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	Corero (Top Layer) enhances DDoS defense to stop new types of attacks In the IT world, security is a chess game. There's a constant back-and-forth volley between the IT defenders and the bad guys, with both sides using escalating efforts. Corero (Top Layer) puts DDoS attackers in check with an enhanced DDoS defense that is purpose-built to stop new kinds of attacks that would slip past most firewalls and IPS tools. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NetApp Are you maximizing IT efficiency? Optimizing IT efficiency can save time, money, and valuable resources. As the number-one line item in most IT budgets, storage is a good place to start. NetApp customers use half the storage of traditional approaches and can reinvest savings in revenue-generating opportunities. Learn to measure, monitor and improve efficiency and boost your bottom line. In this Issue How to deal with 3 big corporate security concerns The Best 2011 Windows 7 Laptops for Work and Play Best Practices for Ensuring Software Implementation Success Best Practices for Making Source Code Available Under the GPL WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn More How to deal with 3 big corporate security concerns Virtualization, mobility and social networking were flagged as posing most security risk to businesses, partly because there is no accepted set of best practices yet to protect them, IT Roadmap attendees were told. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! The Best 2011 Windows 7 Laptops for Work and Play The iPad and other tablets are transforming personal computing, but most of the world still uses laptops for business and pleasure, and 90 percent of them run Windows. Here are the coolest high-end laptops released in 2011 that take advantage of Windows 7's networking, security and UI features. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Adopting Unified Communications: Key Steps to Consider The faster your business can locate, gather and share information, the more productive and competitive you can be. That's why small and medium enterprises are upgrading to a unified communications (UC) system, which can improve customer service, streamline product development and speed response to new opportunities. Learn more. >> Best Practices for Ensuring Software Implementation Success When organizations undertake software implementations, they do not anticipate failure despite the risks associated with such complex projects. Rather, they plan for success, governed by their budgets, deliverables, executive expectations and go-live deadlines. Yet despite their best efforts at project management, failure rates remain high. Read More Best Practices for Making Source Code Available Under the GPL When you release code under the GNU General Public License (GPL), you undertake a specific set of obligations. Many of these obligations, such as providing a copyright notice and a copy of the GPL version you are using, are relatively simple. However, the obligation to provide source code with the object code is more complex, because you have several choices about how to fulfill it – and the... Read More
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