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7 key Cisco executive hires in the past 15-20 months

BlackBerry lays off 250 new product testing staff

Happy SysAdmin Day!

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July 26, 2013
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7 key Cisco executive hires in the past 15-20 months

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1. BlackBerry lays off 250 new product testing staff

2. Happy SysAdmin Day!

3. Please follow Network World on LinkedIn here

4. INSIDER Seven things you need to know about hardware disposal

5. Rackspace President Lew Moorman to step down

6. The Google Nexus 7 is dead, long live the Nexus 7

7. Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive

8. Oil, gas field sensors vulnerable to attack via radio waves

9. Oracle sues companies it says provide Solaris OS support in illegal manner

10. Top CIOs Use IT to Speed Up the Business

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BlackBerry lays off 250 new product testing staff

Blackberry is laying off 250 employees, or around 2 percent of its workforce, at its new product testing facility, the company said on Friday. READ MORE

Happy SysAdmin Day!

Contests, cake and appropriately heartfelt thanks are central to the celebration of the 14th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day this Friday. So exactly how are sysadmins and sysadmin admirers marking the occasion? What follows is a sampling of ways gleaned from Twitter and the hashtag #sysadminday: READ MORE

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Seven things you need to know about hardware disposal

From the first day that you plug in a new piece of IT hardware, the clock starts ticking toward the day when it will be pulled out of service. READ MORE

Rackspace President Lew Moorman to step down

Rackspace President Lew Moorman is stepping down from leading the company, he announced in a blog post today, but will remain on the board of directors of the cloud computing and managed hosting company. READ MORE

The Google Nexus 7 is dead, long live the Nexus 7

The best way I can think of to describe the tech press' moderated, polite reaction to the official release of the new Nexus 7 this week is that it reminded me of somebody who'd heard about a surprise party in advance, but didn't want to ruin things for their friends. READ MORE

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Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences

Whether you are in retail, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, or another industry, keeping and attracting customers is crucial to the success of your organization. Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences can help you improve customer loyalty and increase revenue. Learn more.

Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive

We find the good ones so you don't have to wade through the mud READ MORE

Oil, gas field sensors vulnerable to attack via radio waves

Sensors widely used in the energy industry to monitor industrial processes are vulnerable to attack from 40 miles away using radio transmitters, according to alarming new research. READ MORE

Oracle sues companies it says provide Solaris OS support in illegal manner

Oracle is continuing to crack down on companies it claims are providing support services for its products in an illegal fashion. READ MORE

Top CIOs Use IT to Speed Up the Business

The need for speed underpins many of the projects we honor in our 26th annual CIO 100 awards. We recognize organizations whose IT work shows innovation and impressive business value. In 2013, it's clear that meeting those marks often requires a quicker way to get things done. External customer transactions, internal decision making, the very way IT operates to support new business ideas--it's all going faster, then faster still. READ MORE

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12 of the worst data breaches of 2013 so far

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