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Microsoft expected to offer hot fix for Duqu soon | 5 office suites for Android phones

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Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper
The past three years have been very noisy on the data center fabric and architecture front. Every quarter seems to bring about a new convergence blueprint from another vendor - and a variety from one or two. Read More


WEBCAST: Oracle

Extend IT Management to the Cloud
Date: November 17th, 2011 Time: 1 PM EST/ 10 AM PT Tackle the challenges of managing multiple databases – from development and testing to production. Join this live Webcast to learn how the recently announced Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c makes database lifecycle management easier and extends those capabilities to cloud environments. Learn More

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Microsoft expected to offer hot fix for Duqu soon
The big zero-day exploit on everyone's mind is Duqu, or "son of Stuxnet" - but researchers don't expect Microsoft to include a patch for it in next week's Patch Tuesday. Instead, a manual fix could be out as soon as this week. Read More

5 office suites for Android phones
If you're stuck in a long line, in a waiting room or on the train with time to kill, you can do something more productive on your smartphone besides going through your social-networking sites or catapulting cartoon birds. Why not catch up on office work? Read More

First-Gen Design of Top Websites and Gadgets
What did YouTube look like in 2005? How ugly was the first BlackBerry pager in 1999? Remember Amazon.com when it just sold books? Even the greatest products have awkward beginnings. Let's take a look at your favorite websites and gadgets when they came into the world. Read More


WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Building the Next Generation Data Center
Virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. Learn More

RIM bets on BBX to reel in app developers
RIM is tailoring its upcoming BBX operating system to meet the needs of developers who want a simple and profitable way to sell their mobile applications. Read More

EU antitrust authority investigates Samsung's use of patents against Apple
The European Union's top regulatory watchdog has launched an investigation into Samsung over its attempts to block Apple products. Read More

Holiday shopping with personal devices at work could pose security risk
Workers plan to do more online holiday shopping this year while on the job, with many using their own smartphones and tablets. That's got IT managers worried, a survey shows. Insider (registration required) Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

A Smarter Approach to CRM
With instant access to information, customers expect a purchase experience that matches the ease and speed of the information-gathering experience. Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms. Read Now

First Impressions of FiOS
OK, OK, this is a wireless and mobile blog, but, let's face it, without good Internet access, all that wireless stuff is just a bunch of radios with no place to go. Indeed, having backhaul to the rest of the world is ultimately why we use wireless in the first place. Read More

Pricing and weak ecosystems behind slow tablet sales
While the iPad continues to be a big success, the tablet market offers a harsher climate to vendors other than Apple -- and pricing strategies may be an important factor in their difficulties. Read More

Alcatel-Lucent's saw revenue drop in Q3, but still made a profit
Alcatel-Lucent reported a drop in revenue during the third quarter, but the company still made a $268 million profit. However, the future looks murky, the company said on Friday. Read More

OpenFlow, Merchant Silicon, and the Future of Networking
2011 has been one of the most exciting years for networking I can remember. Innovations made popular this year will prove to bring more value to enterprise networking consumers than anything in recent memory. Read More

The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create
Conventional wisdom maintains that cloud computing will eliminate scores of IT jobs. CIO.com's Bernard Golden explains why that argument is flawed and describes the many IT jobs that will flourish in the age of cloud computing. Read More



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