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	Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say Files entrusted to cloud-storage provider Dropbox were susceptible to unauthorized access via three attacks devised by security researchers, but the provider has since closed the vulnerabilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™ The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more In this Issue 11 hard truths about HTML5 Amazon boosts Web Services security for government agencies A matchmaker for cloud services Google highlights trouble in detecting web-based malware Chrome improves anti-malware blocking score by 340% Build Web apps like a pro with these PHP frameworks JotForm: Forms done right! W3C broadens community participation Defining applications vs services WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Changing Role of IT This white paper analyzes research conducted by IDG Research Services about the changing role of IT: what's driving the change, what skill-sets will be more valued and what should forward-looking IT executives consider as IT shifts increasingly towards an IT supply chain model. Learn More 11 hard truths about HTML5 HTML5 heralds some nifty new features and the potential for sparking a Web programming paradigm shift, and as everyone who has read the tech press knows, there is nothing like HTML5 for fixing the Internet. Sprinkle some HTML5 into your code, and your websites will be faster and fancier -- it'll make your teeth white, too. But the reality of what HTML5 can do for those seeking native-app performance on the Web falls short of the hype. Read More Amazon boosts Web Services security for government agencies Amazon is stepping up the security and access features of its cloud services in an effort to attract more government agencies as customers. Read More A matchmaker for cloud services Networking professionals know they need to be on the cloud. But which cloud? Or more precisely, which cloud services should they use? As is usually the case in enterprise computing, there are no simple answers. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Economics of Spam Email security threats do not discriminate. Whether you're an organization with 50 employees or a global corporation with 50,000, the reality is that spam and viruses can wreak havoc on your business, drain users' productivity and take a major toll on IT resources. Read now Google highlights trouble in detecting web-based malware Google issued a new study detailing how it is becoming more difficult to identify malicious websites and attacks, with antivirus software proving to be an ineffective defense against new ones. Read More Chrome improves anti-malware blocking score by 340% Google's Chrome blocked four times more malicious sites and malware than a year ago, but Firefox 4 was much less effective at warning users of danger than Mozilla's browser last year, according to a report from NSS Labs. Read More Build Web apps like a pro with these PHP frameworks Nowadays, few enterprise websites run without PHP, the dynamic scripting language that serves as the "P" in the LAMP stack. Coding PHP applications is relatively easy thanks to the abundance of high-quality PHP frameworks available. Here's a high-level overview of several of these open source frameworks, noting their scalability, maturity, licenses, and commercial support. Read More WHITE PAPER: Schooner Information Technology The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options: An analysis of today's MySQL high-availability challenges and what asynchronous, semi-synchronous and fully synchronous replication offer toward reducing downtime, achieving full data consistency, automating failover, and simplifying administration. Read now! JotForm: Forms done right! I've looked at lots of Web services that promise form design, delivery, and response handling but few of them deliver a complete solution. Some are simply not attractive (which is a huge problem if your Web site has any style whatsoever), some insist on presenting their branding, some are too complex, some not complex enough, and some are simply too pricey. Read More W3C broadens community participation Hoping to broaden the input from users, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has established two new virtual working spaces for individuals and organizations to develop specifications. Read More Defining applications vs services One of the perpetual tasks in telecommunications is defining the terms that we're talking about. For example, we all talk about "the cloud," but we bet that most folks when asked would have vastly differing definitions - if able to define at all. Read More
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