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	Giving Google a B- for Plus The first and foremost feature of Google Plus? It's not Facebook. That, of course, is not enough to sell the service entirely — but it's a good start. Read More WEBCAST: HP IDC Perspectives and HP Network Consulting Services Mergers, acquisitions and expansions spawn increasingly complex network environments. Internet, wireless devices and converged networks create an endless hunger for bandwidth. This IDC webinar will give you an overview of the network market, insight into how to reduce complexity and tips to add faster value for your organization. Learn more In this Issue Will The Real Hadoop Company Please Stand Up? A few suggestions for destroying the 'indestructible' botnet Is Microsoft BUILD'ing Anxiety Among Developers? Like Cisco, Like Juniper The Network Performance Management Challenge Take our survey: IPv6 readiness in the enterprise Buying a Linux Machine - Where to Shop? Is Mozilla's Life Cycle Haste Microsoft's Gain? Would anyone like to say a few words? Kinect for Your PC: The end of the Mouse, Finally? The End Of Open Source Affirmative Action Saving on taxes the Cisco way WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Networks in Motion Download this whitepaper today and discover how you can cost-effectively optimize your network for the mobile demands of today's business. Examine how IT can provide: * Personalization and intelligence. * Ease of operation. * Seamless quality of user experience. * Secure on-the-go access to public and private networks. Read now! Will The Real Hadoop Company Please Stand Up? The Hadoop market is white hot right now. It seems everywhere we turn there is a new company throwing their hat into the Hadoop world. Is all of the attention justified? Read More A few suggestions for destroying the 'indestructible' botnet There's a new botnet in town, called TDL-4, and security experts are calling it crazy bad: "I wouldn't say it's perfectly indestructible," one told Computerworld, "but it is pretty much indestructible." Read More Is Microsoft BUILD'ing Anxiety Among Developers? So many controversies in life are not about the actual offense, but how it's handled. Just ask Anthony Weiner. And so it is for Microsoft and its somewhat clumsy handling of the upcoming changes to Windows 8 that has left developers twisting in the wind. Read More Like Cisco, Like Juniper Juniper's second quarter may lack some luster due to lower demand among service providers and enterprises, according to investment form UBS. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Tips to Tailor Your Communications Strategy An IP-based communications system helps businesses streamline voice and data improving internal productivity and customer service, but one size does not fit all. Answer 4 easy questions to find out the best strategies to meet your unique voice and data communications needs. Read Now The Network Performance Management Challenge There is no question that server virtualization can help organizations reduce costs while streamlining operations. Read More Take our survey: IPv6 readiness in the enterprise So the days are numbered for IPv4. In writing about IPv6 this year, I've talked to network professionals in all stages of deployment from denial (we have plenty of IPv4 address, what do we care?) to a few who not only have IPv6 websites, but have some IPv6 running on their internal networks. Read More Buying a Linux Machine - Where to Shop? I am thinking of purchasing a new Linux machine, probably a desktop or laptop, and wanted to share the process of searching for a machine. My first thought was to simply visit Dell, HP and other standard manufacturers however I discovered a whole range of companies that I have never heard of when doing a simple search. Read More Is Mozilla's Life Cycle Haste Microsoft's Gain? The Mozilla Foundation's decision to kick development into high gear may prove as disastrous and harmful to its product as Microsoft's complacency in letting Internet Explorer 6 languish for far too long hurt IE's place in the market. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP HP IT Migrates to an all HP network It's no surprise when a high-tech company uses its own products. However, the story of how HP recently migrated its own network to HP Networking equipment has unique aspects that make it relevant to all enterprises in any industry or market segment. Read now Would anyone like to say a few words? Yeah, journalists love to proclaim technologies as "dead" – and if you take us literally, we're almost always a bit premature with those proclamations. But when we say something is dead, what we're really saying that it's on the way out of the mainstream, and irrevocably so. Read More Kinect for Your PC: The end of the Mouse, Finally? Is the end of the mouse approaching? If you've ever struggled with carpal tunnel syndrome or a repetitive strain injury like me, you probably wish for an alternative to the accursed rodent. The answer may be coming from the gaming world. Read More The End Of Open Source Affirmative Action Some of the largest companies in the open source world have been moving away from the term open source as a primary differentiator in their marketing material. So says Matthew Aslett over on the 451 Group's 451 CHAOS Theory Blog. Read More Saving on taxes the Cisco way Cisco saved $7 billion in income taxes since 2005 by booking half of its worldwide profits at foreign subsidiaries, according to this report from Bloomberg. Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Microsoft Subnet: A set of classes for a Microsoft Cert from Webucator and Polycom videoconferencing system. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 12 of the slickest designs in enterprise tech gear available today Consumer devices tend to get all the praise for their designs, but there's plenty of cool equipment to be found in the enterprise market. When hardware vendors tag-team with renowned industrial designers, the results can be impressive. Here are some of our favorites. MOST-READ STORIES NYC mayor demands $600M refund on software project Anonymous hack-school grads come online in 30 days Despite controversy, federal, state wiretaps on the rise Apple, Microsoft consortium beats Google for Nortel patents Samsung Chromebook out-selling Android tablets on Amazon.com IBM takes dim view of EU claims Traditional host-based anti-virus software losing luster? 10 compelling apps for Cisco Cius Tablet deathmatch: HP TouchPad vs. Apple iPad2 HP TouchPad goes on sale to mixed reviews
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