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	Windows Server 8 benefits from lessons learned with Azure So by now the cat's out of the bag on Windows Server 8 and how much of a monster upgrade it will be. But Microsoft didn't just come up with this list of features in a vacuum, or out of some desire for Paul Maritz's head (well, maybe…). Server 8 is the culmination of almost two years of being a cloud service provider. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks 10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do Choosing a next-generation firewall is more than a simple comparison of technical features. It's about balancing the needs of the business with the risks associated with modern applications. Gain access to valuable information in one location- read articles and watch videos that will empower you to make the right decision. Learn more! In this Issue Bot army being assembled, awaiting orders How to Organize Your Office and Boost Your Productivity LightSquared rebuts pay-for-play charges Nigeria tries to quash rumor of "killer" cell phone number MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet Android: An expert guide IT ratchets up social-media involvement Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? Mac Desktop Security: The Landscape Is Changing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. Learn More Bot army being assembled, awaiting orders A mammoth army of infected computers is being assembled, but it's unclear yet what purpose they will be put to. Read More How to Organize Your Office and Boost Your Productivity The average executive wastes six weeks every year searching for paper, according to certified professional organizer Ellen Delap. Maintaining an organized office where you can find items quickly and easily saves time and makes you more efficient, effective and productive. Here, Delap outlines some strategies and tools anyone can use to keep a home office, commercial office or cubicle organized and effective. Read More LightSquared rebuts pay-for-play charges Mobile startup LightSquared struck back against a report on Thursday that it had received preferential treatment from the Obama Administration as it sought permission to build a cellular data network that appears to hurt GPS performance. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Improve IT Performance with Analytics-Based Services To meet application performance demands, many organizations are implementing high-density computing solutions. But this places greater demands on the data center's power and cooling needs, adding to the cost of operations. Read now Nigeria tries to quash rumor of "killer" cell phone number Talk about going extremely viral. Reports today from a number of outlets has Nigerian officials trying to quell public concern that by answering a certain phone number, cell phone users are killed. Read More MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet MPLS is the Cadillac of enterprise WAN services, having earned its stripes as the link option of choice because of its reliability, flexibility and controls. But upstarts are saying that, with a little ingenuity, they can use Internet pipes to achieve the same ends at a better price. Read the arguments from Verizon's Peter Konings and Talari's Keith Morris and decide for yourself. Read More Android: An expert guide Google's Android platform in a short time has become a force to be reckoned with in the smartphone world, and its success raises all sorts of questions for IT professionals. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Sainsbury's Safeguards Supply Chain for over 800 Stores Sainsbury operates the second largest online food retailer in the U.K. See their approach to gain better visibility to 1,800 devices and ensure high-availability of its network to safeguard the supply chain for over 800 stores and 100,000 online shoppers per week. Read now IT ratchets up social-media involvement When a late arrival thought he'd catch up on the buzz at a recent conference of CIOs, he logged into Twitter. What he found -- or rather didn't find -- amazed him. Read More Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? Seemingly every day, the Google+ "suggestions" feature implores me to "circle" (read: follow) the Google+ activities of Google CEO Larry Page, as a whopping 302,319 users have done already. Yesterday I decided to relent - probably should have done so long ago -- and clicked on the link to Page's page so I could see what I've been missing: Turns out I haven't been missing anything. Read More Mac Desktop Security: The Landscape Is Changing Macs are climbing up the malware threat ladder as Mac OS X gains more users and business adoption. Yet there is a high level of cluelessness about Mac OS X security and it's making all Mac users vulnerable. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler Our Cloud Companies to Watch story gives you the lowdown on a handful of startups looking to make their mark in a business so far dominated by the likes of Amazon, Google, Rackspace and VMware. Here's a closer look at some of the products and services being rolled out by these newcomers. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center Opalis Integration Server and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Buzzblog: Blue screen of death gets a new look in Windows 8 Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Windows Server 8: The Microsoft server fork Enterprise WAN connectivity: MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet The future holds a mere 15 minutes of anonymity for everyone What online news looked like on 9/11 Windows Server 8: To the cloud! It's Programmer Day! ... (is that the best you can do?) Cisco unveils dual-role data center Why FCoE is dead, but not buried yet
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