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	Cisco and Microsoft cooperate to bring network-layer management to Hyper-V Windows Server 8 looks promising enough that Cisco it is queuing up two new products designed to extend its network controls to Hyper-V virtual environments when Microsoft releases Windows Server 8 sometime next year. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP HP Networking Portfolio for K12 Schools HP offers schools a means of achieving these goals by providing an alternative to low-performance, multi-tiered network designs that are built on legacy platforms and hampered by high cost and complexity. Read Now! In this Issue Tech breakthrough to double mobile WAN rates Stock awards, bonuses add up to big pay packages for CIOs Netflix deals with cloud security concerns An APM framework for cloud environments Sysadmin contest winner to star in movie U.S. CTO challenges utilities: Come up with way for consumers to have instant online access to their energy usage Why FCoE is dead, but it's not buried yet Want a job? These 10 tech firms are hiring Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks Website offers IT pros peer advice -- no vendors allowed WEBCAST: Nimsoft Enabling your service desk to be the front face to IT It's time to rethink old paradigms and implement agile, easy to use and on demand solutions. It's time to provide your service delivery team with knowledge enabling them to anticipate customer needs and requests and proactively solve them. Attend the interactive webcast and find out how. Learn more! Tech breakthrough to double mobile WAN rates Earlier this month, Rice University announced that its engineering researchers had figured out a way to double the capacity of today's mobile WANs without having to add cell towers. The answer: full-duplex technology. Read More Stock awards, bonuses add up to big pay packages for CIOs Not all IT pros are feeling a compensation crunch. In the highest echelons at some of the largest public companies in the U.S., CIOs and senior IT leader are making millions. Just how much? Enough to rank among a company's most highly paid executives and enjoy perks such as company cars, financial planning services, and access to the corporate jet. Read More Netflix deals with cloud security concerns As Netflix commits its future to streaming movies to customers, it relies almost exclusively on cloud services for its infrastructure, raising security concerns that require a new way of thinking, the company's cloud security architect says. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Social Networking and Security Risks Each social networking tool comes with its own set of security concerns which can put your information systems and/or personal data at risk. This white paper will look at some of these risks and identify possible solutions to help protect you, your personal information and your company data. Read now! An APM framework for cloud environments When it comes to measuring and managing application performance in cloud environments, you need to look at where your cloud services are located within your application delivery system. This cloud service "geography" is critical because whether your cloud service(s) are at the back end and/or at the front end of your application delivery system will determine where and how you need to measure performance -- and where you measure will dictate what application performance measurement toolkit is right for you. Read More Sysadmin contest winner to star in movie IT specialist Mike Mahan is trading his syslogs for a script. He's headed to Hollywood to film a YouTube-length movie in which he'll play the role of the sysadmin hero. Read More U.S. CTO challenges utilities: Come up with way for consumers to have instant online access to their energy usage The idea sounds simple enough: You can go to your utility's Web site, click a green button and you get information about your household energy use. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software PCI-DSS Compliance and GFI Software Products The intent of this document is to provide you with GFI's understanding of the requirements, and how the GFI Software product line can assist you to meet PCI compliance as outlined in the PCI DSS Requirements. Read now! Why FCoE is dead, but it's not buried yet Have you ever watched one of those spy films where someone gets fatally poisoned, but it hasn't hit them yet and they are acting like it's any other day and not the last days of their life and you just want to tell them that they should enjoy it while they can? I feel like that for FibreChannel over Ethernet. Read More Want a job? These 10 tech firms are hiring A lot of technology companies are in the midst of hiring sprees -- in some cases looking for hundreds of new workers. Execs explain what skills they need, and where they are looking for top talent. Read More Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks When it comes to social engineering attacks, larger companies attract more of them, and when they are victimized it costs more per incident, according to a survey sponsored by Check Point. Read More Website offers IT pros peer advice -- no vendors allowed Wisegate tries to blend the firsthand knowledge of goods and services that Yelp.com provides with the personal vetting that goes on at Match.com and aims it all at IT executives looking for a little help as they plan projects and make purchasing decisions. Read More
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