights to Application Performance Management Pressure to ensure superior application performance has never been greater. This Network World guide provides insight on APM best practices with articles on meeting the needs of mobile workers, Web applications' unique demands and integrating applications residing in the cloud. . Read now In this Issue Internet Speeds Vary by City -- Why? Back-to-school tech bargains: Week 4 3D, tablets galore expected at consumer electronics show Join Network World's group on LinkedIn Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud RSA Security Extends Compliance to Virtualization Have we reached a tipping point for cloud-based VoIP? VMware aims to displace Windows with cloud-based desktop apps Google to roll out e-mail prioritizing feature in Gmail Hyper-V eating VMware's lunc -- er, snack Comcast and NBC - No Merger, No Way NASA helps two commercial spacecraft blast off WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Internet Speeds Vary by City -- Why? The US city you live in strongly predicts your Internet connection speed. We have been poring over Ookla speed test data to understand city-by-city differences in consumer Internet access performance. Why, for example, are average access speeds for San Jose residents three times faster than those in Kansas City? Our preliminary analysis indicates socio-economic factors are at work. Read More Back-to-school tech bargains: Week 4 9 more of the best tech deals the web has to offer. Read More 3D, tablets galore expected at consumer electronics show The world's largest consumer electronics makers are gathering in Berlin for the 50th edition of Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show. The push to put 3D screens in our homes continues unabated, and a plethora of tablet PCs are expected to be launched. Read More Join Network World's group on LinkedIn Why join Network World's LinkedIn group? You can have interesting discussions with your peers, managed by Network World editors. You can make new contacts in your industry. It looks good on your profile. And of course, it's free. Join today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Planning Guide: SAP to Red Hat Migration Lower costs and improve performance migrating SAP to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Download this guide today and discover how you can perform a basic installation and migration in less than 1 day. Examine pre- and post-migration considerations and other upfront planning topics to help avoid potential problems. Read more Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments. Read More RSA Security Extends Compliance to Virtualization In between the cloud rhetoric and virtualization hyperbole at this year's VMworld, I'm starting to see a few significant announcements. Read More Have we reached a tipping point for cloud-based VoIP? Some have said that the future of open source is in the middle, and the explosion of cloud-based telephony would seem to bear that out. OnSIP, Twilio, CloudVox, FreeSwitch, are all telephony platforms that have been making a splash and gaining popularity, and they're built firmly on open source. Read More VMware aims to displace Windows with cloud-based desktop apps VMware is developing a new hosted service that will allow delivery of cloud-based desktop applications to any sort of user device. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Delivering Faster Applications to Any User, Anywhere This guide looks at the specific issues behind application performance problems and how to resolve them within a WAN Optimization environment. Read More Google to roll out e-mail prioritizing feature in Gmail Google plans to begin rolling out to Gmail users on Tuesday a new feature designed to automatically rearrange messages in their inbox so that the most important and pressing ones appear at the top. Read More Hyper-V eating VMware's lunc -- er, snack As the VMworld 2010 conference gets underway this week in San Francisco, players in the world of virtualization will be taking another read on the impact of upstart Microsoft on the incumbent VMware in the market for virtualization hypervisors and related management software. Read More Comcast and NBC - No Merger, No Way As you've probably heard, Comcast, the cable-TV/broadband giant, is buying NBC Universal, a/k/a NBC television. Let me cut to the chase - there's absolutely no way this should be allowed by the regulators, a/k/a the government. Read More NASA helps two commercial spacecraft blast off NASA delivered some punch to its Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program today by awarding about $475,000 to two companies looking to make a big sub-orbital space slash. Read More
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