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	Can Mozilla right the ship? Several years ago, Mozilla was a real up-and-comer -- its Firefox browser was the first serious challenger to Internet Explorer in a long time, and the company's identity with open source enhanced its public perception as a worthy upstart. 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. Click to continue In this Issue Tech's Biggest Flops of 2012 (So Far) Googler on why he left ... for the third time Launch event drives IPv6 traffic to all-time high LinkedIn Hack FAQ: What You Need To Know Cisco gear sold to Iran despite sanctions Citrix moves into mobile network optimization with Bytemobile buyout Beyond 'five bars' – new software opens a window into cellular links A laugh for those whose LinkedIn passwords were leaked Products of the week 6.4.12 Tech Debate: Dictate the mobile device or let the user decide? CEO Whitman: PCs to Stay, But Fewer Products in HP's Future Dating site eHarmony confirms password breach WHITE PAPER: CommVault The Benefits of Modernizing Your Data Protection Conventional backup and recovery approaches are not robust enough to meet today's data and information management challenges, let alone those of tomorrow. A new strategy is essential. Learn More Tech's Biggest Flops of 2012 (So Far) The tech world moves so fast that you've probably forgotten about at least some of the big flops that have already happened this year. Here's a quick rundown to keep you in the loop. Read More Googler on why he left ... for the third time A job at Google is so widely coveted that how-to books have been written about landing one, yet Gabor Cselle last week up and walked away from a good gig there ... for the third time in eight years. Read More Launch event drives IPv6 traffic to all-time high The much-hyped World IPv6 Launch Day event on Wednesday resulted in a rise in IPv6 traffic -- including Web and email -- to a new peak as expected. But ISPs said the bigger story was the steady increase in IPv6 traffic that occurred in the months leading up to the event, which they anticipate will continue for the rest of 2012. Read More LinkedIn Hack FAQ: What You Need To Know LinkedIn users awoke to a nasty surprise today as word spread that hackers breached LinkedIn's servers and leaked passwords for nearly 6.5 million user accounts. LinkedIn didn't acknowledge the hack until midday Wednesday afternoon, when the company finally confirmed that a certain number of member passwords had indeed been compromised. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel The Total Economic Impact of the HP 3PAR Storage Forrester Consulting provides an analysis of four HP 3PAR storage customer implementations to quantify the efficiency and cost savings achieved over legacy storage platforms. Learn more. Cisco gear sold to Iran despite sanctions Despite sanctions that prohibit sales of American technology to Iran, an Iranian mobile operator was able to source equipment from Cisco, HP and Sun, which is now owned by Oracle. Read More Citrix moves into mobile network optimization with Bytemobile buyout Citrix is moving into the mobile network optimization market with its announced purchase of Bytemobile. Read More Beyond 'five bars' – new software opens a window into cellular links New client-server software from NetMotion Wireless now gives IT groups a ton of information on how cellular data links are performing for mobile workers. Read More A laugh for those whose LinkedIn passwords were leaked Whether or not you're in the throes of redoing your LinkedIn password in the wake of the social network's major breach, here's a bit from UCB Comedy that speaks to the universal pain of coming up with a new password that's sure to keep the bad guys at bay. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Switching Schedulers – Not As Complicated As You Think Changing or consolidating job schedulers may seem daunting. However, the benefits of switching to enterprise workload automation outweigh the risks. Read how BMC can help realize goals like reduced cost, top-down visibility, improved SLAs, and a single enterprise view across all platforms. Learn More Today! Products of the week 6.4.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products. Read More Tech Debate: Dictate the mobile device or let the user decide? The list of benefits for the Bring Your Own Device movement is long, but so is the list of associated risks. Is the time right to connect employee gadgets to the company network, or should we be more circumspect? Moderator JOHN DIX, Network World Editor in Chief, sets up the debates and recruits the experts. Contact him with thoughts and ideas, jdix@nww.com. The experts ROBERT RHODES, CIO of Houston Healthcare says the risks of BYOD are enormous, allowing employees to use their own devices to access core resources raises serious questions for employer and employee alike. EVAN KAPLAN, CEO of iPass says we are better off letting users select the devices that will make them most productive, and trying to control the process just ends up making us less secure anyway. Read More CEO Whitman: PCs to Stay, But Fewer Products in HP's Future Hewlett-Packard has gone through a rough spell lately, what with weak PC sales, declining profits, an embarrassing CEO scandal involving sex harassment claims and dubious expense reports, and another CEO (Leo Apotheker) getting the boot after less than a year on the job. Read More Dating site eHarmony confirms password breach The online dating site eHarmony confirmed late Wednesday that passwords for its members were exposed in a breach, a second major compromise following LinkedIn's password exposure. Read More
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