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	Microsoft releases service packs galore In the past few weeks, Microsoft has released a slew of service packs for SQL Server 2008, as well as SP2 for its firewall, Forefront Threat Management Gateway. It also promised the third-and-final service pack for its Office 2007 wares. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. CISCO: A New Age in Video Content Video has become essential to business collaboration. Enterprises need video technologies that enable you to create and view rich, meaningful content with ease. Join Cisco on Thursday, Oct 20 at 9am PST and learn how your network can easily capture, transform, and share live or on-demand video with an audience of thousands via any video device. Register Now! In this Issue 8 ways to become a cloud security expert Father of SSL says despite attacks, the security linchpin has lots of life left Android to iOS: Where Google 'inspired' Apple Xirrus revamps its Wi-Fi arrays for the enterprise Steve Jobs being honored by Apple employees Oct. 19 University medical center virtualizes, cuts storage needs by 65% IBM buying cluster company Platform Computing Android peer-to-peer developer settles privacy flap with FTC Cellphone subscriptions outnumber people in U.S. Stupid is as stupid ... is willing to admit Facebook Privacy: 11 Settings to Revisit Now WHITE PAPER: Oracle CBS eBook: Oracle Database Download this eBook to learn how the leading database solution can lower your costs of database management and dramatically simplify your overall IT software portfolio. Learn More! 8 ways to become a cloud security expert Information about how to securely navigate in the public clouds is, well, cloudy. We asked enterprise IT folks and IT consultants what resources they turned to get educated on this particular topic. The responses can loosely be broken down into three categories: niche conferences; big conferences, and authoritative voices accessible on the Internet. Read More Father of SSL says despite attacks, the security linchpin has lots of life left SSL/TLS, the protocol that protects security of e-commerce, has taken a beating lately, with news items ranging from the violation of certificate authorities to the discovery of an exploit that beats the protocol itself. Read More Android to iOS: Where Google 'inspired' Apple iPhone and iPad aficionados like to cite Google's copying of iOS features -- but the reverse happens, too Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Best Practices for Implementing 2048-bit SSL Ready for 2048-bit SSL? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign 2048-bit Performance Kit. Learn more Xirrus revamps its Wi-Fi arrays for the enterprise Xirrus has revamped its Wi-Fi arrays, making the cake-like housing thinner, adding optional modular 450Mbps 802.11n radios, beefing up the on-board network processors, and boosting range and signal quality with a new directional antenna design. Read More Steve Jobs being honored by Apple employees Oct. 19 Apple will formally honor co-founder Steve Jobs at an employee event at the company's Cupertino, Calif., campus on Oct. 19. Read More University medical center virtualizes, cuts storage needs by 65% With data doubling about every year, the University of Kansas Physicians group turned to virtualization to cut costs and boost performance. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Switching Schedulers – Not As Complicated As You Think Changing or consolidating job schedulers may seem daunting. However, the benefits of switching to enterprise workload automation outweigh the risks. Read how BMC can help realize goals like reduced cost, top-down visibility, improved SLAs, and a single enterprise view across all platforms. Learn More Today! IBM buying cluster company Platform Computing Extending its expertise in the field of high performance computing (HPC), IBM is acquiring cluster computing software vendor Platform Computing, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More Android peer-to-peer developer settles privacy flap with FTC In an agreement announced today with the Federal Trade Commission, peer-to-peer file-sharing developer Frostwire can no longer use default settings that share consumers' files, provide a free upgrade its software to correct unintended sharing and bars the firm from misrepresenting what files its applications will share. Read More Cellphone subscriptions outnumber people in U.S. The CTIA has released survey data that shows the number of wireless subscriber connections now outnumbers the U.S. population, adding up to a wireless penetration rate of 103.9%. Read More Stupid is as stupid ... is willing to admit Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo is conducting a potentially amusing and/or horrifying experiment this morning by asking readers to convey to him the stupidest thing they've ever done. He'll publish the best later, using only initials to protect the stupid. Read More Facebook Privacy: 11 Settings to Revisit Now With Facebook's constant stream of changes, keeping up with your privacy settings can be daunting. Here's a rundown of the newest features, what the changes mean to your privacy and how to update your settings. 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 5 cloud security companies to watch Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source 'inevitable' for Microsoft iPhone 5 rumor roll-up (continued) for week ending Oct. 7 Cops: 'Eureka, I found it' on cell phone with no warrant required Watch large hadron collider collisions with an Android app Beware of the iCloud Fedora 17 recognized as beefy miracle Huawei gunning for Cisco in the enterprise Google launches Dart as a JavaScript killer 8 ways to become a cloud security expert
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