When Tech Titans Fall from Grace

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	When Tech Titans Fall from Grace Here's our list of 14 once-elite tech companies that fell off their pedestals due to unforeseen circumstances, arrogance, ineptitude, or all of the above. Read More WEBCAST: Meru Networks Advanced WLAN Architectures for BYOD and Beyond Join industry - expert Craig Mathias and Robert Crisp from Meru Networks as they discuss today's key IT challenges View Now In this Issue Florida's identify-theft rate towers over lower 49 Intel's new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption Google's patent for email snooping? Microsoft offers your boss email spying powers now Cisco gets tough: Details ruggedized switches for harsh environments Security pros cheer hint of hands-off updates in Windows Blue HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost U.S. hospitals $8.3B a year iOS 7 under Jony Ive to sport a flatter design Is your social network built enterprise tough? SDN and InteropNet: Cranking up and running world's biggest temporary network WEBCAST: Oracle and Intel Compare Your Database Challenges to Your Peers Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT Learn how your experience stacks up against your peers and gain insight on strategies to address the most pressing issues as new survey results on managing databases are revealed by Crimson Consulting in this live Webcast. Learn More Florida's identify-theft rate towers over lower 49 Sure, the headline gives away the answer, but if you had been asked to guess which state has the highest rate of reported identity theft you'd likely have chosen Florida: A large population of vulnerable retirees and a generally high crime rate all but guarantee the distinction. What might surprise you, however - and what shocked me -- is the magnitude of Florida's "lead" over the other 49 states.... Read More Intel's new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption Intel's upcoming Atom chips with the new Silvermont CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power efficient than their predecessors. Read More Google's patent for email snooping? Microsoft offers your boss email spying powers now Filing for a patent does not always mean a company will follow through and make that product a reality, but it is still interesting to see what patents are filed. Read More Cisco gets tough: Details ruggedized switches for harsh environments Cisco, which wants to expand its clout into the industrial networks used by power-generation utilities to support the electric grid, today announced an expansion of its "smart grid" portfolio with ruggedized and low-latency switches and other equipment intended for use in electric-power distribution systems. Read More Security pros cheer hint of hands-off updates in Windows Blue Microsoft's apparent plan to automatically update its own Windows Store apps in the next version of Windows 8 is drawing praise from security experts. Read More HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost U.S. hospitals $8.3B a year HIPAA, along with outmoded communications technology, reduces the time available for patient care, according to a new survey of healthcare professionals Read More iOS 7 under Jony Ive to sport a flatter design With Scott Forstall out of the picture now at Apple, everyone is now wondering what surprises iOS 7 will have in store for us now that Jony Ive is playing a more integral role in its aesthetic development. With iOS 7 expected to be in beta for developers by WWDC, rumors are starting to trickle out regarding some changes we can expect to see. Read More Is your social network built enterprise tough? You don't have to look further than the uprisings across the Arab world to recognize the power of social tools, and this transformative power applies to business as well. But for an enterprise social network (ESN) to be genuinely useful, it needs to go beyond the "Facebook for enterprise" model. Read More SDN and InteropNet: Cranking up and running world's biggest temporary network It starts with a gathering in a warehouse in Brisbane, Calif. Vendor reps, volunteers and networking experts of all stripes meet to create an enormous temporary network using products from 23 different companies, test it within an inch of its life -- and then stuff it on to trucks drive it out to Las Vegas. Read More
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