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	Before Facebook: How other recent dot-com IPOs have fared Although Facebook (FB - to be traded on NASDAQ or NYSE) is by far the most high-profile dot-com company to go public over the past year, it is actually one of several companies that have led to a revival of web company IPOs. And while many dot-com IPOs have been long on hype, they haven't yet paid off in terms of shareholder value. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Next-Generation Security for Enterprise Networks Since the concept of a 'next-generation firewall' was introduced several years ago by Gartner, many network security vendors have introduced their own next-generation firewalls to address this product category - but with varying results. View Now In this Issue 7 ways to mask your Internet identity With Verizon pushing more into data caps, Sprint touts unlimited option CIA posts Top 10 world-wide Internet and mobile phone usage lists? Open-source messaging at (nearly) the speed of light Spiceworks social network for IT pros hits 2M users AT&T lights up 4G LTE in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Naples Apple victorious in iphone5.com domain dispute Japanese researchers break record for Terahertz Wi-Fi transmission DARPA seeks Holy Grail: Quantum-based data security system 5 Great Android Apps for Cloud Admins Mozilla readies app marketplace for public beta Utah CTO takes fall for data breach Windows 8 Pro: Features IT Pros Need to Know About WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Understanding WAN Challenges What is the secret sauce of WAN Optimization (WAN Op)? First time users are always amazed at the performance results. Long time users know they risk the wrath of their colleagues if they take it out. Read now. 7 ways to mask your Internet identity You can't erase all of the personal info that's out on the Web, but you hide in plain sight Read More With Verizon pushing more into data caps, Sprint touts unlimited option If you're a Verizon customer upset that your next smartphone contract won't include unlimited data, Sprint would like to remind you that you have an alternative. Read More CIA posts Top 10 world-wide Internet and mobile phone usage lists? The folks at the Central Intelligence Agency had an interesting way to celebrate today's World Telecommunications & Information Society Day. It pulled what it termed " interesting information on mobile phone and internet usage" from its The World Factbook- the CIA's reference resource. Read More Open-source messaging at (nearly) the speed of light Felix Ehm, a member of CERN's beams control group, has always had a curious and scientific bent. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Top 8 WAN Optimization Vendors Rated and Ranked Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now. Spiceworks social network for IT pros hits 2M users Spiceworks, the social business platform for IT professionals, has announced that it now has 2 million users, representing nearly 30 percent of all IT pros at small and medium-sized businesses worldwide. Read More AT&T lights up 4G LTE in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Naples AT&T Thursday launched its 4G LTE service in, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Naples, Fla., today, which extends its high-speed network implementations to 38 markets. Read More Apple victorious in iphone5.com domain dispute Apple has apparently won control of the iphone5.com domain, according to changes in a Web record of the URL. Read More Japanese researchers break record for Terahertz Wi-Fi transmission Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan claim to have broken the record for wireless data transmission in the Terahertz band with a data rate 20 times higher than most current Wi-Fi connections. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Today's NAS: A Solution Beyond Old Limits Traditional NAS systems don't scale beyond fixed limits. Proliferation of NAS systems leads to management challenges. Many organizations also use traditional block-based SAN solutions for transactional systems like databases and email. Having separate block and file storage also adds to management challenges. Learn More DARPA seeks Holy Grail: Quantum-based data security system Information security systems based on quantum computing techniques are one of the holy grails of the industry but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to change that with a program that could develop such a system in 3 years. Read More 5 Great Android Apps for Cloud Admins Read More Mozilla readies app marketplace for public beta Mozilla Marketplace will be online in a few weeks to take on Apple App Store and Google Play Store Read More Utah CTO takes fall for data breach The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach two months ago that exposed the Social Security numbers of about 280,000 Medicaid recipients. Read More Windows 8 Pro: Features IT Pros Need to Know About Most of the attention on Windows 8 and Windows RT has involved consumer features and the Metro UI. 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