Mozilla's 'modest proposal:' Dump the smartphone OS

	How to protect your online privacy | iPad 3 concept video: How Apple could really blow us away
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	Mozilla's 'modest proposal:' Dump the smartphone OS Mozilla has a "modest proposal" about smartphones and it's simply stated. "Dump the operating system. All of them." Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Research In Motion Introducing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Now all personal and corporate-owned BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ devices can seamlessly access business data and applications on a single, secure management platform. Soon, Apple® iOS and Google® Android™ devices will be able to do the same. Learn how this new approach will end mobile chaos at blackberry.com/mobilefusion In this Issue How to protect your online privacy iPad 3 concept video: How Apple could really blow us away Windows 8 offers no management help for ARM devices Microsoft's Azure cloud suffers serious outage Alleged RSA crypto flaw hotly debated Women Take Social Privacy More Seriously Than Men Do BYOD: There is no stopping employees' devices on your network Riverbed teams with Akamai to boost SaaS performance Who do you blame when IT breaks? Toolset lets mobile carriers meld core services with the Web Who needs Dancing with the Stars when we've got Dancing Android Robots? WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More How to protect your online privacy Google's new privacy policy can by confusing, so here are clear steps to take to protect yourself online Read More iPad 3 concept video: How Apple could really blow us away The window for design firms to spit out flashy iPad 3 concepts is closing now that Apple has announced plans for an iPad event on March 7, but here's one late entry that's fun to ponder. Read More Windows 8 offers no management help for ARM devices Organizations looking to deploy Windows 8 on ARM-based (WOA) devices will have to do so without being able to manage them, according to a Microsoft advisory outlining the business benefits of the new operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel CI for Dummies eBook This book will help you understand why infrastructure convergence has been widely accepted as the optimal approach for simplifying and accelerating your IT to deliver services at the speed of business while also shifting significantly more IT resources from operations to innovation. Learn more Microsoft's Azure cloud suffers serious outage Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service experienced a serious outage on Wednesday, with the system's service management component going down worldwide starting at 1:45 a.m. GMT. Read More Alleged RSA crypto flaw hotly debated Is the RSA cryptosystem flawed or is the recent sharp criticism of it the result of poor — or even malicious — implementation of key-generation techniques that appear to have rendered some RSA-based encryption keys crackable? Read More Women Take Social Privacy More Seriously Than Men Do Social media privacy awareness is increasing among Americans, according to a new study. However in the battle of the sexes, women trump men when it comes to locking down the privacy of profiles. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Protecting Your Data in Today's Threat Landscape Today's threats to critical systems and valuable data come from more sources than ever—a ticked off employee who seeks revenge, or activists seeking to expose sensitive data. Learn More! BYOD: There is no stopping employees' devices on your network It used to be the IT department's answer was always no when an employee asked to use a personal device for work. IT often felt the risk was far too great to the company's network security to allow this. Read More Riverbed teams with Akamai to boost SaaS performance Anyone who has endured the painful wait of a slow-loading application is familiar with the frustration and lost productivity that follows. That's the problem that motivated Riverbed and Akamai to join forces for a new SaaS acceleration offering, with the objective of resolving SaaS application performance issues that were previously untouchable. Read More Who do you blame when IT breaks? There's always a reason why things break in IT, and the powers-that-be can usually find someone to blame -- be it an data center operations staff member, an OEM, a systems integrator or a third party service provider. Read More Toolset lets mobile carriers meld core services with the Web Unlocking the treasure trove of mobile carrier services and data for new mobile apps is getting a lot easier. And now, it's getting easier for the carriers themselves to "mash-up" those internal resources with external Web-accessible services from Facebook and others. Read More Who needs Dancing with the Stars when we've got Dancing Android Robots? These dancing Android Robots at Intel's Mobile World Congress booth in Barcelona really make me want to be there. Well, maybe I'm just as happy colleague John Cox took this trip for the team. (Video via AndroidCentral) Catch up on all the MWC news here. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 15 worst data breaches Data security breaches happen daily in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES How to protect your privacy on Google 25 alleged Anonymous members busted by Interpol Windows Phone smokes its competition at MWC ... sort of Cisco bounces back Mobile World Congress 2012: This year's hottest gadgets 6 things you need to know about Google's new privacy policy IBM scientists discuss quantum computing breakthrough Tech debate: The future of end user computing Steve Jobs ignored Warren Buffet's advice for a stock buyback Windows 8 most burning questions
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GENBAND announces UC solutions at MWC

	3 questions for Microsoft's Windows Phone chief | Cisco brings Hotspot 2.0 carrier-network smarts to its Wi-Fi
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	GENBAND announces UC solutions at MWC Several news items this time coming from GENBAND from Mobile World Congress underway in Barcelona. GENBAND has unveiled a mobile app providing consumers with single screen management for unified communications, along with enhancements to the company's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) platform. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management Attend this webcast to learn how the new VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite allows IT to: - Dramatically simplify services - Automate service delivery and management View Now! In this Issue 3 questions for Microsoft's Windows Phone chief Cisco brings Hotspot 2.0 carrier-network smarts to its Wi-Fi The astronomy and math behind leap day What's hot at RSA 2012 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ShoreTel ShoreTel Mobility ends the chaos of BYOD Unlike most IP phone systems, ShoreTel was actually made just for IP. So where others offer built-in complexity & cost, ShoreTel builds in ease, scalability, and the industry's lowest total cost of ownership – guaranteed. See the difference. 3 questions for Microsoft's Windows Phone chief Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft's Windows Phone division, made a cameo appearance at Nokia's Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference Monday, where Nokia announced a mid-priced Windows Phone, the Lumia 610. Myerson briefly talked about the new beta release of Skype for Windows Phone, about the fact that there are now 65,000 apps for the platform, and that handsets with the OS are now available in China and 27 other markets. He also discussed how Microsoft has lowered the system requirements for handsets, to create a broader range of lower prices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap New eBook: Enterprise IP Buyer's Guide We are all aware of the impact performance can have on the bottom line. Organizations are increasingly choosing Website Performance Optimization (WPO) technologies to boost reliability, availability and their bottom line. Learn More Cisco brings Hotspot 2.0 carrier-network smarts to its Wi-Fi Cisco Systems announced its take on the reshaping of mobile networks that is emerging at this week's Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, saying it can build a Wi-Fi infrastructure spanning all the way from the access point to the core network. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC How Data Center Management Software Improves Planning Business executives are challenging their IT staffs to convert data centers from cost centers into producers of business value. Data centers can make a significant impact to the bottom line by enabling the business to respond more quickly to market demands. Learn More The astronomy and math behind leap day Most of us have a general idea as to why today is Feb. 29 instead of March 1, but until this morning, I, at least, had not been well steeped in the nitty-gritty details (or had forgotten them from school). Writes Phil Plait, author of the Bad Astronomy blog: Read More What's hot at RSA 2012 Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 15 worst data breaches Data security breaches happen daily in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES How to protect your privacy on Google 25 alleged Anonymous members busted by Interpol Windows Phone smokes its competition at MWC ... sort of Cisco bounces back Mobile World Congress 2012: This year's hottest gadgets 6 things you need to know about Google's new privacy policy IBM scientists discuss quantum computing breakthrough Tech debate: The future of end user computing Steve Jobs ignored Warren Buffet's advice for a stock buyback Windows 8 most burning questions
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Miami Dolphins dive into cloud analytics

	10 most powerful PaaS companies | Cisco takes first step in delivering on SecureX vision
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	Miami Dolphins dive into cloud analytics The Miami Dolphins teamed with IBM to deploy a cloud-based analytics system that helps stadium staff to be proactive about potentially disruptive events, such as parking bottlenecks, concession stand inventory shortages, and inclement weather. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold WhatsUp Gold - IT Management Made Simple Wish you had a powerful, proactive monitoring and management solution to easily manage your network? WhatsUp Gold is at work on over 100,00 networks and is the most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management solution available today. WhatsUp Gold is IT Management Made Simple. Try it free for 30 days! In this Issue 10 most powerful PaaS companies Cisco takes first step in delivering on SecureX vision Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and Hadoop Kansas City businesses dream big with Google Fiber, despite uncertain availability What's hot at RSA 2012 Wireless network demands push carriers to innovate Quick look: Silicon Valley's wicked young CEOs IT execs must shift security approaches Using forensics to deeply understand the security impact of iOS and Android in the enterprise WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Networking and Cloud: An Era of Change As you deploy cloud infrastructure and operating models in your organization, the role that networking plays and the impact of these models on your networks may not always be clear. This document discusses the importance of the network to cloud computing, why the network must change, and what Cisco is doing to lead these changes. Learn More! 10 most powerful PaaS companies Platform-as-a-service is the least mature of the major cloud services categories. There are multiple types of PaaS, and vendors are playing in more than one sub-category, so it's not easy to tell the players without a scorecard. Here are 10 companies that have emerged as leaders in the PaaS market. Read More Cisco takes first step in delivering on SecureX vision A year Cisco put forward its vision called SecureX about how it would devise ways that its network products, first its firewalls, would be able to capture information related to user devices, especially tablets and smartphones, to exert context-based security control. Today, Cisco took the first step to deliver on that vision while acknowledging more needs to be done. Read More Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and Hadoop Microsoft is developing a connector that will allow Excel users to download and analyze output from Hadoop, potentially opening the open-source data processing platform to a much wider audience. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Looking Ahead: A Cloud Report from 2015 BMC CIO, Mark Settle, looks to the future and describes how he envisions cloud computing will evolve by 2015. The world of underutilized servers, security concerns, long provisioning cycles and spending 60% of the IT budget on application maintenance, data center operations, and facility expenses are history. Read More Kansas City businesses dream big with Google Fiber, despite uncertain availability Businesses in Kansas City have some big ideas for Google's new fiber network, although they still don't know if they'll be able to use it once it goes online. Read More What's hot at RSA 2012 See the cool new products being unveiled at RSA 2012. Read More Wireless network demands push carriers to innovate Executives from three wireless carriers offered testimony Tuesday showing how an explosion of wireless users and devices are forcing them to expand their networks without necessarily the promise of revenue growth to keep up. Read More WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! Quick look: Silicon Valley's wicked young CEOs Silicon Valley youngsters get lots of money for new, innovative Internet companies. Read More IT execs must shift security approaches IT security executives must secure what they cannot directly control to properly protect enterprise data in the coming years. Read More Using forensics to deeply understand the security impact of iOS and Android in the enterprise When smartphones first emerged many IT organizations didn't recognize the risk they posed. That changed rapidly, of course, and today these devices are changing the risk profile for organizations because they introduce threats to sensitive company information. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 15 worst data breaches Data security breaches happen daily in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs ignored Warren Buffet's advice for a stock buyback Windows 8 most burning questions Cisco bounces back 6 things you need to know about Google's new privacy policy IBM scientists discuss quantum computing breakthrough Make way for iPad 3: Best Buy slashes iPad 2 prices What's hot at RSA 2012 Windows 8 quiz IBM's molecular images may help nanoscale circuits Cisco: "We've never been more relevant"
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Is the VA embracing open source?

	US Government Announces Open Source App Contest | Telling the Time on Linux: It's Harder Than It Looks
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	Is the VA Embracing Open Source? On February 17, 2012, the VA posted a Request for Information (RFI) to explore Microsoft Office alternatives. Currently, the VA uses Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 solutions, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations VMware vCenter™ Operations represents a breakthrough in virtualization and cloud management. Their approach gives VI admins and operations teams powerful visualization and drill down capabilities so they can respond to building performance problems before they impact end users. View Now! In this Issue US Government Announces Open Source App Contest Telling the Time on Linux: It's Harder Than It Looks Suse Enterprise Linux updated for new Dell, HP servers WHITE PAPER: Internap New eBook: Managed Hosting Buyer's Guide Looking to relieve the daily pressures on your current IT Infrastructure through Managed Hosting? This e-book provides managed hosting buyers essential tools for selecting or re-evaluating service providers. Learn More US Government Announces Open Source App Contest "By challenging developers to leverage government data in new and innovative ways, they'll help businesses fund new activities, learn about and evaluate opportunities in the US and abroad, support education and training, and more," the contest announcement says. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC Classification of Data Center Management Software Tools This paper divides the realm of data center management tools into four distinct subsets and compares the primary and secondary functions of key subsystems within these subsets. Learn More Telling the Time on Linux: It's Harder Than It Looks Getting the correct time on computers running Linux is more complicated than you might think, and formatting it can be even more challenging. Let Wazi walk you through the forest of options. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Networking eGuide: Optimizing Efficiencies Today's IT business climate is all about savings. One of the easiest ways for IT professionals to accomplish this goal is by building a more efficient network. This eGuide will help IT professionals explore the newest ways to optimize existing infrastructure and best practices to build new networks. Learn More! Suse Enterprise Linux updated for new Dell, HP servers Suse has updated its enterprise Linux distribution, using a recent version of the Linux kernel to support the advanced management capabilities in freshly released servers from Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 15 worst data breaches Data security breaches happen daily in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs ignored Warren Buffet's advice for a stock buyback Windows 8 most burning questions Cisco bounces back 6 things you need to know about Google's new privacy policy IBM scientists discuss quantum computing breakthrough Make way for iPad 3: Best Buy slashes iPad 2 prices What's hot at RSA 2012 Windows 8 quiz IBM's molecular images may help nanoscale circuits Cisco: "We've never been more relevant"
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