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	How to implement IPv6 in a Windows environment: an expert guide Microsoft guru Rand Morimoto has come to the rescue with a comprehensive series of technical articles covering everything on setting up an IPv6 network with Windows and other Microsoft products, from the basics to the details. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS Administration can be a complex world where security is concerned. The resources spent on administration, management, auditing and compliance can be considerable. Watch the demo, "Using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS," and see how IBM® can help you protect your business—simply, efficiently and more effectively. Learn More In this Issue System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta is Now Available Microsoft and SUSE Linux Renew Their Vows The problem with weak passwords and hijacked Hotmail: 'My friend's been hacked!' Note to Microsoft: Nokia Doesn't Have Two Years Microsoft boasts record revenue but falls further behind Apple Is Apple Stealing Windows Sales? Yes, but it's no big Deal Hunting for an email service with extreme wishlist for privacy and security? Wham Bam Google Ban: No Pseudonyms on Google Plus Profiles Why I was banned on Google+ (and how I redeemed myself) WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Value of Service-Centric Visibility IT organizations are under pressure to avert problems before they occur. To achieve the proactive approach required and move to the next level of service delivery, they need "service-centric" visibility that ties infrastructure components to the services that rely on them. Read More System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta is Now Available Kerrie Meyler: Last week, Microsoft released a long-awaited beta version of their upcoming System Center Operations Manager 2012 product. Read More Microsoft and SUSE Linux Renew Their Vows Andy Patrizio: Microsoft decided to re-up the deal with SUSE for another four years and $100 million. Read More The problem with weak passwords and hijacked Hotmail: 'My friend's been hacked!' Ms. Smith: When you think of Microsoft, most folks don't think "sense of humor." Yet the engineers behind Hotmail have combined a bit of humor with security by adding a Mark As drop-down option of "My friend's been hacked!" Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Streamline Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solutions To succeed and thrive, today's organizations must create network environments that enable them to continue operations or recover in the shortest possible time. This paper provides practical advice for maintaining a functional DR strategy, and for streamlining business continuity solutions. Read More Note to Microsoft: Nokia Doesn't Have Two Years Andy Patrizio: When Microsoft and Nokia announced their deal for Windows Phone 7 most people thought the deal was worse for Nokia than Microsoft. Read More Microsoft boasts record revenue but falls further behind Apple Jon Brodkin: On the strength of Microsoft Office and Windows Server sales, Microsoft today reported "record [quarterly] revenue of $17.37 billion" and profits of about $6 billion, but the gap between Microsoft and Apple continued to grow in Apple's favor. Read More Is Apple Stealing Windows Sales? Yes, but it's no big Deal Andy Patrizio: Apple continues its unstoppable charge, selling every iPad it could make and a whole bunch of Macs in the most recent quarter, and the company is now claiming that it's taking a bite out of Microsoft. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. Hunting for an email service with extreme wishlist for privacy and security? Ms. Smith: Being a big privacy supporter, and after considering a list of requirements/restrictions, it can be a bit challenging when looking for a new email service. Read More Wham Bam Google Ban: No Pseudonyms on Google Plus Profiles Ms. Smith: For a social network that was supposedly "privacy friendly" with "circles" this time around, Google is ticking off huge groups of people with its profiles from hell policy. Read More Why I was banned on Google+ (and how I redeemed myself) Julie Bort: I was as surprised to learn last week that my Google+ account had been banned as I was to learn a few weeks ago that I had a Google+ account. Editors here are noticing some strange, and creepy, privacy issues going on with Google and Google+. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS The Geekiest iPad Apps Ever We scoured the App Store to find the "geekiest" apps out there for the true purveyor of all things geek. MOST-READ STORIES 10 wicked off-the-cuff uses for retired NASA space shuttles 15 incredibly useful (and free) Microsoft tools for IT pros 10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years 20 of the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2011 (so far!) iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending July 22 Analog Gear That Makes Us Nostalgic Adobe software breaks down on Mac OS X Lion Is wireless making us nuts? Alcatel-Lucent confirms Enterprise business may be sold Google: Sun offered to license Java for $100 million
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