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10 ways to beat fingerprint biometrics Brocade sharpens its focus on the data center Network World Daily News PM September 26, 2013 Share this email FTC for 1st time spanks illegal text messenger with $1M fine The Federal Trade Commission this week said it levied a $1 million fine on California-based debt collector who used text messages to falsely collect debts. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 10 ways to beat fingerprint biometrics 2. Brocade sharpens its focus on the data center 3. Ctrl+Alt+Del 'was a mistake,' Bill Gates admits 4. INSIDER How CIOs can catch the board's ear 5. Obama Administration-led data-classification overhaul to bring benefits, costs, disruption 6. Egnyte launches 'PRISM protection' file sharing appliance to beat cloud worries 7. How to ensure rogue cloud services don't leave you in the lurch 8. Enterprises more accepting of Android, while Windows is losing ground 9. Sudan comes back online after 24-hour Internet blackout 10. 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READ MORE How to ensure rogue cloud services don't leave you in the lurch Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is often associated with personal services that raise questions about everything from security to business service expectations, but if plan adequately you can get what you need without jeopardizing services or security. READ MORE Enterprises more accepting of Android, while Windows is losing ground Enterprises are increasingly interested in developing apps for Android-based smartphones and tablets, showing how Google's OS is becoming more accepted, according to a poll. At the same time fewer are willing to spend resources on Microsoft's OSes. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: F5 Gartner: Load Balancers are Dead IT organizations that shift to modern ADCs will improve application performance and security, streamline data center operations, and offload common functions from application development to the ADC infrastructure. 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