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	Microsoft's latest, greatest scheme to woo Gmail users Microsoft has opened another front in its webmail war against Google with the release of a new tool designed to automate the migration process for Gmail users who want to switch to Outlook.com. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Understanding Enterprise Cloud Governance This whitepaper covers how to deliver the agility of cloud computing address while still maintaining operational control, through the use of cloud management software, View Now In this Issue The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013 Juniper: Quick look at security strategy behind its SDN controller security DARPA targets $4.8M to close backdoor security problems 300 victims report fake support calls to security org Blue Cross: 840,000 healthcare records at risk after laptop theft Silver Peak's new WAN feature could be essential How (and Why) to Get Started With SDNs Robotic limbs blasting off to NASA's space bot 25 (mostly) tech company logos with hidden meanings Mozilla ships Firefox 26 with opening click-to-play move Cisco wraps Insieme, works on UCS 2.0 Stats don't lie: Windows 8 has failed Private Mars mission beams Lockheed Martin onboard to build spacecraft eBay changes IT with a metric US investigates allegations of Dell computer resales into Syria PC World's 50 best tech products of 2013 WHITE PAPER: New Relic Secure, Reliable & Proven APM for the Enterprise   Your organization depends on your web applications to do business -- from customer facing eCommerce,banking or travel applications, to mission-critical applications for your employees or partners. When it comes to performance, visitors' expectations for service and reliability are high. Read Now The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013 From the attack on privacy and Cryptolocker to Eric Snowden and the NSA, it's been a challenging year Read More   Juniper: Quick look at security strategy behind its SDN controller security   Juniper Networks in September made its software-defined network (SDN) controller known as Contrail generally available. Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer delves into the security strategy behind the Contrail controller in a discussion with Juniper's Senior Director of Product Management Jennifer Linn, and Chris Hoff, vice president of strategic planning in the security business unit at Juniper. Read More   DARPA targets $4.8M to close backdoor security problems   The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has written a check for $4.8 million to Raytheon BBN Technologies and GrammaTech to build software that blocks backdoor security holes in commodity network devices. Read More   300 victims report fake support calls to security org The Internet Storm Center, an arm of the SANS Technology Institute, has started collecting reports of fake support calls in an attempt to figure out how prevalent the scam is among computer owners. Read More   Blue Cross: 840,000 healthcare records at risk after laptop theft Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ) said on Friday that nearly 840,000 member that their information my be at risk, after two employee laptops were stolen in November. Read More   Silver Peak's new WAN feature could be essential The corporate wide area network (WAN) is a funny thing. Even back in my early days as a network manager in the early 90s, there was talk of finding an alternative to the tried-and-true "hub and spoke" MPLS, frame relay, or other type of network. There's no question that this type of network, although widely deployed, is inefficient, as it routes all traffic through a single choke point (the hub).... Read More   How (and Why) to Get Started With SDNs The rise of software-defined networks (SDNs) is one of the big tech stories of 2013. For many IT organizations looking at deploying the technology, it's no longer a question of 'if,' but 'when,' according to Gartner's Joe Skorupa, research vice president for Data Center Convergence and Andrew Lerner, research director for Networking, at Gartner. Read More   Robotic limbs blasting off to NASA's space bot Robotic limbs blasting off to NASA's space bot Robotnaut 2 the robot aboard the International Space station is going to get new robotic apendages specially designed for zero gravity. From: Network World Videos Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:15 More in Science & Technology Read More   25 (mostly) tech company logos with hidden meanings   Some logos are much more than meets the eye. Read More   Mozilla ships Firefox 26 with opening click-to-play move Mozilla released Firefox 26, which kicked off a limited form of click-to-play and patched 15 security vulnerabilities, six marked "critical." Read More   Cisco wraps Insieme, works on UCS 2.0 Cisco this week completed its acquisition of spin-in Insieme Networks, the developer of Cisco's Nexus 9000 data center switching line and Application Centric Infrastructure fabric. Cisco said it could pay up to $863 million for Insieme, which launched its products Nov. 6, based on revenue achieved from the sale of Insieme products. Read More   Stats don't lie: Windows 8 has failed You want to give a company the benefit of the doubt, but after several months, a pattern starts to emerge. A negative one that you can't deny. And in this case, a year's worth of stats don't lie: Windows 8 isn't going anywhere. Read More   Private Mars mission beams Lockheed Martin onboard to build spacecraft Private Mars mission planners said today that Lockheed Martin is onboard to build the spacecraft that would land a technology demonstration robot on the Red Planet by 2018. The Mars One group ultimately wants to establish a human outpost on Mars. Read More   eBay changes IT with a metric IT managers facing the task of explaining the business value of IT to the C-suite don't necessarily have an easy time of it. But eBay believes it has fixed this problem with a metric that translates IT resources into key business metrics Read More   US investigates allegations of Dell computer resales into Syria The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating a report alleging that Dell computers have been sold to the Syrian regime despite the trade embargo in place, according to a July filing by Dell to the U.S.A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that was made public this week. Read More   PC World's 50 best tech products of 2013 Read More
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