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	Experts question security used in Target breach Security experts determining whether third-party vendor had too much access to Target's point of sale systems Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Unchain Your Network with Application Intelligence & Control This paper discusses the new risks of Web-based applications, and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. Read now! In this Issue 10 great places for techies to 'pay it forward' (you can too!) WifiForward group shows growing competition between carriers and cable operators INSIDER 5 biggest mistakes of IT hiring managers 7 Reasons Not to Use Open Source Software Ericsson and Ciena join forces on IP and optical networking Best of CES 2014: In Pictures Attackers use NTP reflection in huge DDoS attack Eye-popping Presidents' Day weekend tech bargains Windows XP isn't the only software getting the knife in 8 weeks Fibre Channel will come with 32-Gigabit, 128-Gigabit speeds in 2016 The mixed fate of Sun tech under Oracle WHITE PAPER: IBM The Future of email and application is social This white paper examines the state of collaboration in today's enterprise and provides an IBM point of view on how collaboration will evolve, along with how Notes and Domino software will fit into the new collaboration equation. View Now>> 10 great places for techies to 'pay it forward' (you can too!) Why not kick off the New Year by putting your awesome IT skills to work for the greater good? Here are just a few of the many organizations that can use techie assistance. Read More WifiForward group shows growing competition between carriers and cable operators Cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications have joined forces and formed WifiForward, an organization that will work to protect existing unlicensed frequencies and get lawmakers to free up more spectrum. Read More INSIDER 5 biggest mistakes of IT hiring managers As IT hiring ramps up in 2014, many job market experts are predicting a tech talent shortage. And certainly among the hot skill sets – security, Big Data, .NET and Java developers, project managers, business analysts and anyone with cloud or mobile experience – you can expect to see some sort of talent war, says Matthew Ripaldi, senior vice-president at Modis, a global provider of IT staffing services. Read More 7 Reasons Not to Use Open Source Software Businesses of all sizes embrace open source software and the benefits it can bring. Sometimes, though, choosing proprietary software makes better business sense. Here are seven scenarios when it pays to pay for your software. Read More Ericsson and Ciena join forces on IP and optical networking Ericsson and Ciena have signed a global agreement to develop joint transport solutions for converged IP and optical networks that also use SDN (software-defined networking) features. Read More Best of CES 2014: In Pictures Here's what's grabbing our attention right now at the sprawling CES 2014 gadget show in Las Vegas Read More Attackers use NTP reflection in huge DDoS attack Attackers abused insecure Network Time Protocol servers to launch what appears to be one of the largest DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks ever, this time against the infrastructure of CloudFlare, a company that operates a global content delivery network. Read More Eye-popping Presidents' Day weekend tech bargains Discounts on Xbox Live Gold, Apple iPads, Windows 8 machines Read More Windows XP isn't the only software getting the knife in 8 weeks Microsoft will call it quits not only on Windows XP in less than two months, but will pull the plug on Office 2003 the same day. Read More Fibre Channel will come with 32-Gigabit, 128-Gigabit speeds in 2016 Storage teams will be able to double the performance of their Fibre Channel infrastructure starting in 2016, while the real speed demons among them will have a chance to multiply it by eight times. Read More The mixed fate of Sun tech under Oracle From Java to SPARC, critical Sun technologies have lived on, been cut loose, or lost their luster in the four years since the Oracle acquisition Read More
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