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Cisco and Microsoft cooperate to bring network-layer management to Hyper-V management
Windows Server 8 looks promising enough that Cisco it is queuing up two new products designed to extend its network controls to Hyper-V virtual environments when Microsoft releases Windows Server 8 sometime next year. Read More


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Security Considerations for SMEs
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Sysadmin contest winner to star in movie
IT specialist Mike Mahan is trading his syslogs for a script. He's headed to Hollywood to film a YouTube-length movie in which he'll play the role of the sysadmin hero. Read More

Network World's Products of the Week
Our round-up of intriguing new products from IBM, Trend Micro, Blue Coat among others. Read More

DigiNotar certificate authority goes bankrupt
The theft of SSL certificates from Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar so undermined trust in the company that it has gone bankrupt. Read More

Google+ adds search (finally); now anyone can join
You can finally do on Google's fledgling social network that which made the company both a household name and a common verb: search. (Why it took so long may forever remain a mystery.) In addition, the you in that first sentence means all of you, as it is no longer necessary to receive an invitation before opening an account on Google+ (same mystery). Read More


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PCI-DSS Compliance and GFI Software Products
The intent of this document is to provide you with GFI's understanding of the requirements, and how the GFI Software product line can assist you to meet PCI compliance as outlined in the PCI DSS Requirements. Read now!

Surveys find Apple most admired, most satisfying company
Apple, riding continued high demand for its Mac computers and iPad tablets, has topped rivals in two new surveys of customer satisfaction. Read More

FTC takes aim at facial recognition security; privacy issues
The Federal Trade Commission the week said it will hold a workshop that examines how burgeoning use of facial recognition technology impacts privacy and security. Read More

5 more tech breakthroughs in access, power, control
This is the second half of a two-part series on technology breakthroughs that have the potential to change computing. Last week, we looked at five chip-level innovations that will make electronic devices faster, more powerful, more flexible and less expensive to manufacture. This week, we explore advances in how we access the Net, how we power our devices and how we interact with them. Read More

CrowdFlower offers enterprise crowdsourcing service
Startup CrowdFlower is taking the crowdsourcing concept to large businesses with a systematic cloud-supported service designed to be cheaper than hiring people to do massive e-commerce evaluations, fact-checks and related work. Read More


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Messaging and Web Security Best Practices for 2011
In this white paper, Osterman Research discusses how the daily occurrence of malware within organizations has become decidedly worse over the past several years. Read More

Are certifications less crucial for healthcare IT jobs?
Timothy Stettheimer, CIO for St. Vincent's Health System in Birmingham, Ala., has more confidence in IT certifications than referrals and in-person interviews when it comes to hiring. Read More

Windows 8 developer tablets go for $3,500+ on eBay
Several of the souped-up Samsung tablets Microsoft handed out to 5,000 developers at last week's BUILD Windows conference are for sale on eBay at prices as high as $3,500. Read More

DEMO Fall 2011 Enterprise Technology Sages
Enterprise Technology SagesGet valuable perspectives from our panel of experts who will comment on the morning's demonstrators and the enterprise technology market. Read More

Mobile Startups: Tip of the Iceberg, Say Venture Capitalists
At this week's DEMO Fall 2011, mobile startups trying to bridge the physical and digital worlds often didn't aim high enough and received mixed reviews from venture capitalists and former entrepreneurs. Read More



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