IEEE suffers data breach; separately, approves next WiMax standard

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	IEEE suffers a data breach The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers suffered a data breach last year that compromised credit card information of 828 people who registered for an IEEE conference. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloud Leadership Forum Cloud Leadership Forum: June 20 in Silicon Valley Come to the Cloud Leadership Forum 2011 for best-practice approaches to cloud migration, management, governance and more. The enterprise-focused agenda is based upon IDC research and peer-based insights. Learn from case study presentations, interactive sessions and leading cloud providers. Complimentary admission. Learn more. In this Issue IEEE approves next WiMax standard Google's 2011 April Fools Day gags H-1B visas need to be easier to get, business leaders tell Congress IETF's April Fools' gags geekier than ever in 2011 iFixit spoofs own Apple "screwgate" revelation with April 1 prank April Fools Videos hit the Interweb 5 more Android apps for IT Cisco's three Unity voicemail products: what's the diff? Miami hospital tightens security in advance of medical records system revamp Dell updates PowerConnect switches but keeps earlier line WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Riverbed Services Platform Feature Brief The enhanced Riverbed® Services Platform (RSP) provides customers with the capability to run up to five additional services and applications virtually on VMware in a protected partition on the Steelhead® appliance. Learn More Now. IEEE approves next WiMax standard The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved IEEE 802.16m, the standard for the next generation of WiMax, which may deliver downstream speeds of more than 300M bps (bits per second). Read More Google's 2011 April Fools Day gags A human autocompleter, Google teleport, gesture-based email and more Read More H-1B visas need to be easier to get, business leaders tell Congress A strange mix of business leaders asked a congressional subcommittee on Thursday to clear some of the red tape required to get H-1B visas. This request was countered by testimony from an academic saying the H-1B visa program encourages employers to hire cheaper foreign labor with ordinary skills who take away jobs from Americans. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Postini Users Rate Cloud Email Security Vendors Nemertes is an independent organization that conducts research based 100% on the experiences of actual end-users. See why they awarded their PilotHouse award to Google Postini messaging security service. Their decisive win over AT&T, Cisco, Symantec and others for superior technology, customer service and value are worth noting. Read now! IETF's April Fools' gags geekier than ever in 2011 The IETF is up to its usual April Fools' Day tricks, publishing bogus requests for comment (RFC) on its website Friday for addressing serious IP challenges, including IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. Read More iFixit spoofs own Apple "screwgate" revelation with April 1 prank Apple iPhone users worried that their jailbreaking ways will be punished by Steve Jobs and friends are being teased with an April Fools Day special offer by gadget teardown specialist iFixit: an iPhone 4 Oppression Kit. Read More April Fools Videos hit the Interweb Overheard in the newsroom earlier today: "The Web has ruined another holiday." So it goes with April Fool's Day, in which everyone on the planet thinks they work for The Onion, sprinkling my inbox with fake press releases, product announcements and other such nonsense. Over in Twitter, the "news feed" is also littered with fake fake and more fake, with everyone trying to pull a fast one on everyone... Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Five Steps to Improving Business Performance Read this white paper to learn five practical steps your company can take to achieve customer intimacy. Read Now 5 more Android apps for IT Gibbs has a few more Android apps that he thinks you need. Read More Cisco's three Unity voicemail products: what's the diff? It is my pleasure to address everyone in the network community during the month of April. In this series of articles I will begin with exploring Cisco voicemail solutions followed by focusing in on Cisco Unity Connection; its design, features and applications. Cisco currently has three voice mail solutions that consist of Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unity. Cisco Unity Express... Read More Miami hospital tightens security in advance of medical records system revamp Miami Children's Hospital is replacing its older network and clinical applications with a modern electronic medical record system to give medical staff faster and more unified access to patient information, a major step toward a paperless work environment. Read More Dell updates PowerConnect switches but keeps earlier line Dell updated its enterprise Ethernet switch lineup on Thursday with the PowerConnect 7000 series, adding high-availability features, low power consumption and POE (power over Ethernet) to its equipment offerings for use in several parts of a LAN. Read More
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