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	Beyond the smartphone: Emerging platforms developers should target next From the car to the living room, technologies and markets are quickly evolving to offer lucrative possibilities for programming pioneers Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. Learn more at blackberry.com/mobilefusion In this Issue Wikipedia-sponsored 'pilot study' lauds Wikipedia accuracy Microsoft calls Windows 8 complete, but concerns remain, say analysts Getting out in front of BYOD Don't buy that security software! Apple initially wanted an iPhone with shaped glass, deposition reveals Dropbox gets a black eye in spam attack Huawei checking claims of vulnerabilities in its routers DEFCON Kids: Hacking roller coasters and the power grid with cell phones BYOD means users want a 'Goldilocks' answer for device security Businesses Fill Hadoop Skills Needs With Partners WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Guide to Lower WAN Optimization Costs In this eGuide, articles from Network World examine the maturing WAN optimization market, collect advice from experts and users on how best to implement these products, and look at new trends. Read on to discover how to make the most of WAN optimization in enterprise networks. Read now. Wikipedia-sponsored 'pilot study' lauds Wikipedia accuracy While Wikipedia's parent organization is taking great pains to emphasize the small sample size used in research it sponsored to spur others into more thoroughly assessing the online encyclopedia's quality and accuracy, there's no hiding its overall view of the results: We aced this test. Read More Microsoft calls Windows 8 complete, but concerns remain, say analysts Microsoft today announced that it's wrapped up Windows 8 and declared that the operating system has met the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone. Read More Getting out in front of BYOD It wasn't long ago that BYO was something you'd find on a party invitation. But with the wave of employees bringing their own smartphones and tablets into the workplace and expecting to use them for email, network access and mobile apps, BYOD -- or "bring your own device" -- now represents a promising but formidable business trend that doesn't leave IT in the mood for celebration. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 3 Main Factors Lowering WAN Throughput Upgrading bandwidth does not help improve effective throughput when transferring large amounts of data over a high-capacity WAN. This NetForecast report details the problem's culprits and discusses the effectiveness of TCP acceleration, FEC, packet order correction, and WAN optimization. Learn more. Don't buy that security software! Open source doesn't have to mean free of cost, but thanks to the generosity of open source developers many thousands of great applications are free. Why spend money when you don't have to? Though if you like and depend on an app, nothing says thanks like clicking the "Donate" button. Read More Apple initially wanted an iPhone with shaped glass, deposition reveals The Apple-Samsung trial has provided us with an absolute treasure trove of information regarding Apple's iPhone and iPad prototypes. From an 8-sided iPhone prototype to an iPhone that resembles an iPod Mini of yore, poring through many of Apple's prototypes that never made it to market has been rather fascinating. Read More Dropbox gets a black eye in spam attack The Dropbox file-sharing service suffered a setback in its efforts to move into the enterprise more forcefull after being hit by a spam attackthat stemmed from the breach of an employee's account. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Proven Techniques to Cope with Packet Loss If you have a WAN link with an RTT of 100 ms and packet loss of 1% the throughput is virtually nil. Learn how to overcome this issue in this paper that highlights: - Key WAN characteristics of out of order and lost packets - Packet loss impact on data replication - How MPLS statistics fool network professionals Learn more. Huawei checking claims of vulnerabilities in its routers Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it was verifying claims that its routers contained critical vulnerabilities, after security researchers disclosed alleged problems last weekend. Read More DEFCON Kids: Hacking roller coasters and the power grid with cell phones When you think about hacking conferences with about 15,000 hackers attending, 8-year-old kids might not be your first thought. Yet Def Con Kids was so amazing that I cannot encourage you enough to enroll your kids next year. Read More BYOD means users want a 'Goldilocks' answer for device security When it comes to securing mobile devices in a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) world, users are increasingly looking for what could be called the "Goldilocks" solution -- neither too much security, nor too little. Read More Businesses Fill Hadoop Skills Needs With Partners Enterprises are adopting Hadoop faster than they can hire IT talent to build and maintain these distributed computing deployments. To fill the gap, many are turning to partners that can offer a mix of Hadoop consulting, software development and training services. Read More
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