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	Windows 8 picture password is 'Fisher-Price toy' says father of 2-factor authentication The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it's not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA's SecurID token. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software 2011 Survey on Cross-Platform Database Administration In this Unisphere Research survey by Quest Software, see how a strong cross-platform database management administration – including cloud management – saves your company money. Then, read about the "accidental DBA," and how to keep ahead of an ever-expanding wealth of database information. Read Now! In this Issue Data center, cloud fabrics all the rage in 2012 Polycom CEO: We'll drive next era of collaboration 2011's top Google products Xerox PARC founder Jacob E. Goldman dies Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo 15 cool energy projects of 2011 Angry Birds fly on RIM PlayBook 2012 Predictions: Consolidation In The NoSQL Space YEAR END: 2011 Gadgets Review Inside our Cisco UCS testing Mozilla re-releases Firefox 9, backs out fix causing crashes 5 Tips to Avoid LinkedIn's Top 10 Buzzwords WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More Data center, cloud fabrics all the rage in 2012 There was a considerable amount of activity in the data center/cloud switching fabric arena in 2011. That is expected to continue in 2012, along with real world implementations of the next-generation IT technologies. Read More Polycom CEO: We'll drive next era of collaboration In an exclusive interview, Polycom CEO Andrew Miller talks about the impact of mobility on the visual communications market and about Polycom's move to the cloud Read More 2011's top Google products Google+, tablets, mobile payments fill busy year for Google Read More Xerox PARC founder Jacob E. Goldman dies Jacob E. Goldman, a founder of the Palo Alto Research Center that developed breakthrough computing innovations such as the graphical user interface and ethernet networks, died on Tuesday. He was 90. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase IQ Supercharges Predictive Analytics This white paper introduces you to Sybase® IQ—a high-performance, scalable column-store database engine which has been repeatedly proven to meet the predictive analytics needs for a wide variety of businesses. Read now. Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday. Read More 15 cool energy projects of 2011 Solar trains, plane, automobiles and even spacecraft among advanced 2011 undertakings Read More Angry Birds fly on RIM PlayBook Research In Motion said Wednesday that the popular game Angry Birds is available on the PlayBook, though not yet on BlackBerry phones which run a different operating system. Read More 2012 Predictions: Consolidation In The NoSQL Space Big Data has really gone BIG this year. Hadoop and NoSQL are just about household names in the tech world. No less than Oracle, the 8000 pound Gorilla in the DB world has given NoSQL its stamp of approval by coming out with a NoSQL of their own. This coming year promises to be more of the same. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Learn More! YEAR END: 2011 Gadgets Review Is there one device to rule them all? It's starting to look more like it as 2011 became the year more consumers started using one device in roles normally filled by two or more gadgets. Read More Inside our Cisco UCS testing Network World Test Alliance member Joel Snyder takes viewers behind the scenes in an exclusive look at Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS). He points out the major components and features of the UCS. Read More Mozilla re-releases Firefox 9, backs out fix causing crashes A day after it shipped Firefox 9, Mozilla quickly released an update after backing out a bug fix that was causing some Mac, Linux and Windows browsers to crash. Read More 5 Tips to Avoid LinkedIn's Top 10 Buzzwords LinkedIn reveals its list of the most overused words of 2012 and offers five expert tips for polishing for the New Year. Read More
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