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	There's no right to unlimited bandwidth We're supposed to use less energy, less oil, conserve. It's the right thing to do. Except when it comes to mobile bandwidth.AT&T finally found the courage to say something about wireless data that's completely obvious in every other part of life. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Pay your way. Read More WHITE PAPER: 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 Is Cisco Microsoft's friend or foe? Here's a better idea for securing the nation's electric grid Apple would rather remove app than leave open-source license White House promises swift action on AT&T infospill Not All Open Source is Created Equal Open Source Developers Should Thank Apple? Did The Police Thank The Mafia? Why AT&T's new data plans means companies will ditch 3G cards Brazil Wants To Be The Next India and Open Source Is Their Secret Weapon The CCIE Party at Networkers Has Big Potential This Year RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue Is Cisco Microsoft's friend or foe? Cisco Systems today announced the coming new Cisco Quad enterprise collaboration platform and after viewing a demo of it a few days ago, I found the similarities between it and Microsoft's Unified Communications platform to be readily apparent, begging the question of whether Quad is intended to integrate with UC or compete with it. Read More Here's a better idea for securing the nation's electric grid To rid the nation from electric grid gremlins, we don't need cooperation, we need a bigger stick. Read More Apple would rather remove app than leave open-source license Games, both free and paid, are perennial favorites in mobile app stores. So it was no surprise that GNU Go — the free, GNU-based version of the ancient and popular game of Go — was available as a free download in the Apple iTunes store. Until recently. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. White House promises swift action on AT&T infospill The White House today reacted with dizzying speed to last week's information spill, triggered by an AT&T Web security lapse that exposed the private email addresses of over 114,000 iPad users, including celebrities, CEOs, and high-ranking military and government officials, among them White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Read More Not All Open Source is Created Equal When I started to work at Lucid, it was pretty clear to me that I was new to the open source world. So I started by talking to open source luminaries like Zack Urlocker, Mark Brewer, Matt Asay, Andrei Elkin, Larry Augustine, and others. Read More Open Source Developers Should Thank Apple? Did The Police Thank The Mafia? DJ Walker-Morgan over on the Open H has a post up saying that the open source developer community should thank Apple for raising the competitive bar and in using some open source technology in its products. I say rubbish! Do the police thank the Mafia for making them work harder? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Strategies for Unleashing Cloud Performance Whether a business builds out its own cloud or buys cloud services from someone else, they need to be sure the end results are optimized for the speed users require. This paper identifies where the limitations of cloud computing exist and provides actionable strategies to unleash cloud performance. Click here! Why AT&T's new data plans means companies will ditch 3G cards As we all know I have been having issues with AT&T and the 3G data card I purchased. It works well at home but when I go to New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, Denver, Atlanta or other cities I cannot get on the Internet. If I happen to get on it will only work for a short time. Read More Brazil Wants To Be The Next India and Open Source Is Their Secret Weapon Angelica Marti of Computer Weekly has just spent a week down in Brazil meeting with government and other IT officials about Brazil's desire to become a major force in software development outsourcing. Read More The CCIE Party at Networkers Has Big Potential This Year What can I say? I like a good CCIE party when I go to Networkers. Read More
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