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	Cisco thinks smart, acquires ThinkSmart Yesterday, Silicon Valley's biggest shopaholic, Cisco, added to its wireless portfolio when it announced the acquisition of a small company that develops Wi-Fi analytic technologies called ThinkSmart Technologies. ThinkSmart is a Cork, Ireland, based technology company that uses the information it gains from Wi-Fi networks to collect intelligent information such as time of day, traffic patterns and... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Does anyone want to volunteer their private security information? Wi-Fi architectures are changing, and new products are improving accordingly Big Changes Could be Coming in the Endpoint Security Market Air Force sets first post in ambitious Space Fence project Connected devices to outnumber humans six to one by 2020 12 Common Project Management Mistakes--and How to Avoid Them WHITE PAPER: FandoTech Understanding Recovery vs. Continuance Understanding the difference between "disaster recovery" and "business continuance" is imperative to finding the right-fit backup, recovery and restoration solution for any organization. Consider the 4 business factors that drive RPO and RTO requirements essential to surviving unplanned outages. Learn more. Does anyone want to volunteer their private security information? It has been almost 10 years since FISMA was enacted, the last major federal law to focus primarily on information security. Even then, the scope of FISMA was limited to federal government agencies and selected contractors. Read More Wi-Fi architectures are changing, and new products are improving accordingly The current, dominant architecture for enterprise Wi-Fi networks is to have a bunch of "thin" access points (APs) deployed for coverage with a number of controllers used as the "brains" of the deployment. The APs provide the connectivity to the devices and the controller acts as a central point of control for configuration, security and policy. This model is very common and has been in place... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Big Changes Could be Coming in the Endpoint Security Market Over the past few weeks, I've spoken to a number of security vendors including Bit9, Bromium, CounterTack, Invincea, Malwarebytes, and Sourcefire. Each of these firms is offering some type of new security technology for detecting/blocking advanced malware that circumvents traditional defenses like firewalls, IDS/IPS, and antivirus software. Read More Air Force sets first post in ambitious Space Fence project The US Air Force this week said it will base the first Space Fence radar post on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with the site planned to be operational by 2017. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Standardize on Process-oriented Best Practices If you're looking to adopt IT best practices to realize efficiencies and make better use of your limited resources while keeping pace with the growing demands of the business, ITIL can help! And adopting those best practices put forth by ITIL doesn't have to be a complicated or expensive project! Read Now! Connected devices to outnumber humans six to one by 2020 By 2020, connected devices will outnumber connected people by six to one, and mobile broadband will be driving internet usage as fixed connections dwindle, according to a new report. Read More 12 Common Project Management Mistakes--and How to Avoid Them So many projects, so much mismanagement. That's the refrain of many IT executives. Indeed, even with project management software, IT projects often wind up taking longer (much longer) than planned and costing more than budgeted. Read More
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