13 events that defined Cisco's 2012

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	13 events that defined Cisco's 2012 From software defined networking challenges to killing Cius and corporate restructuring moves, it was a busy year for Cisco. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point MS Exchange Deployment Guide This Deployment Guide provides detailed instruction for running Exchange 2010 with Coyote Point's Equalizer®, a qualified hardware vendor for load balancing Exchange Server 2010 View Now In this Issue INSIDER Single sign-on moves to the cloud IT hiring on the rise, CIOs say HP commits to embattled Autonomy software division EMC readies flash storage for data centers with Project X Holiday lights go techie Cisco reportedly shopping Linksys division Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud Latest DDoS attacks on banks: A teachable moment Microsoft: We're working to 'adjust' IE's mouse tracking SSD prices continue to plunge WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point Managing Application Performance and Availability A review of virtualized application performance characteristics and three ways to deploy the capabilities of a Coyote Point an Equalizer ADC to significantly enhance the availability and performance of virtualized applications. View Now INSIDER Single sign-on moves to the cloud We are awash in passwords, and as the number of Web services increases, things are only going to get worse. Trying to manage all these individual passwords is a major problem for enterprise security. Many end users cope by re-using their passwords, which exposes all sorts of security holes. Read More IT hiring on the rise, CIOs say Nearly twice as many CIOs are planning to expand their IT departments in the coming quarter than were three months ago, according to Robert Half Technology. Read More HP commits to embattled Autonomy software division Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has again affirmed the company's commitment to its embattled Autonomy software division, saying that HP's fiscal health is stronger than some may believe. Read More WEBCAST: HP Storage in the Cloud Cloud will impact your storage environment. Hear what a HP Storage expert has to say. View Now! EMC readies flash storage for data centers with Project X In its Project X initiative, EMC is developing flash storage for use throughout data centers and is developing software to tie all of an enterprise's flash equipment together. Read More Holiday lights go techie It's not just throw out a bunch of lights and watch them shine in the nighttime. You've got to set them to music... all with the help of technology. Check out just a few. Read More Cisco reportedly shopping Linksys division Cisco is reportedly looking to unload Linsys, the maker of wireless routers for consumers that the company acquired almost a decade ago. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud Somewhat undercutting a budding ecosystem of vendors that provide similar services, Amazon Web Services today announced increased features for customers to track their usage of AWS public cloud resources. Read More Latest DDoS attacks on banks: A teachable moment The websites of major U.S. banks were attacked this week in an ongoing campaign that reflects the changing tactics used in distributed denial of service (DDoS) strikes, a security expert says. Read More Microsoft: We're working to 'adjust' IE's mouse tracking A U.K. analytics firm that warned earlier this week of an information leak in Internet Explorer (IE) today rebuked Microsoft for downplaying the bug. Read More SSD prices continue to plunge Solid-state drive pricing has dropped about 30% this year, reaching what researchers call the magic price point of $1-per-gigabyte of capacity, according to information from IHS iSupply and Dynamite Data. Read More
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