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	Cisco eyeing Acme Packet? Rumors were circulating this week that Cisco was eyeing Acme Packet as a potential acquisition and it goosed Acme Packet's stock. Benzinga.com, citing unnamed sources, said Cisco was considering a bid for the Bedford, MA., session border controller leader and that Acme Packet has hired an advisor to handle potential bids. 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More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sprint Streamline your business with UC&C from Sprint If you're still weighed down by an outdated communications infrastructure, you're holding your business back. 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WEBCAST: IBM Changing the Competitive Dynamics of the Business Date/Time: June 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m., EDT, 4:00 p.m. BST / 3:00 p.m. UTC Please join us for this webcast, as Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting, describes what operational analytics can do for your business and reviews an architectural approach that will enable you to make it a reality. Register Now Dearly departed: Windows features that didn't make it As Windows 8's arrival is imminent, we look back at the once-must-have features in earlier versions of Windows that got killed along the way Read More Highest paid engineers in mobile tech Engineers working on communications technology were paid the highest in the profession last year, according to new IEEE-USA survey data. Read More Rogue Microsoft Services Agreement email notifications lead to latest Java exploit Hackers are distributing rogue email notifications about changes in Microsoft's Services Agreement to trick people into visiting malicious pages that use a recently circulated Java exploit to infect their computers with malware. Read More Products of the week 9.3.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Three Phases to Improve Application Delivery Teams Most organizations struggling with application performance have not developed the processes and organization that can maximize the benefits of their application delivery solutions. In this report, Gartner outlines three phases to help IT organizations improve their structure to deliver better application performance. Learn More! INSIDER IT and Marketing: 4 tips for getting along More and more IT execs find themselves having to add "Play nice with the CMO" to their to-do lists these days. The reason? Technology is rapidly remaking marketing departments, to the point where previously siloed corporate marketing campaigns are morphing into enterprise digital media projects that encompass -- or are even run by -- IT. Read More How to watch football on the Internet I'm not a big football fan, but like almost everyone from the United States, I have my particular favorites—the West Virginia University Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Steelers--that I want to watch. Read More Manual examines how international law applies to cyberwarfare A cybersecurity think tank has published a manual studying how international law applies to conflicts in cyberspace, where the laws of conventional warfare are more difficult to apply. Read More HP releases two beta versions of open-source webOS Hewlett-Packard released two beta versions of its open source webOS on Friday: one for developers that runs on the Ubuntu Linux desktop, and one for the "OpenEmbedded" development environment, intended to help developers port webOS to new devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Management Madness: How to Manage Mobile Devices There are six major mobile operating systems in use now and each one offers its own set of security and management challenges. The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault will help you keep these devices secure on the corporate network with expert tips on management tools, endpoint security software, increasing application support and more. Learn More Amazon makes storage service more web-friendly Amazon is adding a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing capability to its S3 Simple Storage Service, allowing developers to more easily build web applications that access data stored in the company's cloud. Read More Boot up showdown - Windows 8 vs Windows RT Boot up showdown - Windows 8 vs Windows RT We tested the boot up of a Samsung ATIV Tab running Windows RT and an ATIV Smart PC running Windows 8 at IFA. One got smoked. Find out which one and by how much. From: networkworld Views: 5 0 ratings Time: 02:16 More in Science & Technology Read More Software that lies (so you don't have to!) Mike Elgan uncovers a massive lies-for-sale industry in the mobile and social networking world. Read More Is Your ISP Spying On You? Arcticsid asked the Answer Line forum if his ISP can "sit back...watch a screen, and see everything you are doing at any given time?" Read More
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