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	Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, virtualization, unified networking and big data, according to Cisco and EMC, which have teamed to offer training targeted at tech's hottest data center disciplines. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T OUTSOURCING SUPPORT, ROI SUCESS When United Rentals looked at running its new PeopleSoft Human Capital Management system in house, the business case didn't make much sense. It was obvious the company would get a better return on investment if it outsourced the hosting and application management. Find out why in this case study. Click to continue In this Issue IETF plays Hide-and-Go-Seek with April Fools privacy protocol Cool old Ethernet paraphernalia A report on ICANN 43: New gTLDs and DNSSEC 8 reasons why Windows 8 may not be ready for the desktop Cisco shows Brazil the money What is on a US Secret Service mainframe anyway? CIOs overcome shortage of business analytics talent IBM to develop telescope data analysis system California scraps massive courts software project Sprint offers hosted UC IBM releases DB2 version 10, the first big upgrade in four years 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! IETF plays Hide-and-Go-Seek with April Fools privacy protocol IETF pranksters this weekend revealed their latest April Fools' Day requests for comments, including one that outlines use of Hide-and-Go-Seek techniques to encourage network privacy. Read More Cool old Ethernet paraphernalia Ethernet is almost 40 years old. Here's a look at some of its product origins. Read More A report on ICANN 43: New gTLDs and DNSSEC The Internet's governing body, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, holds three public meetings per year to discuss how ICANN can help make the network more secure and to encourage end-to-end interoperability. The most recent meeting in Costa Rica in March featured two rich information sharing sessions, one on the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) program and the other on Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. A Foundation for Universal WAN Optimization Cloud architectures. Remote access to big data. Application performance in an increasingly networked world. A renewed focus on DR/BC based on instant replication between multiple data centers. All are driving a need for more flexible WAN optimization that can be cost effectively deployed across both private and public networks. Learn more. 8 reasons why Windows 8 may not be ready for the desktop Microsoft recently released the beta version of Windows 8, and there's been much early praise, particularly for how well it's designed to run on tablets and smartphones. But how does this early version work as a traditional desktop/notebook OS? Read More Cisco shows Brazil the money Cisco this week said it would invest close to $550 million in Brazil to expand its presence in the country and spur economic growth. Read More What is on a US Secret Service mainframe anyway? Periodically the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the US Secret Service issues what it calls Privacy Impact Statements on systems that collect personally identifiable information. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Silver Peak's Advantages in a Disaster Recovery Environment Why do industry analysts agree Silver Peak is the WAN Optimization vendor of choice for offsite data replication? It starts with a unique, next generation architecture. Read more. CIOs overcome shortage of business analytics talent Business intelligence, analytics and big data are all the rage. But those enterprise endeavors require staffers with solid business knowledge, statistical expertise and presentation skills--skills many IT pros don't have. Here's what CIOs are doing to get them. Read More IBM to develop telescope data analysis system IBM is developing new data management and analysis technologies for what will be the world's largest radio telescope. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), due to become operational in 2024, will produce so much data that even tomorrow's off-the-shelf computers will have difficulty processing all of it, the company predicted. Read More California scraps massive courts software project California's Judicial Council has put the brakes on a long-running, massive software project that was supposed to modernize the state's trial courts case-management systems, saying the software is viable but that there's simply no money to continue installing it. Read More Sprint offers hosted UC Sprint has launched "Sprint Complete Collaboration," a hosted and fully managed unified communications (UC) bundle designed to meet the needs of midsize and large businesses. The new UC service is powered by Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) platform and is delivered over all-IP network. Read More IBM releases DB2 version 10, the first big upgrade in four years Sensing a change in the way customers store and analyze data, IBM has updated its flagship DB2 relational database management software to handle a wider range of data processing duties. The company has also updated its InfoSphere data warehouse software, IBM announced Tuesday. Read More
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