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	FCC, CTIA agree on 'bill shock' plan for wireless services Wireless subscribers should not be shocked if they start receiving text or voicemail alerts telling them when they're about to hit their monthly limits on voice, data and SMS. Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall for Dummies eBook This book provides an in-depth overview of next-generation firewalls. It examines the evolution of network security, the rise of Enterprise 2.0 applications and their associated threats, the shortcomings of traditional firewalls, and the advanced capabilities found in next-generation firewalls. Read now! In this Issue The 10 Greatest MS-DOS Games of All Time UAE police claim Blackberry outage made driving safer Microsoft upgrades Intune cloud service, includes free Windows 7 Gartner: The future of IT? Get ready to blow stuff up Net monitoring tool now ships with IPv6 Breach reporting: Now companies have to do it Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon researchers turn any surface into a touch screen Cisco and the Consumerization of IT iPhone 4S sales top 4 million units over weekend EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration Virus in Attack Drones a Symptom of Military's Bigger Cyber Security Problems WEBCAST: CA Technologies Close the Gap between IT and Business Join a panel of international experts as they discuss methods to implement a more proactive approach to application lifecycle management and best practices to ensure an exceptional user experience. Learn More The 10 Greatest MS-DOS Games of All Time From a trio of kids who save the world from a giant purple tentacle to one of the world's great shoot-em-ups, here are ten games that entertained millions. Read More UAE police claim Blackberry outage made driving safer Make of this what you will: Police in the United Arab Emirates contend that last week's extended BlackBerry service outage significantly reduced traffic accidents there. From a story in The National, based in Abu Dhabi: Read More Microsoft upgrades Intune cloud service, includes free Windows 7 Microsoft is rolling out an upgrade to its cloud software distribution and security monitoring service, Intune, seven months after it officially launched the first version. With Intune, Microsoft is giving away Windows 7 and practically giving away some of the tools previously reserved only for Software Assurance customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Windows 7 Migration Made Easier with Desktop Virtualization Windows 7 presents both an opportunity and a challenge for enterprises and their IT organizations. . Unless IT can simplify the adoption process, the enterprise faces potential long term disruptions to IT and end users alike. Read this whitepaper to learn how desktop virtualization offers a better way forward. Learn More Gartner: The future of IT? Get ready to blow stuff up If IT is to successfully move into the future it's going to need to blow up its current way of thinking and the way it supports mature technologies. That was the key message at the opening session of the Gartner Symposium IT/Expo here. "Mature technologies are code for obsolete," said Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner and global head of research. "You must dare to employ creative destruction to eliminate legacy, and selectively destroy low impact systems." Read More Net monitoring tool now ships with IPv6 In another sign that network vendors are prepping for the near-term shift of service provider and enterprise networks to IPv6, Paessler AG has begun shipping a new version of its network monitoring tool that supports the next-generation Internet Protocol. Read More Breach reporting: Now companies have to do it Consumer advocates as well as many business groups have attempted to get federal laws adopted in the United States that would mandate disclosure of security breaches in which some types of private information about identifiable people are exposed. In spite of the obvious logic of having a national standard, these efforts so far have failed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating the Cloud Problems with application performance, available bandwidth, and visibility often limit the effective gains of a scalable cloud computing model. Whether you're deploying a private or public cloud, addressing these limitations can mean the difference between success and failure. Learn how WAN optimization removes the cloud's WAN performance barriers. Read Now. Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon researchers turn any surface into a touch screen Researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University are showcasing a new wearable computer dubbed OmniTouch that turns any surface into a touch screen ... a wall, a notebook, your arm. One nit-picky detail, you have to be willing to clamp a projector to your shoulder, a la a pirate and his parrot. Read More Cisco and the Consumerization of IT It's painfully obvious that the consumerization of IT isn't going away. You hear it in the news, from manufacturers, and the loudest voice of all – your end-users. Most likely, helpdesk requests about configuring, updating or using consumer devices has eked their way into your top 10 most common calls list. (A personal favorite, though not a top 10: "How do I get that bird game on here?")... Read More iPhone 4S sales top 4 million units over weekend Apple, whose online and physical stores were swamped Friday with demand for the new iPhone 4S, says it sold more than 4 million of the new devices over the weekend. Read More EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration EMC and the Virtual Computing Environment alliance Monday announced upgrades that more tightly integrate its management interface with VMware's vCloud director and vCenter Server tools. Read More Virus in Attack Drones a Symptom of Military's Bigger Cyber Security Problems When the U.S. fleet of surveillance and attack drones was infected by a virus, the Air Force's cybersecurity specialists found out from the media -- two weeks after the incident began. Which is more disturbing: The lax security or the CYA response? Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Gasp! Cisco and HP collaborate on blade switch iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 14 Cheap power: An overnight revolution Should tech pros get an MBA? 2011 tech industry graveyard BlackBerry maker hangs head, extends bouquet of flowers 10 tech-centric MBA programs Security roundup for Oct. 14 7 'MBA preferred' IT jobs Apple sees record breaking iPhone 4S sales
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