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	IBM predicts five big technologies of the future IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages the company has had some success in predicting the future of telemedicine and nanotechnology. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee Combating the Insider Risk to Data - McAfee Solution Brief Protecting your organization against internal data threats is not just about protecting the sensitive information you know could put your company at risk if exposed. It's also about discovering those hidden data sources that you don't even know exist and have not secured. Learn More In this Issue Geekiest sweaters of all time Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011 For 2012, power-efficient servers could get a shot in the ARM Lady Gaga Twitter, Facebook pages recover from iPad 2 scam hacks Is anyone really using Windows 8's preview? The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now Harvard researchers underwhelmed by peer influence on Facebook Apache forges ahead with OpenOffice.org suite IT Trends to Watch in 2012 BlackBerry in 2012: More Trouble in Store for RIM WHITE PAPER: Sybase Scaling Out Query Performance with Sybase IQ 15.3 This paper is meant to provide a holistic perspective and introduce the technical concepts behind DQP in general and Sybase® IQ 15.3's DQP implementation through the PlexQ Distributed Query Platform. Read now. Geekiest sweaters of all time Tux the penguin, the big Apple and other cleverly designed sweaters are keeping techies warm – and oh so very fashionable Read More Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly A fuller picture is emerging of exactly how close Microsoft came on Friday to losing its interminable antitrust tussle with Novell, a defeat that could have cost the company up to $1.3 billion. Read More 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011 With the year drawing to a close, one thing seems abundantly clear: There are still an awful lot of ERP and other software projects running off the rails out there. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: WildPackets Avoid 1 more call crippling VoIP system Is your network crippling your VoIP system? Unlike normal network behavior where increased traffic progressively diminishes network performance, VoIP networks carry the risk of one call too many disrupting call quality for everybody. Know when one more call is "one too many." Learn how you can optimize your network for VoIP with this free kit. Click to continue For 2012, power-efficient servers could get a shot in the ARM In 2012 a fundamental change in server architecture could be on tap as companies look to cut data center costs with the help of technologies like ARM processors and graphics chips, analysts said. Read More Lady Gaga Twitter, Facebook pages recover from iPad 2 scam hacks Lady Gaga's Twitter and Facebook pages were hacked on Monday, tricking some of her millions of followers to a scam website looking to suck up victims' personal information. Read More Is anyone really using Windows 8's preview? Although millions have downloaded Microsoft's Windows 8 developer preview, relatively few are actually using it, Web measurements show. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Managing Cloud Services from Request to Retirement This lifecycle is tailored to the needs of the business, with both the flexibility to deliver the full required software stacks and the management rigor to ensure the operational integrity of the cloud. Learn More! The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now A year ago I wrote that 2011 would be a year in which the Internet would "be under a multi-pronged attack that threatens to change it irrevocably in ways that may destroy much of the Internet's potential." Well, 2011 has come and mostly gone, and it turned out that my pessimism may have been misplaced but not invalid. Read More Harvard researchers underwhelmed by peer influence on Facebook Most people make friends with others online who have common interests, but it's rare for people's interests to rub off on others, according to new research out of Harvard University based on an examination of four years' worth of Facebook data. Read More Apache forges ahead with OpenOffice.org suite Developer release planned; open source organization asserts trademark protection Read More IT Trends to Watch in 2012 Six editors from IDG Enterprise (Computerworld, CIO.com, CSO) discuss IT trends for 2012. Topics include the consumerization of IT, where security threats will come from, the rise of big data and the cloud, and the IT economy. Read More BlackBerry in 2012: More Trouble in Store for RIM RIM and BlackBerry smartphones and tablets could take some strides in the right direction in the coming year, but the outlook is mostly grim, writes CIO.com's Al Sacco. Read More
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