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	Microsoft competing against its own parnters in cloud Microsoft doesn't want to admit it, but a Gartner analyst says the vendor's decision to offer Windows Server instances in the Azure cloud is opening a new competitive front against partner hosting companies. Read More 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 In this Issue Firefox 4 regains speed mojo 12 Amazing Productivity Boosters Windows 7 upgrades stalled by IE6 holdouts What's at the core of Cisco's plight? Do We Need Another Browser? Does RockMelt? Google Tools: Top 6 Annoyances Hurd says Oracle job more attractive than other offers Verizon to deploy 100G Ethernet backbone in Europe Virus infecting phones in China costs you $300,000 a day Cloud execs: Traditional vendors slow adoption WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Online Server Backup Checklist View this Webcast today and learn how SMBs can save money, time and IT resources by backing up critical data to the cloud. This online server backup checklist for SMBs outlines how cloud adoption is quick, secure and affordable, scaling with business growth and eliminating daily backup hassles. Learn more! Firefox 4 regains speed mojo With the release of Firefox 4 Beta 7, Mozilla returned to near the top spot in browser performance rankings. Read More 12 Amazing Productivity Boosters It's official: I can no longer think of a single person I know (unless, of course, you count my two-year-old) who doesn't have more work on their to-do list than any human being can reasonably be expected to handle. If you're like everyone I know, chances are you could use a few new tools to help you manage your priorities, simplify your life, and accomplish more. This guide is for you. Read More Windows 7 upgrades stalled by IE6 holdouts Analysts offer advice for bringing IE6 applications to Windows 7. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Google Invests in Cloud-Controlled WiFi Effective management is key to wireless success. View this Webcast to hear how cloud-controlled wireless management provides the security, remote administration and reliability resource-constrained IT departments require. Learn more now! What's at the core of Cisco's plight? So is Cisco's disappointing Q2 guidance a symptom of the global economy? Of tech in particular? Or of Cisco specifically? Read More Do We Need Another Browser? Does RockMelt? I am writing this post via the web, inside of RockMelt, the new browser financed by Netscape co-founder Mark Andreessen and built by some of his old colleagues. For those of you who are not familiar with RockMelt, it is built on the Chromium open source code, just as Google's Chrome is. In fact saying it is built on it does not do it justice. Read More Google Tools: Top 6 Annoyances I'm starting to get the feeling that Google's Websites are over-engineered -- so much so that I'm feeling nostalgia for the days of simple search when you just typed what you're looking for and got a page of results. Alas, somebody at Google headquarters believes those days are long gone. 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 Hurd says Oracle job more attractive than other offers Some people speculated that Mark Hurd joined Oracle to get back at his former employer, Hewlett-Packard, but on Thursday he described other reasons for taking the job. Read More Verizon to deploy 100G Ethernet backbone in Europe Verizon Business plans to set up a 100-Gigabit Ethernet link between Paris and Frankfurt on its European backbone network, taking an early step into the next generation of Ethernet technologies. Read More Virus infecting phones in China costs you $300,000 a day A virus masquerading as an antivirus application (how's that for irony?) has been infecting countless mobile phones in China. The virus lets hackers take control of the phone who then spam the phone's entire address with links that allow the virus to spread to even more phones. Read More Cloud execs: Traditional vendors slow adoption A group of cloud providers blamed traditional hardware and software companies for their role in discouraging cloud adoption, pointing fingers at Oracle's Mark Hurd, who spoke earlier here. Read More
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