2010's biggest security SNAFUs

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	2010's biggest security SNAFUs That old phrase SNAFU ("Situation Normal, All F--ked Up!") certainly describes our choices for 2010's top 10 security screw-ups. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power 10 reasons for MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer Software. To operate at peak efficiency, the data center manager must have immediate access to the right information. With the Avocent infrastructure planning and management solution, you can quickly realize the benefits of predictive simulation and modeling for every device in your data center. Read now. In this Issue The iPhone Quiz Verizon's LTE pricing may trigger 4G rate war IBM cloud patching system highlights virtualization research Lawmakers, companies question online do-not-track proposal Inside Cisco's data center Cyber Monday Performance Dropped for "Retail 500" Websites Is Apple repeating the same mistake it made with PCs? Corporate Executives Remain Lukewarm on Cyber Security RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VeriSign, Inc. VeriSign® SSL Certificates now come with new features! Learn more! The iPhone Quiz Arguably the Apple iPhone is one of the hottest consumer status symbols, but how well do you really know it? Read More Verizon's LTE pricing may trigger 4G rate war Verizon Wireless is undercutting its own 3G plans with pricing for the LTE network scheduled to go live on Sunday, possibly marking the beginning of a fight to capture high-speed wireless subscribers. 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. IBM cloud patching system highlights virtualization research IBM virtualization research projects target patching in the cloud, power costs and nested virtualization. Read More Lawmakers, companies question online do-not-track proposal Some lawmakers and tech companies question a U.S. FTC do-not-track proposal. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Defragmentation in Virtualized Environments Performance corrupting file fragmentation is severely compounded on virtual platforms and threatens to undo most of its efficiency benefits. Coordinating defrag resources between VMs was an insurmountable barrier until recent innovations eliminated conflicts. Learn More Inside Cisco's data center "Like" Network World's page on Facebook to see images from Cisco's newest, state-of-the-art data center. Read More Cyber Monday Performance Dropped for "Retail 500" Websites The Compuware Gomez Retail User Experience (UX) Index has been using Apdex methodology to report online retail site performance for a week now--long enough for us to draw conclusions about user experience trends so far this holiday shopping season. Read More Is Apple repeating the same mistake it made with PCs? The PC wave so overtook this other competitor that the competitor nearly went out of business and was never able to get back above 5% of the market share. Who was this other competitor? Apple Computer. Looking at the AT&T store yesterday I saw the future of the mobile market. It is history repeating itself. Read More Corporate Executives Remain Lukewarm on Cyber Security What's needed for strong cyber security? Good security policies, processes, and technology safeguards of course, but highly-secure organizations also integrate security into their corporate culture -- from new employees the the corner office. Since the proverbial buck stops at the CEOs desk, cyber security-conscious and proactive CEOs are a security professional's best friend. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. December goodies from the Subnets SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Amazon reportedly shows WikiLeaks the door IBM chip breakthrough may lead to exascale supercomputers Is a next-generation firewall in your future? The Linux desktop revolution is dead The first rule of Windows Phone 7 sales Verizon sets the bar for future LTE launches Microsoft's dropped feature is Linux's gain Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM Women desire iPhones, men want Android smartphones WikiLeaks is not the actual problem
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