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	Microsoft Apologizes After Botched Windows Phone Challenge Microsoft is apologizing for a Windows Phone marketing campaign gone wrong, after a tech writer "smoked" a Windows Phone using an Android handset. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks How to Choose a Datacenter OTDR This white paper helps fiber installers and network technicians understand the key parameters for selecting an OTDR. Choosing the right device not only solves this new generation of datacenter testing requirements, but also helps professionals work efficiently, and increase the reliability and value of the enterprise fiber network. Learn More! In this Issue Top 10 Cool and Useful Google Maps Mashups Hold the phone: retailers eye payments via smartphone Firewall fail: A tale both funny and sad Arista embeds applications into Ethernet switch 16 ultimate SSH hacks FTC's online privacy report: Breaking down the recommendations Microsoft's Challenge: Scaling Windows 8 across different screen sizes A Next-generation Enterprise WAN architecture IBM CIO discusses Big Blue's BYOD strategy Mobile Malware: Beware Drive-by Downloads on Your Smartphone WHITE PAPER: HP Migrating from Physical to Virtual Environments As IT organizations continue to migrate from physical to virtual environments, they are discovering several security challenges. HP TippingPoint identifies these challenges and provides a set of best practices for effectively addressing the security of both physical and virtual environments. Read Now! Top 10 Cool and Useful Google Maps Mashups Get more from Google Maps with these ingenious mashups. Read More Hold the phone: retailers eye payments via smartphone An emerging technology called Near Field Communication will soon give new meaning to the phrase "tapped out." Read More Firewall fail: A tale both funny and sad After assuring me in an email that this episode really did happen - six or seven years ago at a call center in India contracted at that time by Citibank - the teller of the rapidly spreading tale got cold feet and deleted it from his Google+ page. (That never works.) Read More WHITE PAPER: Antenna Mobile strategy—what are 1,000 businesses planning for 2012 The Mobile Business Forecast 2012 surveyed 1,000 global businesses on their current/future plans for mobile. The report offers insight into how companies are using mobile to address the needs of consumers and their own employees. In addition, find tips on how to avoid chaos in the rush to mobilize. Learn More Arista embeds applications into Ethernet switch Arista Networks this week rolled out an Ethernet switch designed to improve the performance of latency-sensitive applications like those found in financial trading and high performance computing environments. Read More 16 ultimate SSH hacks So you think you know OpenSSH inside and out? Test your chops against this hit parade of 16 expert tips and tricks, from identifying monkey-in-the-middle attacks to road warrior security to attaching remote screen sessions. Follow the countdown to the all-time best OpenSSH command! Read More FTC's online privacy report: Breaking down the recommendations The Federal Trade Commission's final report on online consumer privacy can be summed up thusly: We've made progress but there's still a lot of work to do. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database This white paper describes configuration considerations, best practices and performance results of TimesTen running on Exalogic. Learn More! Microsoft's Challenge: Scaling Windows 8 across different screen sizes In a recent post on the Building Windows 8 blog, David Washington, a senior program manager on Microsoft's User Experience team, talks about the extensive research Microsoft is doing and design decisions that have been made to ensure a "a polished, consistent, and predictable user experience" with the company's upcoming OS on a wide range of screen sizes. Read More A Next-generation Enterprise WAN architecture Enterprise WANs have changed very little in the last 15 or so years. While price/bit for the Enterprise WAN has improved somewhat over that time, it hasn't increased with Moore's Law as has computing, storage, Internet access, LAN switching … and pretty much everything else associated with IT. Read More IBM CIO discusses Big Blue's BYOD strategy IBM CIO Jeanette Horan has plenty of IT projects and systems to worry about, but perhaps one of the most pressing and timely is Big Blue's ongoing BYOD (bring your own device) rollout, which is aimed at including all of the company's 440,000 employees over time. Read More Mobile Malware: Beware Drive-by Downloads on Your Smartphone Drive-by downloads are coming to your smartphone, and they're harder to detect than traditional PC-based versions. Here's how you can protect yourself, your users and your enterprise from mobile drive-by downloads. Read More
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