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	Beware of tests that use simulated data to validate product performance Testing information-assurance products against simulated data may not be worth much depending on how closely the simulation approximates real data, researchers told attendees at an IEEE conference on homeland security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Backing Up Your Servers: Why It's Essential 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. In this Issue Federal regs haven't improved safety of patient records, study shows CIO.com Teardown: Apple CEO Steve Jobs Facebook API flaw discovered Microsoft forgets to patch Mac Office 2004, 2008 Obama softens his tone on offshoring Mobile deathmatch: Windows Phone 7 vs. Apple iPhone 4 Five ways to successfully manage dynamic storage infrastructures When sites share data about zero-day attacks, false positives plummet Google gives 10% raise to 23,000 employees Should FOSS projects adopt Social Networking Documentation? WHITE PAPER: Sprint Start Deploying UC Immediately Yankee Group analyzes the Unified Communications market and makes recommendations for businesses looking to accelerate a UC deployment. Read More Federal regs haven't improved safety of patient records, study shows While the government has passed laws to better protect private health information, most data healthcare providers say that information isn't any safer than it was before, according to a survey by the Ponemon Institute. Read More CIO.com Teardown: Apple CEO Steve Jobs In the spirit of gadget teardowns, we take apart Apple's iconic leader to see what makes him tick. Read More Facebook API flaw discovered Social-networking services provider Sendible says it's uncovered a major flaw in how Facebook works and is cooperating with Facebook to fix the issue. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Cloud as the Next Generation of Service Delivery Exceptional growth in data is driving a need to transform the delivery of services. Understand the "road map" to transform and learn how IBM adds value at every step from virtualization, consolidation, automation, and ultimately cloud computing. Learn More Microsoft forgets to patch Mac Office 2004, 2008 Microsoft Tuesday released patches for four flaws in Office for Mac 2011, but failed to release fixes for the same flaws in the 2004 and 2008 versions. Read More Obama softens his tone on offshoring In India this week, President Barack Obama reshaped offshoring as part of international trade. Instead of complaining of jobs moving to Bangalore, the president's message to India's leaders was soothing, emphasizing, instead, how trade works both ways. Read More Mobile deathmatch: Windows Phone 7 vs. Apple iPhone 4 Microsoft has a very slick device, but it can't do nearly as much as the iPhone -- especially in business. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 10 Must-Do's for a Profitable Selling Season The e-tailing group will ensure your team is ready to realize your maximum share of holiday dollars by highlighting best practices drawn from the e-tailing group Mystery Shopping and Mindset of a Multi-Channel studies. Learn More Five ways to successfully manage dynamic storage infrastructures Don't look now, but the data center is transforming. Seeking greater efficiencies, enterprises of all sizes have steadily evolved from application-based silos to virtualized environments. Now this evolution is taking the next leap forward as innovative enterprises move toward next-generation cloud computing models that deliver IT as a service (ITaaS) -- via both internal and external cloud services. Read More When sites share data about zero-day attacks, false positives plummet Anomaly detectors looking for zero-day and polymorphic attacks have a much better batting average when results from more than one site are analyzed together rather than individually, researchers told an IEEE homeland security conference this week. Read More Google gives 10% raise to 23,000 employees Google, which has expressed concerns about losing key talent, is reportedly giving all of its employees a 10% raise. Read More Should FOSS projects adopt Social Networking Documentation? Those of us in Open Source often run across great technology that would be of great benefit to the computing masses but somehow never takes hold or even gets tried by people. There are many reasons for the failure of these technologies including installation difficulty, poor user interface, lack of support, lack of awareness, and one that most people think of instantly; poor documentation. Read More
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