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	Cisco's top 10 rivals Competition is only getting tougher for Cisco as it continues to expand in 30 or so new markets while attempting to maintain growth in its core routing and switching businesses. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco Technical Design Workshop Series Join Cisco on October 27, 10-11 a.m. PT, as we discuss what you need to understand when designing and implementing vWAAS in your VMware hypervisor. This session is packed with hardware demos and design guidelines that include out of path interception and the new vPath interception method with the Nexus 1000v. Register Now. In this Issue What Will Android 3.0 Look Like? Human error gave spammers keys to Microsoft systems FCC chair dings carriers over 'bill shock' The new IT survival guide: How to thrive after the recession How Microsoft is wasting the Windows Phone 7 marketing moment DHS scoured social media sites during Obama inauguration for 'items of interest' BLADE, on heels of IBM buy, pops 40G Ethernet data center switch Broadcom to buy 4G chipmaker Beceem for $316M Apple shares eclipse $300 mark for first time Mitsubishi to offer Internet test drives of robotic car Pssst....Wanna buy some cool laser technology? Former US official: Invest in secure Internet protocols Twitter solves its data formatting challenge Roughly 3 out of 4 Tweets ignored WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Has your Enterprise made the strategic decision to consolidate remote site IT infrastructure into central data centers? Then you have probably discovered that consolidation projects are fraught with technical, organization, and implementation challenges that require a well thought-out strategy. Click to Continue What Will Android 3.0 Look Like? Android 2.2, or "Froyo," may still be in the process of rolling out to users, but Google is already hard at work on "Gingerbread," the upcoming version of the mobile operating system that most expect to be numbered 3.0. Read More Human error gave spammers keys to Microsoft systems Microsoft blamed human error after two computers on its network were hacked and then misused by spammers to promote questionable online pharmaceutical websites. Read More FCC chair dings carriers over 'bill shock' Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said today that the FCC would be holding hearings in the near future to address wireless "bill shock." Read More The new IT survival guide: How to thrive after the recession In the 'new normal,' businesses want more than tech skills from their hires; here are the changes IT pros should expect. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp How Efficient is your Storage Environment? Store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost, without compromising performance. The key is selecting a platform that supports thin provisioning, data deduplication and virtualization. Dramatically lower your capacity requirements and costs. Read More! How Microsoft is wasting the Windows Phone 7 marketing moment Microsoft's initial ads for Windows Phone contrast sharply with Apple's, and the contrast shows why Apple is such a marketing powerhouse and Microsoft... well, isn't. Read More DHS scoured social media sites during Obama inauguration for 'items of interest' A rights advocacy group is expressing concern over what it contends was an overly broad surveillance of social networking sites conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the days leading up to last years presidential inauguration. Read More BLADE, on heels of IBM buy, pops 40G Ethernet data center switch BLADE Network Technologies, the data center switch vendor being acquired by IBM, this week unveiled a top-of-rack 10G switch with 40G Ethernet uplinks, making it one of the first vendors to ship the new standard high-speed technology. Read More Broadcom to buy 4G chipmaker Beceem for $316M Broadcom has agreed to acquire Beceem Communications, a maker of chips for 4G LTE and WiMax devices, for US$316 million in cash. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Improve Your Risk Profile Gateway Health Plan realized the need to make major changes in its storage environment to support business growth and customer demands. The primary objective was to improve the reliability of its production database environment to support customers during disasters. Read now! Apple shares eclipse $300 mark for first time A couple of things struck me this afternoon when reading about Apple's stock price surpassing $300 for the first time. Read More Mitsubishi to offer Internet test drives of robotic car Starting November 1st and continuing for ten days, Mitsubishi is offering U.S. drivers a chance to take its new Outlander Sport for a test drive online. It isn't a computer simulation. Read More Pssst....Wanna buy some cool laser technology? The US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory wants partners who may want to license and commercialize its powerful fiber laser technology. Read More Former US official: Invest in secure Internet protocols The state of security on the Internet has become so dire that research is needed in next-generation protocols, a former senior White House official for cybersecurity said on Wednesday. Read More Twitter solves its data formatting challenge Creating over 12 terabytes of data daily, Twitter eschews XML, JSON for little-known Google protocol. Read More Roughly 3 out of 4 Tweets ignored Social media analytics company Sysomos studied 1.2 billion Twitter posts made over the past 2 months and found that 71% elicited neither a retweet nor reply. Read More
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