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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
	SLIDESHOWS 15 more useful Cisco sites Another lineup in our continuing search for the most useful sites on the Web for Cisco users and practitioners. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES You might be surprised at which Web browser aced this security test As promised, Islamic hacktivists disrupt PNC Bank 12 common project management mistakes -- and how to avoid them Google eyeing development of $99 Nexus 7 tablet Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Sept. 28 .xxx to launch porn search engine Torvalds calls Romney 'a f***ing moron' Virtual reality gets real Free iPhone data usage tracker released by Princeton lab Three quick hits, misses for the iPhone 5
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Apple CEO apologizes for Maps, pledges improvements

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	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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sprint Streamline your business with UC&C from Sprint If you're still weighed down by an outdated communications infrastructure, you're holding your business back. Our comprehensive cloud-based unified communications & collaboration (UC&C) solution offers a risk-mitigating migration strategy, providing scalability, network & cost efficiency, greater reliability, & enhanced mobility for all employees. GET THE DETAILS In this Issue 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes honor real, but offbeat research Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s Transcript of open letter from Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizing for Maps in iOS 6 Trying to fill 6,000 jobs, Microsoft pitches $10,000 H-1B visa A Linux user switches to DOS Apple's contract with Google regarding Google Maps still had 1 year left Criminals hack Adobe certificate Independent discovery of vulnerabilities will improve Android security overall iPhone 5 shows an Apple first: custom CPU core design What comes next as Facebook and Twitter slowly die? Software defined networking still in slow lane INSIDER Nontechie CIOs: translators or meddlers? Virtual reality gets real 8 Hiring Tips for Identifying Superstar Developers WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks A Wireless LAN that Understands Apple Let your users wirelessly print from iPads, project in conference rooms, and share content using Apple TVs. Aruba AirGroup makes it possible to use Apple Bonjour services in the enterprise or in classrooms. With AirGroup, only the necessary set of services are made visible to mobile devices, based on the user identity and location. Read now. 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes honor real, but offbeat research Groundbreaking research into monkey butts, green hair, diamonds and dead fish was honored this year. Read More Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s A newly leaked video shows off two coming BlackBerry 10 smartphones from RIM, while also describing an elaborate marketing campaign designed to help launch the devices in the first quarter of 2013. Read More Transcript of open letter from Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizing for Maps in iOS 6 Transcript of Apple CEO Tim Cook's letter to customers, sparked by Apple Maps flap. Read More Trying to fill 6,000 jobs, Microsoft pitches $10,000 H-1B visa With the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. This didn't mean that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for good. Read More 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! A Linux user switches to DOS Every now and then a new piece of hardware, or software, is released that causes me to pause and think, "Why, on Earth, do we update our tech so often? What, exactly, can I do with the latest stuff that wasn't possible with the previous version?" Read More Apple's contract with Google regarding Google Maps still had 1 year left When Apple removed YouTube as a built-in app in iOS 6, it was reported their contract with Google had come to an end. That being the case, the story went that both Apple and Google were less than enthused about renewing said contract. Apple, after all, is seeking to rid itself of all things Google. And Google, well, they'd much rather prefer a standalone YouTube app for iOS with bundled advertisements... Read More Criminals hack Adobe certificate Criminals have broken into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them being legitimate code. Read More Independent discovery of vulnerabilities will improve Android security overall Android's openness gives its community and the market influence in the prioritization of Android's improvement. Android product managers must have a challenging job, because so many other developers, users, contributors and ODMs have the ability to influence the direction of Android's evolution. Openness also benefits Android through community-generated value. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. iPhone 5 shows an Apple first: custom CPU core design More details of the iPhone 5 CPU emerged this week, confirming Apple's claimed performance gains. But more importantly, they are the first indications of the impact of Apple's custom chip design, rather than relying on standardized cores licensed from ARM. Read More What comes next as Facebook and Twitter slowly die? Gibbs follows up on his column from two weeks ago wherein he claimed " I think I know just what might be the smart [social media] tubes of the future. Read More Software defined networking still in slow lane Cheaper network hardware and more efficient networking software, promised by suppliers earlier this year through the development of a new management system, is still some way off. Read More INSIDER Nontechie CIOs: translators or meddlers? As IT becomes inexorably woven into everything a business does, it's crucial to have a CIO who act as a translator between the two worlds. A nontechie just might be the right person for the job. Insider (registration required) Read More Virtual reality gets real 10 examples of virtual reality in gaming, science and training simulations Read More 8 Hiring Tips for Identifying Superstar Developers Hiring a developer can be a make or break decision for your business--hiring the wrong one can ruin your project or end up costing you later. What can you do to cut through all the noise and spot the standouts from the stand-ins? Learn how to uncover the secrets of finding a 'superstar' developer. 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	SLIDESHOWS 15 more useful Cisco sites Another lineup in our continuing search for the most useful sites on the Web for Cisco users and practitioners. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES You might be surprised at which Web browser aced this security test As promised, Islamic hacktivists disrupt PNC Bank 12 common project management mistakes -- and how to avoid them Google eyeing development of $99 Nexus 7 tablet Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Sept. 28 .xxx to launch porn search engine Torvalds calls Romney 'a f***ing moron' Virtual reality gets real Free iPhone data usage tracker released by Princeton lab Three quick hits, misses for the iPhone 5
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Big Data Strategy Success | Cisco Customers Discuss Its Future

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TOP STORY 3 Keys To Big Data Strategy Success By Jeff Bertolucci Jaspersoft CEO offers tips for building the best data platform. MUST READ Cisco Customers Discuss Its Future The shocker is that VMware is getting a look from 38% of Cisco customers who are in search of alternatives. Hadoop Alternative: Open Source Quantcast Touts Speed Quantcast File System uses less disk space than Hadoop and shines on key speed metrics, developers say. Is Shared Storage's Price Premium Worth It? As local storage improves, shared storage proponents' justifications for investing more in SANs and NAS just aren't cutting it. VCs To Startups: Get Thee To The Cloud Vegas data center confab shows technology, economics, and a cutthroat business environment shaping infrastructure hosting and services. Intel Taps WiGig For 7 Gbps Wireless Data Intel Developer Form keynote outlines a future of wire-free workspaces, high-speed transfers, and network connections that unite virtually all devices. MORE NETWORKING NEWS

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