IBM still leads in patents, Microsoft maintains No. 3 spot and Cisco gains 30%

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	IBM still leads in patents, Microsoft maintains No. 3 spot and Cisco gains 30% U.S. patents awarded in 2009 show IBM continuing its tradition of innovation with fellow high-tech vendors Microsoft, Cisco and Sun, just to name a few, gaining ground. Read More SPONSOR: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Majority of U.S. patents awarded to foreign countries for second consecutive year Forrester: Tech spending downturn is over Cisco releases services-oriented SAN network line card Watch Out: PC Prices Are Going Up Compellent adds RAID 6 to Storage Center SAN Dell expands PowerVault DAS range SPONSOR: WatchGuard When Pressing the Send Button Results In Compliance Violations Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time - not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard's easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution. Click here. Majority of U.S. patents awarded to foreign countries for second consecutive year U.S. companies win 49% of patents awarded in 2009, falling just slightly behind the number of patents awarded to foreign companies in Japan, South Korea and Germany. Read More Forrester: Tech spending downturn is over The worst is over for technology spending and the sector is set to rebound this year, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Read More SPONSOR: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Cisco releases services-oriented SAN network line card Cisco announced a new SOA network that uses a line card in its MDS line of switches and directors to provide up to four storage-related applications, including data encryption, data migration and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) data transport. Read More Watch Out: PC Prices Are Going Up The price of computer parts is on the rise, according to industry analysts, putting the squeeze on PC makers who are trying to bounce back from a recession. Read More SPONSOR: Server Technology Reduce Data Center Power Consumption Power consumption has become the largest IT operational expense. There are new approaches to power distribution that reduces consumption and increase end-to-end efficiency by bringing 415VAC to the cabinet level. Read Now Compellent adds RAID 6 to Storage Center SAN Compellent has launched Storage Center 5 incorporating several new features aimed at simplifying data replication and improving virtualisation. Read More Dell expands PowerVault DAS range Dell has included 6Gig SAS in its new DAS. Read More
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