TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, Mar 27, 2009
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*Cisco CEO Touts Latest Collaboration Strategy
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*DSL Modems Becoming Botnet Zombies
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*Smart Grid Lacks Smart Security
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*Cisco's Giving A Welcome Jolt To The Data Center
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( Today's Top Story)
Cisco CEO Touts Latest Collaboration Strategy
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Cisco's new management approach will enable the company to tackle 28 key objectives this year instead of the one or two it could handle in the past, John Chambers says.
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Microsoft Word Developer Blasts Into Space
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Charles Simonyi has left Earth aboard a Russian spacecraft for his second trip into the cosmos.
IBM Layoffs Include Wide Ranging U.S. Job Cuts
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Internal documents show Big Blue is eliminating more than a thousand positions in its Global Business Services unit alone.
Hacking The Router Patching Conundrum
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Now that recent research proves that exploiting Cisco routers isn't as hard as once thought, the pressure is on for enterprises that don't regularly patch to change their ways -- without upsetting the network infrastructure
Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating System
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Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
How To Encrypt Your Business Data For Free
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BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said.
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(Networking News of the Week)
DSL Modems Becoming Botnet Zombies
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Cybercriminals are using the PSYB0T botnet to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the NetComm NB5 modem-router.
Smart Grid Lacks Smart Security
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Devices could be used to conduct attacks on the power grid and on people's homes if they're developed without sufficient security, security researchers warn.
Cisco's Giving A Welcome Jolt To The Data Center
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Even if its unified computing products don't take off, it will push the market where it needs to go.
(Breaking News)
Microsoft Ad Takes Swipe At Pricey Macs
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Software maker looks to connect with consumers in an economy where frugality is the new cool.
Salesforce Keeps Tight Control On Cloud Development
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The Force.com cloud platform provides an elastic environment for applications, but development in the cloud occurs within a constrained environment.
Louisville Health Information Exchange Taps 3M to Build Health Record Bank
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Known as LouHIE, the Louisville initiative will differ from other health information exchanges in that consumers will control what parts of their personal health information will be shared with which parties.
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* Western Career College seeking Surgical Technology Instructors in Citrus Heights, CA
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* Osram Sylvania seeking Category Management Specialist in Danvers, MA
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* SEL seeking Inventory Supervisor in Pullman, WA
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* Apollo College seeking Director of Career Services in Albuquerque, NM
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