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	Can large-scale NAT save IPv4? A first look large-scale NAT does indeed seem to promise an extended lifetime for IPv4. Could it even mean that the Internet never has to transition to IPv6? Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Why Enterprise WiFi Belongs in the Cloud Effective management is key to wireless success. Join this live Webcast to hear how cloud-controlled wireless management provides the security, remote administration and reliability resource-constrained IT departments require. See real-world examples of organizations that have successfully deployed enterprise WiFi in the cloud. Learn more now! In this Issue The evolving data center requires a strong network heart to be successful. Linux servers, Windows XP desktops: a happy marriage? Microsoft and EFF: 'The enemy of my enemy ...' Microsoft "loves" open source, but it's not crazy about Android BoA is holding my online bank accounts hostage Defending Apple's use of 'magical' October Is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month WHITE PAPER: NetGear Comprehensive Internet Security Employing A Layered Defense The threat landscape has experienced growth requiring comprehensive security measures via a layered defense strategy to protect against this wide array of threats. Learn more. The evolving data center requires a strong network heart to be successful. We live in exciting times, especially when one considers the ever-evolving data center. Consolidation and virtualization are changing the rules of how data centers are designed, built and operated across the world. The concept of scale as we knew it is being turned on its head and growth projections for compute, storage and network resources are going through the roof. Read More Linux servers, Windows XP desktops: a happy marriage? Case study: Linux and FOSS rule the backend but Windows and Microsoft Office rule the desktopsThe IT folks love Linux. The users know, and therefore love, Windows. Sound like a war? For Wade Stankich, it's more like a happy marriage. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Online Server Backup and Recovery Show the profitability of reducing operational costs in server backup and recovery through investment in online server data protections rather than traditional backup method. This paper includes a checklist of comparative cost categories used in calculating ROI. Read Now Microsoft and EFF: 'The enemy of my enemy ...' Open source advocate and Redmond on same side of patent caseThe incongruity of the idea that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), long an advocate of open source software, would join Microsoft in fighting a patent case brings to mind the Bill Murray world gone topsy-turvy warning from "Ghostbusters" about "mass hysteria ... dogs and cats living together." Read More Microsoft "loves" open source, but it's not crazy about Android Microsoft sues Motorola for patent infringementA Microsoft executive recently claimed that "we love open source," but the company's new-found affinity for open source software does not seem to apply to Google's Android mobile operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems 2010 Application Delivery Handbook Learn how IT organizations can develop a solid approach to applications delivery and how next generation acceleration technologies can help reclaim bandwidth from non-essential traffic and optimize critical applications. Free the WAN with Blue Coat. Read now! BoA is holding my online bank accounts hostage OK, fine, "hostage" may be a bit of hyperbole. However, right at this moment, Bank of America is presenting me with a take-it-or-leave-it proposition: Agree to our "Electronic Communications Disclosure" - all 2,127 words; three densely packed printed pages - or kiss your online banking privileges good-bye. Read More Defending Apple's use of 'magical' Professional nitpickers such as yours truly have given Apple a hard time about describing the iPad - over and over and over again -- as "magical." Now professional illusionist Andrew Mayne has conjured up an interesting defense of Apple's practice. Read More October Is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month If you watched any football games yesterday you are well aware of the fact that October is National breast cancer awareness month. Kudos to the NFL for bringing national attention to this deadly disease and donating money to find a cure. You are probably unaware however is that October is also National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Read More
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