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	Which of Microsoft's top rivals will be most dangerous in 2011? Is there a technology company in the world with more rivals than Microsoft? The unbelievably lucrative Windows and Microsoft Office products would be enough to sustain most vendors, but Redmond has always wanted to be a player in just about every technology market that exists. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Email Security, Earn $15 GC Next-gen Email Security finds emerging email threats first, with our proprietary Zero Minute Defense TM- no one else has it. Protect your business-critical email and your network. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue Verizon runs afoul of the "constitutional" right of unlimited bandwidth Why Debian matters more than ever Introducing the smartphone comedy team of Microsoft and Yahoo It's Time To Re-Examine Endpoint Security Do You Get the Feeling That It Won't Be Enough WAN Bandwidth? GoDaddy isn't as pretty as you thought Is spying on teenage drivers an invasion of privacy or a parent's right? Journalist receives world's most prestigious award - the Colbert Bump! RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hitachi CPC Jan-Feb2011 Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. www.hitachimonitoringcenter.com Download free 30-day trial Verizon runs afoul of the "constitutional" right of unlimited bandwidth Verizon's announcement that it will, somehow, decide when a smartphone user is using too much bandwidth and slow down their connection so other users are squeezed out has set off howls of outrage and the most convoluted analogies yet put forward to explain the business of wireless networks. Read More Why Debian matters more than ever If you look at the feature list for Debian 6, released on February 6, it's easy to be underwhelmed. This is especially true when measuring Debian against its offspring, like Ubuntu. Looks, however, can be deceiving — Debian is as relevant as it ever was, despite opinions to the contrary. Read More WEBCAST: Infoblox Network Automation Efficiency If your organization is adopting virtualization, private cloud or IPv6 initiatives, you must automate core network services and tasks. Some companies get it, according to research firm EMA. Register Now Introducing the smartphone comedy team of Microsoft and Yahoo You know that data glitch on your Windows Phone 7 handset? Well, too bad. Read More It's Time To Re-Examine Endpoint Security If anything, more people believe that endpoint security tools are a commodity today than four years ago. In my opinion, this perception is not only wrong, but could also be dangerous. Read More Do You Get the Feeling That It Won't Be Enough WAN Bandwidth? The primary goal of our WAN Transformation project was to give more bandwidth - a lot more bandwidth - to our field sites. A field site with approximately 50 people will get 30 Mbps MPLS bandwidth (and a backup 6 Mbps that will only be used if the 30 Mbps is down). But, something's been nagging me lately. Will it be enough? 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 GoDaddy isn't as pretty as you thought A personal story of bad tech decisions, bad tech support and how GoDaddy kicked a two-year-old website off the 'net. Read More Is spying on teenage drivers an invasion of privacy or a parent's right? DriveCam executive defends American Family Insurance's Teen Driver surveillance technology and answers critics charges that captured footage violates privacy. Read More Journalist receives world's most prestigious award - the Colbert Bump! Thanks to Stephen Colbert, this blogger can die happy All my life, I've dreamed of winning the greatest prize a journalist can possibly receive. No, not the Nobel Prize. Not the Pulitzer either. I'm talking about the Colbert Bump. Read More
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