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IE zero-day attack delivers malware into memory then poofs on reboot

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IE zero-day attack delivers malware into memory then poofs on reboot
Security researchers at FireEye identified a new IE zero-day exploit hosted on a hacked U.S. website that is being used for targeted drive-by download attacks. The malware exploiting IE is injected directly into PC memory instead of being written to disk. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT
This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks

Building the Case
Focusing on top- and bottom-line business results helps IT leaders garner support for unified communications. Learn More

Manage Linux server from Microsoft System Center? SUSE goes for it
SUSE announced what they call the SUSE Manager Management Pack for Microsoft System Center, which essentially provides a way to manage both Windows and SUSE Linux servers from a single console. Read More

Microsoft: No, we're not ditching on-premise Exchange
Microsoft shut down talk that it would soon stop shipping new versions of its Exchange Server, promising it would continue to develop and release the popular email software for on-premise use. Read More

Microsoft continues green tech push with windfarm deal
As data centers grow in size, their owners have become acutely aware of the cost both in dollars and carbon emissions. Read More


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Why App-Centric Policies May Be Best
Application-centric firewall policy management is a new approach to managing firewall policy that is gaining traction in the IT community because it offers better performance, manageability, and visibility. Read more>>

Microsoft abandons employee-ranking system
Microsoft is abandoning a ranking system that has been blamed for hampering innovation and pitting employees against one another. Read More

How to boost Windows 8 performance
There's an unassailable rule of computing: No matter how fast your computer is, and no matter how well it runs, you want it to run better. Read More

Microsoft sees huge potential in fuel cells
Microsoft is investigating the use of fuel cells to power data centers, arguing in a paper that its studies find it a technology with much potential. Read More


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Managing Essential tools for greater productivity
People are interacting with software from the moment they wake up (hearing an alarm on a smartphone) to the time they relax in the evening (reading or shopping online). And in between, software affects virtually every work function in some way, whether in the executive suite or on the shipping dock. Read Now

Retailers to slash prices of Apple, Microsoft tablets on Black Friday
Several of the largest retailers in the U.S. will sell older-generation Apple and Microsoft tablets at cut-rate prices during their Black Friday sales drives. Read More

Microsoft works with Xamarin to simplify cross-platform development
Microsoft has joined forces with development platform vendor Xamarin to make it easier for Windows developers to create cross-platform apps for smartphones, tablets and PCs. Read More

Windows Store app growth stalls
Developer interest in Windows 8 apps waned from August through October, slowing the growth of Microsoft's Windows Store total app tally. Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories urge ditching old, weak crypto algorithms
Microsoft patched serious vulnerabilities Tuesday in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office, but also urged customers to stop using the aging RC4 cipher and SHA-1 hashing function in their systems and services. Read More


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