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	Dell revamps hardware testing in wake of malware issue A sequence of errors led to Dell's delivery of motherboards with malware and the company is in the process of overhauling its testing process to resolve issues before dispatching hardware to customers, it said on Thursday. 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 Oracle denies report of $70 billion in planned acquisitions Build archiving systems to meet compliance demands When taking stock of performance, beware the benchmarking blues IBM consolidates top management jobs Gartner calls for IT maintenance bill of rights RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Insight/Oracle Oracle Sun Servers: Designed With Your Business in Mind Oracle® Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M3000 servers offer the highest efficiency in power and cooling, the broadest offerings in virtualization and consolidation, seamless scalability, unmatched investment protection, and best-in-class price/performance. Isn't it time to invest in technology that provides the tools your business needs? LEARN MORE Oracle denies report of $70 billion in planned acquisitions Oracle is distancing itself from comments reportedly made by its co-president, Charles Phillips, about the amount of money it intends to spend on future acquisitions. Read More WEBCAST: Accelops Why Private Clouds May Prevail Cloud computing's perceived challenges of security, visibility and management may give the upper hand to private clouds. Join Yankee Group for this Webcast that discusses how to ensure you deploy a cloud that meets your organization's security and compliance needs. View Now Build archiving systems to meet compliance demands For a viable archiving strategy, you need to know the regulation landscape -- and the key technologies that will help you comply Read More WHITE PAPER: Insight How to Double Productivity of Your IT Staff Examine how Oracle Database 11g helps IT provide more information with higher quality of service, making more efficient use of budgets and reducing the risk of change in data centers. Learn more! When taking stock of performance, beware the benchmarking blues Done well, benchmarks provide a basis for sound decision making. Yet, badly crafted benchmarks are remarkably common. Even worse, a poorly crafted benchmark can intuitively look like a good one, thereby discouraging a deeper benchmarking evaluation that could deliver superior results. Read More IBM consolidates top management jobs IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano has concentrated power in the hands of fewer managers, including putting one person in charge of both software and hardware products, in an executive reshuffle announced in an internal memo on Monday. Read More Gartner calls for IT maintenance bill of rights Analyst firm Gartner has formed a new advocacy council around the issue of IT maintenance contracts and issued a "code of conduct" it wants vendors to follow, actions that could further intensify an already hot topic. Read More
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