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Friday, August 20, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

LATEST NETWORKING NEWS
- Intel-McAfee Fallout: Who Will Buy Symantec?
- Global CIO: SAP Confronts The Real-Time Culture Wars
- Dell 2Q Profits Rise On Enterprise Boost
- HP Q3 Profits Rise On Strong Global Sales
- Google Chrome Web Store Open For Developers
- Facebook Places A Bet Against Google
- Intel-McAfee Could Dominate Security Market
- Mel Gibson Wants Ex's Son's Laptop
- Dell Adds Aruba 802.11n Networking

ANALYTIC REPORTS
- Cloud Implementer's Checklist
- Oracle On The March

WHITEPAPERS
- Must Have Storage Strategies for Modern Information Infrastructures
- What Cloud Computing Means to You: Efficiency, Flexibility, Cost Savings

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
- Sipera And Cisco Offer Free Training For Vulnerability Assessment Services
- Building Botnets For Fun And Profit
- Researcher Intercepts GSM Cell Phones During Defcon Demo
- Hacking Tool Lets A VM Break Out And Attack Its Host
- Hacker Unleashes BlackBerry Spyware Source Code

WEBCASTS
- Guidance For Moving Business Critical Apps From Unix To Linux

RESOURCES AND EVENTS
- Take Our Survey On Data Center Convergence: You Could Win An iPod Touch!

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- Intel-McAfee Fallout: Who Will Buy Symantec?
McAfee rival is now in play and will likely garner attention from a long list of possible suitors.
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- Global CIO: SAP Confronts The Real-Time Culture Wars
SAP hopes to help companies overcome the technology challenges of real-time business, but the cultural implications might be even more daunting.
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- Dell 2Q Profits Rise On Enterprise Boost
The computer maker's net income rose 16% overall, spurred by a 38% bump in sales to large enterprises.
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- HP Q3 Profits Rise On Strong Global Sales
In its first earnings report since ousting Mark Hurd as CEO, Hewlett-Packard reported that profits in its third fiscal quarter rose 6% on higher worldwide sales in its core computer businesses.
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- Google Chrome Web Store Open For Developers
To get ready for the Chrome Web Store's planned launch later this year, developers can now start uploading information about Web apps they wish to sell.
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- Facebook Places A Bet Against Google
With its new location sharing capabilities, Facebook aims to redraw the local search map.
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- Intel-McAfee Could Dominate Security Market
One scenario sees Intel bundling McAfee security with every chip it sells to PC makers.
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- Mel Gibson Wants Ex's Son's Laptop
Mad Mel's lawyers want to inspect computer to determine if it was source of leaked audio files in which the actor threatens Oksana Grigorieva.
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- Dell Adds Aruba 802.11n Networking
Wireless LAN technology will be incorporated with Dell's PowerConnect W-Series controllers.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- Cloud Implementer's Checklist
As federal agencies move forward with their cloud computing strategies, there are many steps to manage. This report, the last in a four-part series on government clouds, guides government IT pros through the early stages of implementation.
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- Oracle On The March
Acquiring Sun wasn't enough for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who's now driving the company to overtake SAP and IBM and pushing the virtues of a complete Oracle IT stack. Are Ellison's tactics brave or bravado? Who's really leading the Big Data era? We investigate Oracle's next giant steps.
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- Must Have Storage Strategies for Modern Information Infrastructures
Designing reliable, high-performance storage systems requires two vastly different talents: the practical skills of a checkers champion and the analytical insights of a chess master. That's because storage systems can be both one of the most familiar and one of the most inscrutable components of today's information infrastructures.

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- Sipera And Cisco Offer Free Training For Vulnerability Assessment Services
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- Building Botnets For Fun And Profit
Creating a botnet business can be lucrative -- and isn't as hard as you might think, Black Hat speaker says
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- Researcher Intercepts GSM Cell Phones During Defcon Demo
In the wake of pressure from the FCC, security expert demonstrates major GSM hack
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- Hacking Tool Lets A VM Break Out And Attack Its Host
'Cloudburst' memory-corruption exploit released with Immunity's new version of Canvas penetration testing software
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- Hacker Unleashes BlackBerry Spyware Source Code
Proof-of-concept demonstrates ease at which mobile spyware can be created to pilfer text messages and email, eavesdrop, and track victim's physical location via smartphone's GPS
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WEBCASTS
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- Guidance For Moving Business Critical Apps From Unix To Linux
Once your agency has completed the business case for deploying a private cloud, how do you actually move ahead with your data center transformation? In this InformationWeek Government Webcast, we'll explore steps to get you there, including a to-do list that will be helpful to anyone involved in the project. By the time you're done following this plan, your data center should be home to more flexible, on-demand IT services.

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