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Big Data is a solution looking for a problem: Gartner | Microsoft embraces open source -- to a point

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Close the door for good on Web server backdoors
Regular readers of Network World know there is a crime spree taking place in cyberspace. Hackers are coming into servers at will through backdoors and directing these servers or the websites they host to perform all sorts of malicious deeds. Incapsula just introduced a cloud-based service that can detect and mitigate the problem of backdoors that are surreptitiously planted on Web servers. Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5

2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers
The application delivery controller has evolved into a key component of the data center architecture, and enterprises should evaluate ADCs based on how they integrate with this architecture and support more advanced features, such as user and traffic control and monitoring. This report provides insights into vendors' strengths and weaknesses. Read More.

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WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com

Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers
Gartner's 2012 Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers looks at vendors responding to the challenge of "any channel" customer engagement. Follow the leaders and find out why more than 100,000 customers worldwide rely on Salesforce CRM applications to transform their businesses. Read More!

Big Data is a solution looking for a problem: Gartner
Big Data is forecast to drive $34 billion of IT spending in 2013 and create 4.4 million IT jobs by 2015, but it is currently still a solution looking for a problem, according to analyst firm Gartner. Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Vulnerability Assessment with Application Security
This document examines various DDoS attack methods and the application of specific ADC technologies to block attacks in the DDoS threat spectrum while securely delivering applications and protecting the network, the session, and the user. Read Now.

Microsoft embraces open source -- to a point
The company is expanding its participation in open source endeavors, no longer believes Linux is a 'cancer' Read More

WHITE PAPER: McAfee

Protect Critical Assets with Virtual Patching
Virtual patching, using predictive threat coverage, automated vulnerability scanning, and risk visualization, is a scalable, cost-effective approach to protecting critical assets. This paper discusses change management approaches and details the McAfee solution suite. Read Now

This company is one of the first to offer business intelligence software by the hour, in the cloud
Open source business intelligence company Jaspersoft is one of the first to offer its analytics software from the cloud on a pay-by-the-hour rate, according to the company and one independent analyst. Read More

Avoiding basic BYOD blunders
For all the sophistication and power of the modern cell phone or tablet, people think of them more or less like pens: You can use the generic ballpoints they have at the office, or you can bring the one you like from home. That's a consequence of high technology becoming pervasive. People use technology widely, and they might prefer what they use on their own time. Read More

IT workers to management: NOW can we telecommute?
IT is one of the last corporate functions to embrace telecommuting. It turns out the last remaining barriers are more cultural than technical. Read More

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12 hybrid cloud security products to watch

Here are 12 security products that you can buy for your hybrid cloud whether they run on premise, in the cloud or a little of both.

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