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	Microsoft, Where Is Your Privacy Dashboard? If Microsoft would focus its scattered efforts, it might become a powerhouse to compete with Google's growing power and to give Apple a black-eye too. Microsoft has the masses, the user base, because, at least for now, most of the world runs on Windows. Because of that fact, Windows is the low hanging fruit and prime hacking target. That much Microsoft can't help, but it could help out its image by not dragging its feet to fix vulnerabilities which can be exploited. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Hosted VoIP. What Does That Mean To My Business? This informative guide, featuring questions from business people, provides answers and insights on how Hosted VoIP can impact communications by providing critical features and flexibility, all for significantly lower costs. Learn more. In this Issue Open-source voting technology is the cure for what ails democracy Following the invisible thread of software into the future Cool Wireless Innovations - from the Hospitality Industry Open source: inalienable right or company prerogative? Note to Washington: You Own the Information Security Communications Gap Marten Mickos says open source doesn't have to be fully open RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue Open-source voting technology is the cure for what ails democracy Washington, D.C., has decided to go with open-source voting technology in a pilot project to, basically, speed up the process of getting back absentee, military and oversees ballots. Read More Following the invisible thread of software into the future IBM Rational GM Danny Sabbah's keynote at the recent Innovate conference painted an inspiring future picture for anyone involved with software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Transformer-based UPS vs Transformer-free UPS Choosing the right UPS platform for your data center is critical when balancing high availability and greater energy efficiency. This e-book breaks down the differences between the traditional transformer-based UPS and the transformerless UPS in a large enterprise data center, enabling you to choose the right design for your needs. Read Now Cool Wireless Innovations - from the Hospitality Industry Let's talk about some of the interesting products from the show floor at HITEC 2010. Read More Open source: inalienable right or company prerogative? How much code should be contributed for an open source project? There's no right or wrong answer, but anyone working with open source code has to address the question eventually. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint SIP Addresses Unified Communications Deployment This white paper gives strategic guidelines for deploying UC. Read why SIP matters. Read More Note to Washington: You Own the Information Security Communications Gap I'm just back from participating in the Symantec Government Symposium held yesterday in Washington DC. The event was extremely informative with keynote presentations by Cybercoordinator Howard Schmidt, and Director of Plans and Policies for the U.S. Cyber Command, Major General Suzanne M. Vautrinot. Read More Marten Mickos says open source doesn't have to be fully open The term "open core" essentially means that the heart of a software project is built on, and remains, open source but added features may not be (particularly a commercial version intended for enterprise use). VC-funded software startups love this model. Read More
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