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	Instant File Initialization (IFI) for faster database creation Brian Egler: I have been testing out some interesting items that were mentioned in sessions at the PASS Summit in Seattle last month. One of these was the concept of Instant File Initialization (IFI) for large database files. Read More REPORT: APC by Schneider Electric Inside the Energy-Efficient Data Center The enterprise data centers long been an energy hog, But the situation is improving within many enterprise data centers as data center managers and the industry as a whole come to terms with how to boost IT efficiencies while improving power and cooling methodologies — all while keeping costs in check. Read Now. In this Issue Microsoft lowers Windows hosting prices - but will cloud customers benefit? Stop Freaking Out About Terrorism. Did TSA miss that memo? China 'obsessed' with fear of the Internet Understand DMVs…or should we say DMOs? Google struggles to fix calendar problem as users bemoan missed appointments Feds Tracking Americans' Credit Cards in Real Time Without a Warrant Don't waste this time Early Christmas Present – Data Collector Reports! And the winner of the November SharePoint training giveaway is ... Exploiting DPI Surveillance for Advertising Will Track If You Surf For Work or Fun My Twitter golden rule: Tweet about others as you would like them to tweet about you Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs WHITE PAPER: Sybase Mobility Management for Dummies In this informative Dummies Guide, you'll learn why mobility management and security is vital to your business. Plus, we'll introduce some of the best solutions and why you need to be prepared for the future—today! Read Now Microsoft lowers Windows hosting prices - but will cloud customers benefit? Jon Brodkin: Microsoft is planning to lower Windows Server licensing prices for hosting providers starting Jan. 1. Read More Stop Freaking Out About Terrorism. Did TSA miss that memo? Ms. Smith: Stop freaking out about terrorism was the message from the director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), but TSA must not have gotten the memo. Read More China 'obsessed' with fear of the Internet Robert Mullins: More detail is emerging today about the extent to which Chinese authorities have gone to to censor information, and how they used hacking to discover secrets. Read More Understand DMVs…or should we say DMOs? Brian Egler: My favorite technical session at the PASS Summit conference last month was provided by Grant Fritchey, the "Scary DBA". The subject was Dynamic Management Views (DMVs). Read More WEBCAST: Red Hat 5-Step RISC Migration Planning Process In this session, HP and Red Hat speakers will explain how to prepare for and execute an effective migration from SPARC/Solaris OS-based systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. View Now! Google struggles to fix calendar problem as users bemoan missed appointments Jon Brodkin: Google has been struggling to fix a calendar problem that is causing appointments to show up on the wrong day. Read More Feds Tracking Americans' Credit Cards in Real Time Without a Warrant Ms. Smith: Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting court orders for the "hotwatch." Read More Don't waste this time Sean McCown: What are you going to do with the end of the year? In most companies projects are winding down or being postponed until the beginning of the year.  Read More Early Christmas Present – Data Collector Reports! Brian Egler: Now you can get the source of the MDW reports for customization Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Extreme Networks debuts 40 GbE for under $1,000 The VIM3-40G4X adds four 40 GbE connections to Summit® X650 top-of-rack stackable switches for $3,995, or less than $1,000 per port. The new module is fully compatible with existing Summit X650 and Summit X480 switches, increasing scalability of both virtualized and non-virtualized data centers. Learn more! And the winner of the November SharePoint training giveaway is ... Webucator spins the wheel to select the winner of SharePoint training for up to three people, and an iPad. You can still score training for the new year. Entries are being collected for the December giveaway. Read More Exploiting DPI Surveillance for Advertising Will Track If You Surf For Work or Fun Ms. Smith: Surfing for work or for fun? DPI tracking technology knows. Read More My Twitter golden rule: Tweet about others as you would like them to tweet about you Susan Hanley: It seems like every industry conference has a Twitter hash tag so even if you are not at the event, you can get a sense of what is going on by following the Twitter stream. But some of the tweets are less than nice. Read More Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs This newsletter features content from Microsoft Subnet, a community that features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. Don't forget to check out our latest giveaways including SharePoint training for three people and an iPad. Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. December goodies from the Subnets SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Facebook rolls out redesigned profile pages WikiLeaks' only 'friend' on Twitter could become target, too Feds tracking Americans' credit cards in real-time without a warrant Droid 2 phone explodes, bloodies Texas man 2010's biggest security SNAFUs Is Apple repeating the same mistake it made with PCs? Is a next-generation firewall in your future? Verizon's LTE pricing: Good deal or gouge? Microsoft gains cloud security certification ... six months after Google Offshoring blamed in part for IT's jobless recovery
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