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	Half of adults believe social media sites hurt young people? If the results of a recent telephone survey are to be taken at face value - a reasonably big if, in my opinion - roughly half of American adults believe Facebook and its ilk are harmful to the social development of today's young people. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network Instruments VoIP issues? 10 Gb problems? VM troubles? App breakdowns? Get to the core of your network, applications, and infrastructure problems from the inside out. Download the free demo and three popular white papers now. In this Issue Microsoft: We won't update others' Windows apps It's time to child-proof our networks CA takes to the cloud for identity management Gartner: Security services spending to hit $49B in 2015 Cisco SmartNet smarts Official: USAjobs.gov woes are being resolved IBM targets managed security service at iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry smartphones Do smaller businesses think they're immune to security threats? Gartner: Windows Phone sales plummet while Android sales triple RightScale cozies up to OpenStack, SoftLayer WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! Microsoft: We won't update others' Windows apps Microsoft on Tuesday slammed the door on updating third-party software via Windows Update in the upcoming Windows 8. Read More It's time to child-proof our networks Non-IT workers' poor security skills make organizations vulnerable to attack. Read More CA takes to the cloud for identity management CA Technologies has gotten its feet wet with cloud-based security before, but now the company is moving further in with a package of cloud based identity and access control services. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Backup and Disaster Recovery In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO, Computerworld, CSO and InfoWorld lay down the groundwork and explore the latest tips and technologies for no-fail coporate data backup and disaster recovery. Learn more Gartner: Security services spending to hit $49B in 2015 Gartner is predicting that corporate spending across the world for a broad swath of security services will climb from about $35 billion today to $49 billion in three years, with the managed security services expected to jump most of all. Read More Cisco SmartNet smarts A rather interesting IOS licensing situation has cropped up, chronicled here by CCIE Ethan Banks of Packet Pushers, a site recognized by NW. Read More Official: USAjobs.gov woes are being resolved Severe performance issues with the USAjobs.gov careers portal have been alleviated and an array of internal moves are afoot to ensure its long-term success, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle The Application Grid Approach to a Modern Data Center An application grid approach significantly automates the process of adding, reducing, or modifying existing IT deployments in support of highly scalable systems that have less downtime and lower resource consumption. Learn More! IBM targets managed security service at iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry smartphones IBM is offering a cloud-based managed service for mobile devices that will let IT managers exert management and security controls over devices based on Apple iOS, Google Android, the RIM BlackBerry, Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile. Read More Do smaller businesses think they're immune to security threats? Do small to midsize businesses (SMB) think they're somehow immune to security threats? Read More Gartner: Windows Phone sales plummet while Android sales triple Microsoft is losing what little ground it had in the smartphone market, according to the latest stats from Gartner. Read More RightScale cozies up to OpenStack, SoftLayer RightScale is adding OpenStack and SoftLayer to the list of cloud services that can be managed from its RightScale Cloud Management Platform. Read More
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