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	Cisco impresses with UCS If you're tempted to think of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) as just another blade server — don't. In fact, if you just want a bunch of blades for your computer room, don't call Cisco — Dell, HP, and IBM all offer simpler and more cost-effective options. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Attacks get through 95% of networks Advanced Malware Exposed is a 20+ page ebook providing a broad overview on the major aspects of advanced malware, its underpinnings, its impact on modern business practices, and briefly suggests possible solutions. Read now! In this Issue IBM, HP, Microsoft lead patching laggards, says bug buyer Google planning Nexus-style tablet 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 Professor files net neutrality complaint against Verizon Wireless Connecting the passing of Kim Jong Il to Internet Explorer Public to vote for best cutting-edge energy tech from 36 start-ups BT files patent suit against Google Hit songs are so predictable, UK researchers say MIT to open source educational software Nimbula offers help building private clouds Goodbye 2011 ... What a year! 3 Things You'll Hate About Facebook's Timeline WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Next-Gen Firewall Market Analysis: The SonicWALL Difference The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rapidly becoming an essential element of the modern organization's information security strategy. Not only does it restore control over network activity and provide protection against dynamic threats, it also does so while reducing the cost and complexity of network security infrastructure. Learn more. IBM, HP, Microsoft lead patching laggards, says bug buyer IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities within six months of being notified by the world's biggest bug bounty program, according to HP TippingPoint's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI). During 2011, TippingPoint -- a division of HP -- released 29 "zero-day" advisories that provided information on vulnerabilities it had reported to vendors six or more months earlier. Ten of the 29 were bugs in IBM software, six in HP's own software and five were in Microsoft products. Read More Google planning Nexus-style tablet You didn't really think Google was going to let Amazon hog all the Android tablet glory, did you? Read More 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 2011 will be remembered for Jobs' death, Cisco's refocusing, IPv6's coming out party and more Read More Professor files net neutrality complaint against Verizon Wireless The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should investigate Verizon Wireless for allegedly blocking Google Wallet on a new smartphone available to the carrier's customers, a law professor has said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more Connecting the passing of Kim Jong Il to Internet Explorer Early this morning -- as in shortly after awakening at my usual absurd hour and before having my first cup of coffee -- I spotted this post on Google+ by Web designer Tony Jackson. My first thought was that is is very funny. My second thought was a question: Kim Jong Il died? And my third thought was that I should probably check Google News before checking Google+. Read More Public to vote for best cutting-edge energy tech from 36 start-ups The US Department of Energy today said it formally set the collection of 36 start-ups that will compete for its "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" challenge in 2012. Read More BT files patent suit against Google British Telecommunications has filed a civil suit in a Delaware court alleging that some Google products and services including Android, and its search, music, map, and location-based advertising infringe on one or more of six of its patents. Read More Hit songs are so predictable, UK researchers say If today's hit songs all sound kind of the same to you, it might not just be that you're an old fuddy duddy who can't understand the stuff kids are listening to these days. University of Bristol researchers in the UK are presenting a paper this week that they say shows you can gauge the potential popularity of a song by running it through machine learning algorithms (shown here). Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! MIT to open source educational software As part of an initiative to expand its online course offerings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans to release as open source the software it will use to manage student online learning, the institution announced Monday. Read More Nimbula offers help building private clouds Some businesses that rely on Amazon Web Services to run Web applications are starting to realize that they can save money or get better performance by building their own internal clouds -- and Nimbula is hoping to help them out. Read More Goodbye 2011 ... What a year! Gibbs ponders the year that just shot past ... Read More 3 Things You'll Hate About Facebook's Timeline CIO.com's Kristin Burnham switched to Facebook's Timeline two months ago--and she isn't a fan. Here's what she's learned about the new design. Read More
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