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	The worst IT project disasters of 2013 Trends come and go in the technology industry but some things, such as IT system failures, bloom eternal. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> In this Issue The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013 Last Patch Tuesday of 2013 fixes 5 critical remote code execution flaws How to Use Analytics to Save Your IT Department Data-stealing malware pretends to be Microsoft IIS server module Is Data Complexity Blinding Your IT Decision-Making? Private Mars mission beams Lockheed Martin onboard to build spacecraft 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014 300 victims report fake support calls to security org IT security pros often seen as 'innovation killers,' says ADP's IT security chief WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Web Site Performance for the Speed of Business IT organizations must look beyond raw network speed to increase website performance and deliver the superior online user experiences that drive business. Web performance is a multi-layered problem, encompassing reliability, scalability and mobile reach as well as speed. Learn More 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 Last Patch Tuesday of 2013 fixes 5 critical remote code execution flaws It's the last Patch Tuesday for 2013, hooray! Be prepared for multiple reboots; there are 11 patches, five of which are critical to fix remote code execution (RCE) holes. Read More How to Use Analytics to Save Your IT Department As times change, so does the role of IT. A generation ago, it had to embrace PCs and client/server solutions. Now IT departments are faced with the consumerization of technology. Could the same analytics that helps companies predict customer behavior help IT departments stay relevant? Read More WHITE PAPER: Attachmate Why your existing solution might not be adequate To meet the demands of today's business landscape, IT staffs must take steps to secure and integrate their information assets, while satisfying compliance mandates and optimizing corporate efficiency. This white paper presents managed file transfer (MFT) as a way to meet corporate information and data management requirements. Read More Data-stealing malware pretends to be Microsoft IIS server module Trustwave's SpiderLabs researchers have found a piece of malware that collects data entered into Web-based forms, pretending to be a module for Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) web-hosting software. Read More Is Data Complexity Blinding Your IT Decision-Making? The ever-increasing complexity of data about IT environments is making it increasingly difficult for organizations to make effective IT decisions. 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 WEBCAST: Novell Putting Mobile Employees to Work Mobile Employees in the workplace. Watch this webcast. Click Here>> Learn More>> 10 Linux distros to watch in 2014 What to expect in the world of Linux in the upcoming year. 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 IT security pros often seen as 'innovation killers,' says ADP's IT security chief The problem with IT security professionals is they spend too much time stopping business people from trying new things, including cloud services, out of worries about risk when they should really be working directly with business managers to help them innovate by means of security. Read More
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