Top 7 truths about consumerization of IT

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	Top 7 truths about consumerization of IT The phenomenon is only growing stronger. Here's what IT and business leaders need to know. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Avaya Avaya Mobile Collaboration Read a complimentary Frost & Sullivan white paper: Prepare Your Enterprise for the Mobile Revolution. The world is becoming increasingly mobile. Learn how to keep costs in check, boost user productivity, deliver a consistent experience, and maintain a single, manageable corporate identity for all end-users. In this Issue Anonymous takes out DoJ, RIAA in response to Megaupload.com take-down iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 18 Firesheep moment for SCADA: Hacking critical infrastructure systems now as easy as pushing a button? Another reason for Cisco to pound its chest Microsoft Reports Record Quarterly Revenue Obama wants less offshoring, as vendors see U.S. shift Foreign Cloud Privacy Issues Dismissed by U.S. Officials Bank IT spending to be 'rocky' through 2013 Federal Reserve contractor charged with source code theft SOPA, PIPA opponents celebrate, but say work isn't done Help desks critical to BYOD efforts IBM quarterly results show modest gains RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fastest-growing cloud computing. However, cloud providers usage agreements squarely make the user responsible for protecting servers, applications and data. CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers. Read More Anonymous takes out DoJ, RIAA in response to Megaupload.com take-down It has the makings of a nasty battle. Anonymous didn't take too kindly to the US Department of Justice taking down Megaupload.com today and apparently took down the Justice.gov site and many others. Read More iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 18 Chill January temperatures failed to lower the heat of Apple iPad 3 rumors wafting through the iOSsphere. Read More Firesheep moment for SCADA: Hacking critical infrastructure systems now as easy as pushing a button? Remember Firesheep . . . the addon that was so easy to use that even the clueless could successfully hack Facebook and Twitter accounts via Wi-Fi? Read More Another reason for Cisco to pound its chest Never one to pass up an opportunity to toot its own horn, Cisco is celebrating a milestone... and not in its traditional stronghold of switching and routing. In just over two years, Cisco has landed over 10,000 customers for its Unified Computing System (UCS) blade server platform, the controversial product that alienated longtime partners HP and IBM. 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Read More Foreign Cloud Privacy Issues Dismissed by U.S. Officials Amid rising concerns over foreign 'digital protectionism,' leaders at Justice and State Departments look to quell controversy about U.S. jurisdiction over cloud data U.S. companies store overseas. Read More Bank IT spending to be 'rocky' through 2013 IT spending by banks will grow to $173.3 billion this year, up just 2.8% over 2011 and well short of an earlier forecast that pegged growth at 4.3% in 2012, according to research firm Celent. In fact, IT spending in banking is expected to be weak over the next couple of years. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE/VMware VBlock Fastpath Desktop Virtualization Platform The Vblock FastPath Desktop Virtualization Platform is a purpose-built solution that helps IT organizations to automate desktop and application management by enabling rapid deployment, reducing costs and improving security through centralization of the desktop environment. Learn More Federal Reserve contractor charged with source code theft A U.S. Federal Reserve contractor has been charged with copying the source code of software that keeps track of large exchanges of money between U.S. government agencies. Read More SOPA, PIPA opponents celebrate, but say work isn't done A day after an estimated 10,000 websites went dark and more than 7 million people signed a Google.com petition opposing two controversial copyright enforcement bills, opponents of the bills said there's more work to do. Read More Help desks critical to BYOD efforts It seems like it was only yesterday when help desk staff could focus on PCs, Windows, the network, and perhaps a few BlackBerrys for executives and the sales team. Not anymore. Read More IBM quarterly results show modest gains IBM brought its fiscal 2011 year to a close with modest gains in both revenue and net income, the company reported Thursday. Read More
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