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	Egypt: Cisco and Juniper won't go there Both politely decline comment on government-ordered Internet blackout Cisco and Juniper aren't touching Egypt. Both companies declined comment when asked if they are in communication with their service provider customers there after Egypt threw the "kill switch" on its Internet communications 24 hours ago in the wake of political unrest in that country. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Email Security, Earn $15 GC Next-gen Email Security finds emerging email threats first, with our proprietary Zero Minute Defense TM- no one else has it. Protect your business-critical email and your network. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue IPv4 addresses: Going, going, g... Computer geeks rejoice! Anatomy of an Internet blackout Google's Top Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes: 2011 Edition Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M Apple iOS Facetime: Is anyone really using it? Public Cloud Concerns WHITE PAPER: BMC A "hindsight is 20/20" look at cloud computing Learn why BMC Software's chief information officer foresees a future in which organizations realize how secure the public cloud is, underutilization of hardware is a thing of the past and daily business operations are more productive. Read More IPv4 addresses: Going, going, g... Internet policymakers are expected to announce next week the predicament that they've been warning about for years: The pool of available IPv4 addresses is all dried up. Read More Computer geeks rejoice! Gibbs celebrates you, the computer geek! Read More WEBCAST: Qwest Business-class SaaS The business-class software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is expected to nearly double by 2012. Learn from Martin Capurro, director product management at Qwest, about the four key concerns businesses have about adopting SaaS in core areas and how they are being addressed. Learn more! Anatomy of an Internet blackout The shutdown of Egypt's ties to the rest of the global Internet was not announced by the government -- instead, 3,500 Internet routes suddenly vanished, with more continuing to wink out, leaving network operators in North America to wonder what exactly had happened and what the ripple effects might be. Read More Google's Top Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes: 2011 Edition We've compiled more goofy pranks and stunts from tech's biggest practical joker. Read More WEBCAST: Websense, Inc. Securing the Social Web Organizations around the world are racing to take advantage of social networking and media like Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Along with these new resources, comes new risk as user-generated content circumvents traditional security technologies such as antivirus and URL filtering. View Now Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M The cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year, according to a survey of 160 individuals leading the IT, privacy and audit efforts at 46 multinational organizations. Read More Apple iOS Facetime: Is anyone really using it? Perhaps we don't really want video calling to be the preferred communication methodApple is targeting to have about 85 million Facetime video conferencing enabled devices sold by the end of 2011. Facetime or skype video calling are super easy to use, integrated and work great but almost never get used. Ok, that is pure speculation on my part. I don't know for a fact that it rarely gets used, but it sure seems that way with the folks I know. I was excited about the facetime feature... Read More Public Cloud Concerns Beyond security, IT professionals have other reservationsWhenever IT professionals are asked about cloud computing, they say that their organizations is interested but cautious. Yes, they are doing a lot of research and planning and some are using public cloud services for software development and test or publicly-facing web applications. What about mission critical applications or private data? No way, too risky! Read More
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