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	Inside Microsoft botnet takedowns When Microsoft took extraordinary steps earlier this month to disrupt the Nitol botnet it was the fifth time its Digital Crimes Unit had taken action against such threats, each time expanding its technical and legal toolkit for making it harder and more expensive to run cybercrime enterprises. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Mellanox Technologies Improve Cloud Infrastructure ROI with Mellanox InfiniBand Mellanox's comprehensive InfiniBand interconnect solutions enable the world's fastest and most efficient infrastructure for Cloud deployments. Utilizing Mellanox's InfiniBand interconnect solutions, Cloud IaaS provider, ProfitBricks, offers 4X higher transfer rates with 10X lower latency times than comparable Cloud providers based on 10GbE. Download our case study with Cloud IaaS provider, ProfitBricks, and learn how, you too, can provide revolutionary Cloud performance using Mellanox InfiniBand products. In this Issue 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make life easier 6 signs that the U.S. is overtaking the world at IPv6 Apple CEO apologizes for Maps, pledges improvements RIM offers wider peek at new BlackBerry UI Once a basher, now a believer, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has come full circle on cloud computing Researcher: IEEE website exposed usernames, passwords on 100,000 members in plaintext GM 'insources,' set to hire 10,000 IT pros DR in the cloud: Vendors jump in; enterprises wade Best Free Smartphones Available with a New Contract Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Sept. 28 12 free cloud storage options Cisco acquires Wi-Fi-based location company Enterprise Upgrades: Five Reasons to Focus on Windows 7 not Windows 8 iOS 6 device users report baffling range of Wi-Fi problems RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make life easier Tools that secure, automate, pinch pennies - including some for Windows 8 Read More 6 signs that the U.S. is overtaking the world at IPv6 Having invented the Internet 40-odd years ago, the United States has had the first-mover advantage when it comes to selling products and services that run on this ubiquitous communications platform. Now the United States is pulling ahead of its global rivals on next-gen Internet services built around the emerging IPv6 standard. Read More Apple CEO apologizes for Maps, pledges improvements Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted today that the company's controversial new Maps application on iOS "fell short" of Apple's commitment to the "best experience possible" for users. Read More RIM offers wider peek at new BlackBerry UI Executives at beleaguered smartphone vendor Research in Motion on Tuesday gave a peek at new features in the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, and released updated development tools for an enthusiastic audience of BlackBerry programmers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SonicWall Smart Security for Escalating Challenges This eBook examines how CSOs and IT managers are solving these issues using next-generation firewalls. Read now. Once a basher, now a believer, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has come full circle on cloud computing No longer disparaging, Oracle czar Larry Ellison now sings the praises of cloud computing. Read More Researcher: IEEE website exposed usernames, passwords on 100,000 members in plaintext A Romanian researcher says he discovered a data breach in an FTP server owned by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that exposed usernames and passwords for almost 100,000 members. Read More GM 'insources,' set to hire 10,000 IT pros GM plans to hire 10,000 IT professionals as it discontinues outsourcing arrangements and pulls most of its IT work back in-house. Read More DR in the cloud: Vendors jump in; enterprises wade Disaster recovery and the cloud should be a match made in heaven. Take a function that enterprises love to hate and address it with an outsourced, efficient cloud service that makes it easier and less expensive to reach recoverable nirvana, and presto - instant success. Well, not so fast. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Standardize on Process-oriented Best Practices If you're looking to adopt IT best practices to realize efficiencies and make better use of your limited resources while keeping pace with the growing demands of the business, ITIL can help! And adopting those best practices put forth by ITIL doesn't have to be a complicated or expensive project! Read Now! Best Free Smartphones Available with a New Contract Older iPhones, Lumia 900 among free smartphones on the market Read More Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Sept. 28 A relatively quiet week in Android phones nevertheless made a big splash in terms of tablets. The undoubted highlight is the news, via DigiTimes, that Google may be planning two new versions of the Nexus 7 -- one priced at the current $199, the other at just $99. Read More 12 free cloud storage options With all the public cloud storage offerings on the market today, many vendors just want customers to sign up for their services. So, in return for a new account, many offer free cloud storage. Read More Cisco acquires Wi-Fi-based location company Cisco this week said it acquired ThinkSmart Technologies of Cork, Ireland, a software company that delivers location data analysis based on Wi-Fi networks. Read More Enterprise Upgrades: Five Reasons to Focus on Windows 7 not Windows 8 With its new Start screen made of live tiles and its bold redesign, Windows 8 will have a challenging time getting consumers to embrace such radical change. Read More iOS 6 device users report baffling range of Wi-Fi problems Some number of iPhone and iPad users upgrading to iOS 6 are reporting a range of Wi-Fi problems, as are some iPhone 5 users. The solutions, when there are any, seems as baffling as the problems. Read More
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