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	First look at Chrome OS Google's all-Web computers to hit stores June 15 Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Kingston Technology The VMware vSphere 4.0 Edition The Yin and Yang of Memory Virtualization Click to continue In this Issue Google launches Chrome OS, says Windows is 'torturing users' FAQ: IPv6 for enterprise networks Innovation smackdown: Meg Whitman vs. Eric Schmidt US senators: Corporate date breach reporting is inconsistent and unreliable IT pro's perfect game puts him in Putt-Putt record book Maybe the broadband have-nots are lucky, according to this drug abuse study Google Android, Apple iOS devices corralled by new device manager CHI2011: World Tech Update, May 12, 2011 Citrix will stream Windows apps to Chrome OS laptops 35 percent use mobile apps before getting out of bed Windows malware threatens bank accounts WEBCAST: CA Technologies How to Maximize IT Protection and Minimize Downtime No matter how you define a disaster, you need a strategy that provides protection, fast recovery and high availability of your systems, applications and data. Attend this webcast to learn about disaster recovery best practices and the wide range of technologies available to protect your organization. Learn More Google launches Chrome OS, says Windows is 'torturing users' Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are "torturing users" at Google's Chrome OS launch event Wednesday, where the company claimed 75% of business users can be converted from Windows to Chrome OS right away. Read More FAQ: IPv6 for enterprise networks With the availability of IPv4 addresses drying up, enterprise IT managers know they need to move to IPv6, but the migration raises all sorts of questions. In this excerpt from the book 'IPv6 for Enterprise Networks,' the authors answer many of those questions. Read More Innovation smackdown: Meg Whitman vs. Eric Schmidt Ebay's Meg Whitman looks to rebound from a loss in the California governor's race last year while pouring millions of her own money into the campaign. She remains a leader in the industry by taking the online auction site to new heights. She goes up against Eric Schmidt who as Buzzblog editor Paul McNamara put it, made the greatest career move ever when he left Novell for Google. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle How Oracle Exalogic and Exadata Deliver Extreme Java View this webcast to learn why Exalogic and Exadata are the definitive engineered platforms for enterprise application and database consolidation, with added advantage of extreme Java and database performance, unmatched reliability and scalability, and cloud-enabling elastic capacity. Register Today! US senators: Corporate date breach reporting is inconsistent and unreliable Cybersecurity breaches need to be made public in a more proactive and efficient way.  That was the crux of a letter Senator John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) and four other senators today sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking the agency to bolster its corporate breach notification requirements. Read More IT pro's perfect game puts him in Putt-Putt record book Rick Baird, a 53-year-old IT manager at Brady Distributing in Charlotte, N.C., recently accomplished a feat seen only twice in 52 years (and not once since 1979): a perfect round of Putt-Putt golf -- 18 holes, 18 shots. Read More Maybe the broadband have-nots are lucky, according to this drug abuse study A study from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California has found a correlation between increased Internet access and rising admisssions for treatment of prescription drug abuse. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Calculate the Cost of Downtime While natural disasters get a lot of press, the most prevalent cause of downtime is actually human error. Regardless of the cause, businesses must properly quantify and prepare for unforeseen downtime. This paper helps organizations calculate the monetary losses from one hour of downtime and justify investments in a sound recovery plan. Learn More Google Android, Apple iOS devices corralled by new device manager Android and iOS mobile devices now can be corralled by a Smith Micro device management application unveiled this week at the Interop show in Las Vegas. Client-side code makes even personally-owned devices visible to enterprise IT managers. Read More CHI2011: World Tech Update, May 12, 2011 On World Tech Update this week Microsoft announces that it will buy Skype for $8.5 billion, Google announces that the first Chromebooks will go on sale June 15 and we're at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Vancouver. Read More Citrix will stream Windows apps to Chrome OS laptops Can desktop virtualization make Chrome OS a full replacement for Windows? Read More 35 percent use mobile apps before getting out of bed Thirty-five percent of Android and iPhone owners in the U.S. use apps such as Facebook on their smartphone before even getting out of bed, according to a survey conducted by telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson. Read More Windows malware threatens bank accounts Web access security provider Trusteer has identified a Microsoft Windows malware platform that it says has "morphed" into a threat that attacks North American financial institutions and their customer accounts. The trojan, dubbed "Sunspot," has been in circulation for a while but only recently developed financial fraud capabilities, according to a blog post today by Trusteer's Chief Technology... Read More
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