Cautious optimism: Details of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012

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	Cautious optimism: Details of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 The details of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday seem scary on the surface, but may actually suggest a more proactive approach going into 2012. 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! In this Issue Sweden's Tobii shows 'gaze control' on Windows 8 PC Microsoft gets into the PC business (sort-of) Big IT vendors lead patching laggards Ray Ozzie's latest tune: That's Cocomo with a 'C' Windows 8's reset and refresh technologies Wi-Fi for white spaces: Will Microsoft's WiFi-NC set new network standard? HTC, Nokia to offer first LTE Windows Phones on AT&T Microsoft scraps 'Where's my phone update?' site Microsoft patch blows 'perfect game' but sends important message Microsoft revamps Bing Maps routing feature WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Building the Foundation for the Virtualized Infrastructure Taneja Group highlights the fundamental phenomenon happening around server virtualization by identifying strategic actions that enterprises need to undertake to thwart the challenges that ensue from virtualization changes, and examines how HP has aligned their core storage portfolio to deliver the right foundations for the virtual infrastructure. Read Now! Sweden's Tobii shows 'gaze control' on Windows 8 PC We've had gesture control with Microsoft Kinect. Now get ready for gaze control. Swedish firm Tobii is at the Consumer Electronics Show this week to promote the use of its eye tracking technology in PCs and tablets, though it could be a couple of years before it's ready for mainstream use. Read More Microsoft gets into the PC business (sort-of) From the "It's-about-time" files: Microsoft has finally done what OEMs won't seem to do: It's selling PCs without unwanted bloatware/junkware preloaded on the PC. The PCs are sold through Microsoft's retail stores – all 14 of them – or they can be shipped to you. Wisely, these aren't Microsoft-branded PCs. Read More Big IT vendors lead patching laggards IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities after being notified by the world's largest bug-bounty program, according to the TippingPoint Zero-Day Initiative. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A New Look at Payment Security Akamai Edge Tokenization takes much of the cost and complexity out of eCommerce. By tokenizing critical payment data before it reaches your PCI-regulated infrastructure, Akamai relieves your organization from what experts consider the most important and challenging PCI requirement. Read more Ray Ozzie's latest tune: That's Cocomo with a 'C' Back in the late 1990s, I got into the habit of contacting Ray Ozzie every month or so to see if he would spill some news about his startup Groove Networks, then in stealth mode, ultimately bought by Microsoft. Ozzie, who left Redmond a year ago, was unfailingly polite and unfailingly spilled not a bean. Read More Windows 8's reset and refresh technologies The Building Windows 8 blog is an invaluable resource for those seeking information on Microsoft's upcoming OS. Not only has Microsoft outlined a number of the operating system's new features on the blog, but they've done so in great detail. Never in the company's history has it been so forthright with information about an unreleased product. Read More Wi-Fi for white spaces: Will Microsoft's WiFi-NC set new network standard? Once upon a time, Microsoft had applied to the FCC to become an approved white spaces administrator. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Maintaining Continuous Compliance When trying to achieve continuous compliance with internal policies and external regulations, organizations need to replace traditional processes with a new best practice approach and new innovative technology, such as that provided by IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager. Read now HTC, Nokia to offer first LTE Windows Phones on AT&T Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at AT&T's Developer Summit Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show to say that the operator would be the first to offer LTE Windows Phones, including the HTC Titan II and a phone from Nokia. Read More Microsoft scraps 'Where's my phone update?' site Microsoft disappointed some Windows Phone users on Friday by saying it would stop providing specifics about who will get software updates and when, and announcing vaguely that a new update is "available to all carriers that request it." Read More Microsoft patch blows 'perfect game' but sends important message How can Microsoft's only unscheduled patch of 2011 help predict its security success in 2012? Read More Microsoft revamps Bing Maps routing feature Bing's Maps search engine has an improved capability for generating driving directions, according to Microsoft. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 essential data center appliances With all of the noise in data center networking focused on switches, fabrics and lossless Ethernet standards, appliances like WAN optimizers and application accelerators are often overlooked. But they are important components of the data center/cloud infrastructure, especially as organizations virtualize desktop applications for remote sites. Here's a listing of 10 of the top players, and their products, in data center appliances. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES iPad 3 to sport HD camera on front, upgraded camera on back 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012 FBI warns of new Zeus-based malware in phishing scam Six CES 2012 stories to watch When open source doesn't do it anymore IPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 3 IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 Avaya: Top 10 pitfalls with UC implementations Passwords aren't dead but they need fixing Microsoft patch blows 'perfect game' but sends important message
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