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	Ballmer Promises Windows Tablets By Christmas While Apple's iPad runs away with the tablet market, Windows slates are still preparing for battle, with the first wave to appear by Christmas, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Considering Cloud-Based Security? This technology dossier contains four papers that address security considerations in cloud computing. It includes IDG Research results on what IT managers have to say about cloud security, executive viewpoints on blending cloud solutions to optimize security, and a strategy paper that addresses protecting data. Read now! In this Issue Cisco bolsters branch switches, routers Cisco and HP branch out Cisco launches high-end security appliance Cisco expands 11n Wi-Fi line, mobile VPN client Nobel winner in physics is also an Ig Nobel Laureate Research project aims to simplify large-scale network control News podcast: Network World 360 Microsoft's Live@edu email not encrypted on cloud servers Skype for Android app now available for download Iran blames Stuxnet worm on Western plot Top reason for Facebook unfriending: Too many useless posts iPad, Fastest-Selling Electronic Device…Ever Oracle to buy SSO vendor Passlogix WEBCAST: Cisco Ironport Systems Is Cloud Email Security Right for You? Many companies are shifting email applications and data into the cloud model—and yet not without concerns about security. To be sure, business-critical data must be protected. In this webcast, Cisco's senior manager for cloud security, Joel McFarland, addresses the concerns and offers strategies to take control of email security. Learn More Cisco bolsters branch switches, routers Cisco Tuesday announced a doubly powerful Catalyst Ethernet switch, a condensed edge router and a slew of other new and enhanced products designed to help companies extend more powerful networking services to branch offices. Read More Cisco and HP branch out Cisco and HP this week had separate but simultaneous rollouts of branch office products designed to accelerate application delivery and performance from the data center to the remote site. Read More Cisco launches high-end security appliance Cisco today announced a multi-function security appliance that combines a firewall with VPN support, plus an intrusion-prevention system (IPS), to reach speeds up to 20 Gbps with 10,000 VPN connections and 350,000 connections per second. Read More Cisco expands 11n Wi-Fi line, mobile VPN client Cisco expanded its mobile offerings with a new low-end 802.11n Wi-Fi access point, a new version of its AnyConnect secure client for mobile devices, and took the first step to creating virtual mobile clients, unveiling support for Citrix and VMware products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Is Online Server Backup Appropriate for Your Business? Read this white paper to examine the setbacks of traditional backup, gain a better understanding of online backup, and discover why Iron Mountain's LiveVault solution for automated server backup and recovery won the 2006 award for Best Storage Software Solution from the Software and Information Industry Association. Read now. Nobel winner in physics is also an Ig Nobel Laureate It was bound to happen eventually. An Ig Nobel Prize winner has become an actual Nobel laureate. Read More Research project aims to simplify large-scale network control Simplifying large scale network environments is a complex task but one that a number of researchers and vendors are trying to undertake.  This week researchers from Google, Nicira Networks and NEC under the guise of the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) at UC Berkeley will present a research project. Read More News podcast: Network World 360 Oracle plans to buy enterprise single sign-on technology vendor Passlogix, a move that will boost its portfolio of security offerings. Also, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which has dominated the Web browser market since blowing by Netscape in the late 1990s, last month fell below the 50% market share level for the first time in years. (2:48) Read More Microsoft's Live@edu email not encrypted on cloud servers Thousands of universities, and millions of people, are turning to Microsoft Live@edu for cloud applications. But Live@edu "enhanced privacy and security features" do not include encrypting email on servers. Microsoft promises that its free Live@edu e-mail and collaboration tool is better than the rest because it still meets a university's security and "privacy" needs. But it appears to be missing one critical step in doing so -- encrypting data stored on servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent Evolve 2G/3G Networks for LTE using L2 Transport To evolve 2G and 3G networks the backhaul network must support a combination of TDM and Ethernet/IP traffic. L2 backhaul helps achieve high capacity at the lowest total cost of ownership, providing flat IP for LTE, and maintains revenue streams for TDM services while new applications are enabled. Read Now Skype for Android app now available for download Android smartphone owners can now download a free Skype client from the Android Market that will let them make voice calls over mobile data or Wi-Fi connections -- except in the U.S., where it will work over Wi-Fi only. Read More Iran blames Stuxnet worm on Western plot Iran today made its strongest statement yet that it believes a Western plot is behind the Stuxnet worm that has infected tens of thousands of computers in the country, including some at its sole nuclear power plant. Read More Top reason for Facebook unfriending: Too many useless posts The No. 1 reason why friends dump friends on Facebook is when they get fed up seeing too many useless posts, according to new research out of the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Read More iPad, Fastest-Selling Electronic Device…Ever Did Steve Jobs really invent a magical tablet? If consumer adoption of Apple's iPad tablet is any measure of magic, then Jobs has reached Albus Dumbledore (of Harry Potter fame) status. According to financial analysts at Bernstein Research Apple's iPad is the most quickly adopted non-phone electronic device ever - beating out adoption rates of the less magical DVD player. Read More Oracle to buy SSO vendor Passlogix Oracle plans to buy enterprise SSO (single sign-on) technology vendor Passlogix, a move that will boost its portfolio of security offerings. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close this year, were not disclosed. Read More
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