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	Cisco eschews cloud services -- for now | SEC investigating Mark Hurd's departure from HP
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	The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 From exploding Droids to robotic pack mules and Apple weirdness, it was a wacky year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point ADCs Take Over Where Load Balancers Leave Off Application Delivery Controllers understand applications and optimize server performance - offloading compute-intensive tasks that prevent servers from quickly delivering applications. Learn how ADCs have taken over where load balancers left off. Read now! In this Issue Cisco eschews cloud services -- for now SEC investigating Mark Hurd's departure from HP What if Google's hack attack warnings grab your site? Spintronic memory gets a breakthrough Recession extends hardware lifecycles Google extends free phone call offer for US Gmail users 15 most addictive iPhone apps Austerity is Merriam-Webster's most searched word of the year Need a job? Try information security WHITE PAPER: Scriptlogic PacketTrap IT Network & IT Infrastructure Management PacketTrap IT is a comprehensive solution that solves problems with bandwidth, connectivity, network & infrastructure performance quickly & easily. PacketTrap supports multiple sites, is easier to use & more complete than traditional network monitoring products. Download a FREE 21 day trial. Learn More Cisco eschews cloud services -- for now Cisco's cloud strategy encompasses pretty much everything under the sun save one -- actual cloud services. Read More SEC investigating Mark Hurd's departure from HP The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an information investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mark Hurd's departure from Hewlett-Packard, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Read More What if Google's hack attack warnings grab your site? Google has begun adding warnings to its search result listings indicating if it believes a site has been hacked. In such an instance the words, "This site may be compromised," will appear under the site details. Users are still free to visit the site, but clicking the warning message will lead to a page explaining what can be done to keep safe. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Achieving True Collaboration in Global Development Globalization has given organizations around the world unprecedented access to personnel and to marketplaces. For some, this has meant the growth of the distributed organization. For others, globalization has meant the routine outsourcing of functions that only a few years ago were considered core capabilities. Still others combine the practices. Click to Continue Spintronic memory gets a breakthrough An international group of researchers has figured out how to encode information within the spin of an electron, a technique that may one day lead to smaller, faster memory for computers. While the idea, called Spintronics, has been investigated for well over a decade, the researchers assert their work as a breakthrough. Read More Recession extends hardware lifecycles The recession may have accelerated companies extending the lifecycles of PCs, laptops and servers, but that change may become permanent. Read More Google extends free phone call offer for US Gmail users Gmail users in the U.S can continue call phones in North America and Canada for free after the new year, Google said in a blog post on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Storage: 7 Smart Purchasing Criteria You can't make the best storage decisions for your business if you're not asking the right questions. This new RFP template makes it easy. It reflects today's IT reality and includes the key criteria to consider so you can position your organization for the future. Read More! 15 most addictive iPhone apps These apps are good for entertainment but bad for productivity. Read More Austerity is Merriam-Webster's most searched word of the year Austerity: "enforced or extreme economy." That's the word of the year, according to dictionary specialists at Merriam-Webster. Read More Need a job? Try information security If you're an out-of-work IT person looking for your next challenge, I have a suggestion: Go study information security and pursue some sort of certification like a CISSP. According to ESG Research, 22% of mid-market and enterprise companies believe that they have a problematic shortage of information security skills within their IT organizations. Read More
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