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	Upshot of the WPA2 brouhaha We could argue about security all day long. Every move we make -- from breathing to crossing the street to sending credit card data over a wireless network -- contains a measure of risk. We continually draw mental lines between the risks that we just accept as facts of life and those we deem important enough to actively try to mitigate. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Has your Enterprise made the strategic decision to consolidate remote site IT infrastructure into central data centers? Then you have probably discovered that consolidation projects are fraught with technical, organization, and implementation challenges that require a well thought-out strategy. Click to Continue In this Issue 'Unhackable' Android phone can be hacked Wi-Fi WPA2 vulnerability FAQ Despite adding customers, Sprint still on shaky ground Apple's iOS4 Issues Take Center Stage Aerohive set to upgrade OS IBM invests in infrastructure sensing and analysis tech Bad guys could read RFID passports at 217 feet, maybe a lot more Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple? Smartphones, tablets seen boosting mobile health T-Mobile tops AT&T, Verizon and Sprint in customer care rankings Juniper buys smartphone securer for $70 million Troubleshoot Sluggish or Non-Working Wi-Fi Amazon launches two new Kindles, one with Wi-Fi only RIM leads way as Q2 mobile phone shipments surge 14% WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Forrester: IT Platform to Optimize and Consolidate In this report, Forrester investigates the reasons why you should consider WAN optimization solutions as the best way to gain better IT performance, cost savings, and greater flexibility for your business. And it's also a smart network improvement investment over the long-term. Get the facts about WAN optimization in this study. Read now! 'Unhackable' Android phone can be hacked Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Read More Wi-Fi WPA2 vulnerability FAQ AirTight Networks says it's found a weak point in Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the mainstay of enterprise Wi-Fi security. But has it? Security expert Matthew Gast says the attack seems to be a familiar ARP spoofing exploit that works as well on wired as wireless LANS. If so, it can easily be contained. Read More Despite adding customers, Sprint still on shaky ground Sprint's latest customer increases still don't show the company operating from a position of strength. If Sprint wants to get strong, reliable sources of revenue, it's going to have to start growing its postpaid customer base. Read More Apple's iOS4 Issues Take Center Stage Now that Apple has pacified iPhone 4 customers with free bumper cases to alleviate antenna issues, the company is looking into problems with iOS 4 and the iPhone 3G. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Run Your IT Help Desk in the Cloud BMC brings its award-winning service desk technology to the cloud with BMC ServiceDesk on Force.com. Learn how to boost productivity with a full-featured service desk, help desk, and inventory management solution built on ITIL best practices. Join experts from IDC, BMC, and Force.com for this webinar overview. Learn More Aerohive set to upgrade OS Aerohive is to offer a series of enhancements with its new operating system Read More IBM invests in infrastructure sensing and analysis tech IBM will develop technology to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure in a new laboratory it is opening with Carnegie Mellon University. Read More Bad guys could read RFID passports at 217 feet, maybe a lot more LAS VEGAS -- Radio frequency ID tags embedded in U.S. passports can be read hundreds of feet away, potentially making it inexpensive and easy to pick American tourists out of crowds for illicit purposes, "spychips", a demonstration at Black Hat 2010 showed. Read More Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple? Mobile security firm Lookout embarrassed Android by revealing that a popular wallpaper app was sending sensitive user data to a mysterious Website in China. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Faster Recovery for Windows Applications and Data Are your backup & recovery plans up to snuff? Will you be able to restore critical systems & data quickly in the event of an outage? Learn valuable information on how to protect Windows applications & data in a distributed environment. Learn about challenges in protecting & restoring Exchange, SQL, & Windows file server, & more. Learn more! Smartphones, tablets seen boosting mobile health Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said Thursday. Read More T-Mobile tops AT&T, Verizon and Sprint in customer care rankings A J.D. Power and Associates report lists T-Mobile USA the top customer services provider among the largest wireless carriers in the U.S. Read More Juniper buys smartphone securer for $70 million Juniper Networks this week announced it is acquiring privately held SMobile Systems, a developer of security software for smartphones and tablets, for $70 million in cash. Read More Troubleshoot Sluggish or Non-Working Wi-Fi I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at Panera Bread, iced tea in one hand and a French Toast bagel in the other. (It's bad form to set up shop without buying something.) Read More Amazon launches two new Kindles, one with Wi-Fi only Amazon has launched two new Kindle e-readers priced at $139 and $189, with the cheaper version a Wi-Fi-only e-reader and $10 less than the Wi-Fi-only Nook. Read More RIM leads way as Q2 mobile phone shipments surge 14% RIM mobile phone shipments grew by 40% in the second quarter, tops in an overall market that grew by more than 14% during the period, according to IDC. Read More
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