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	Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS operating system The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Magic Quadrant Identifies Leaders in WAN Optimization Gartner has published its latest Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers to help you make an informed purchasing decision. Silver Peak has been positioned as a "Leader" in the Magic Quadrant report. Click here to read the full report now. In this Issue Cloud services: Computus Interruptus Software testing can be sexy, too Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite Mac troubleshooting: dealing with hard drive woes We're buying smartphones and tablets, but PCs still reign supreme Ranking the Top 10 Cloud Startups The Return of the Wireless Switch? Rackspace program looks to 'seed' cloud workforce WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems The Art of Application-Centric Networking Application-centric networking solves the application challenges facing IT departments, helping them maintain visibility into and control over applications regardless of where they reside or are accessed from. Read Now Cloud services: Computus Interruptus I use Google Docs as part of my day job. On one recent morning I accessed a file and updated it but when I went back a short time later I got a "502" error page -- something had gone amok in Google land. Everything seemed to work when I tried a few hours later, but the incident was a forceful reminder of one of the important features of cloud services -- when they go down so do you. Read More Software testing can be sexy, too This guest post was submitted by Lorinda Brandon, Director of Strategy at Smartbear Software I almost don't know where to start this post. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about code.org and the lack of relevant organizations that focus on software testing. Well, I am happy to say that I stand corrected. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Managing risk in the modern business world What steps can you take to manage network risks as mobile apps, social and the cloud invade your network? Read Now Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite Collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to launch an open-source, browser-based productivity suite called OX Documents. Read More Mac troubleshooting: dealing with hard drive woes Your Mac has begun showing signs of trouble. Perhaps you frequently get errors when trying to open or save files. You suspect a problem with the hard drive. Before panic sets in, you want to launch Apple's Disk Utility and select Repair Disk from the First Aid tab. Hopefully, that will remedy the situation. One problem though: Repair Disk is dimmed and you can't select it. Why? Because OS X cannot attempt repairs on an active startup drive. You can still useA Repair Permissions, which may help in certain situations. But let's assume it doesn't. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors How Blade Centers Impact Data Center Management and Agility This paper examines enterprise adoption of blade servers in the US, UK and China; the benefits of blade server use; and the connection between enterprise data center management and agility goals and blade server use. Read Now! We're buying smartphones and tablets, but PCs still reign supreme Smartphones and tablets are taking over our lives, but don't forget about the PC. Read More Ranking the Top 10 Cloud Startups More than 10,500 people cast votes for their favorite cloud startups. But before we get on to our final rankings, a bit of background on the voting process: Unfortunately, a couple of frisky engineers decided to try to hijack the vote with a few automated bot ballot-box stuffers, so some votes had to be purged [more on this here]. Read More The Return of the Wireless Switch? I've been writing about unified networking, the integration of wired and wireless LANs, for perhaps a decade now. The need and the benefits here are obvious: planning, operating, and managing two separate networks in any given location makes absolutely no sense, and the traditional redundancy involved in management console functions, databases, and other elements adds cost but no value. Read More Rackspace program looks to 'seed' cloud workforce Rackspace launched the Open Cloud Academy today, a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific focus on cloud computing. Read More
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