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	Network World's Products of the week 11.5.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Quest and Symantec Read More WHITE PAPER: Centrify Securing and Auditing Access to Cross-Platform Systems This white paper describes the identity and access management challenges associated with controlling, securing and auditing system access to an increasingly heterogeneous IT environment and examine the difficult choices that organizations are facing. Learn more. In this Issue AT&T to pay $700,000, refund overcharged customers Barack Obama wins re-election Can BYOD Bury the Hatchet Between IT and Business? Windows Phone 8 will tell users where to find free Wi-Fi INSIDER Inside the DreamWorks data center Microsoft DRM technology will take a head count, check ID 20 notorious worms, viruses and botnets Apple hides Samsung statement with clever Javascript E-voting machine swaps Obama vote for Romney; taken offline Google updates Chrome browser with battery-saving feature Sprint to drop Nextel name after Softbank deal Macworld - Rapid Review: 13" Macbook Pro with Retina Display 7 things we love/hate about Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows RT RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Xirrus – High Performance Wireless Networks BYOD Requires New Network Strategies The concept of bring-your–own-device is driving the most significant IT shift since the dawn of computing. The migration to mobile computing promises to bring us closer to the vision of being able to deliver any content to any device no matter where the worker is located. CIOs and IT managers must focus on ensuring workers are always connected. ZK Research, Zeus Keravalla explains that IT must re-examine their wireless strategies – today, it's about performance! Download this report today, Xirrus understands that the time for BYOD is now and can help you with your implementation. AT&T to pay $700,000, refund overcharged customers AT&T has agreed to pay US$700,000 and refund certain customers said to have been overcharged on smartphone plans, after the Federal Communications Commission found that some customers were moved to more expensive monthly plans without their consent. Read More Barack Obama wins re-election U.S. President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night, topping 270 electoral votes to defeat Republican challenger Mitt Romney just after 11 p.m. ET. Read More Can BYOD Bury the Hatchet Between IT and Business? BYOD can wreak havoc on the tenuous relationship between IT and the business. But networking giant Cisco, which has a sophisticated BYOD plan for employees, is hoping more reasonable BYOD policies that permit personal cloud services will help bridge the gap. Read More Windows Phone 8 will tell users where to find free Wi-Fi Microsoft will provide information about the location and quality of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Windows Phone 8 so users can find the best nearby networks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. INSIDER Inside the DreamWorks data center The data center infrastructure at DreamWorks Imagination Studios is certainly state of the art, but it doesn't make as much use of cloud, virtualization solid-state storage technologies as one might expect. Insider (registration required) Read More Microsoft DRM technology will take a head count, check ID A patent application filed by Microsoft and published by the USPTO on Nov. 1 describes digital rights management technology that would enforce content viewership limitations through, among other methods, scanning an audience with "a camera or capture device" in order to count heads. The technology could be built into any number of products, such as Kinect for Xbox, though none were specified. Read... Read More 20 notorious worms, viruses and botnets The earliest worms and viruses were created for geeky fun and did little harm - oh, how times have changed. Here are 20 worms, viruses and botnets that show the evolution of malware, from Creeper to Flame. Read More Apple hides Samsung statement with clever Javascript The link to the statement only appears if you visit apple.co.uk and scroll down, is Apple in contempt of court? Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds Consolidation can be achieved through server, operating system, and database consolidation, and the higher the consolidation density achieved, the greater the return on investment (ROI). This white paper describes how to successfully consolidate your database onto a private cloud through several deployment models. Read More Now! E-voting machine swaps Obama vote for Romney; taken offline An electronic voting machine was temporarily taken out of service in Perry County, Pa., after a voter filmed it changing his vote for President Obama into one for Gov. Mitt Romney. Read More Google updates Chrome browser with battery-saving feature Google has released a Chrome browser update with a video decoding enhancement that the company claims will help users save battery life. Read More Sprint to drop Nextel name after Softbank deal Nextel, an upstart mobile operator formed in the 1990s that attracted a loyal following in construction and other trades, looks set to disappear after Japan's Softbank buys 70% of Sprint Nextel. Read More Macworld - Rapid Review: 13" Macbook Pro with Retina Display A quick look at the new 13" Macbook Pro. Read More 7 things we love/hate about Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows RT Read More
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