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	Microsoft to reveal data-center server designs that save cash Businesses with large data centers stand to net big savings in capital, power, deployment and maintenance costs if they follow server blueprints being made public by Microsoft. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fortinet Key Security Considerations for the Data Center As a result of virtualization, bandwidth-consuming applications, and the deployment of 40GbE and soon 100GbE, your Data Center firewall security will need to support throughput over 100Gbps to prevent it from becoming a bottleneck. John Grady, in an IDC Analyst Connection answers key questions regarding protecting the heart of the Enterprise Read IDC Analyst Connection, Protecting the Heart of the Enterprise: Key Security Considerations for the DataCenter In this Issue Inside a working Security Operations Center Violin Memory names replacement for fired CEO Users postpone ditch-XP decision as Windows 8 runs to stay in place Leak hints Microsoft will recant 'make-them-eat-Metro' strategy for Windows 8 How Data Analytics, GIS Helps Dartmouth Atlas Influence Healthcare Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Siri.cat Edition Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks How to Choose the Right Unified Communications Solution When it comes to unified communications, there's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. The term itself can be confusing, as are the various features within its scope—encompassing any and every aspect of the communications continuum. . Learn More Inside a working Security Operations Center CSO recently took a tour of a SOC operated by eSentire, which has spent the last few years growing their operations to secure hundreds of data centers globally. They use the familiar process of automation, detection, and mitigation, but focus on the human element more than anything, as their SOC operators work to assess and mitigate threats directly rather than rely on a script. Read More Violin Memory names replacement for fired CEO Violin Memory has named Kevin A. DeNuccio as CEO after a seven-week search to replace Donald Basile, who was fired in mid-December. Read More WHITE PAPER: CommVault Vendor Landscape: Content and Email Archiving Read the Info-Tech Email Archiving Vendor Landscape and learn why CommVault ranks as a 'Champion'. Learn More Users postpone ditch-XP decision as Windows 8 runs to stay in place Windows XP's disappearance and Windows 8's march toward some kind of success were both put on hold in January, after a December when the former's user share plunged and the latter's swelled, a Web analytics company said. Read More Leak hints Microsoft will recant 'make-them-eat-Metro' strategy for Windows 8 Microsoft will renounce its "make-them-eat-Metro" strategy in an update for Windows 8.1 slated to ship this spring, if leaked preliminary builds reflect the final product. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry Best Practices in BYOD: BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Manageability, security and support – these are just a few of the reasons BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 is such a powerful Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution. Learn More How Data Analytics, GIS Helps Dartmouth Atlas Influence Healthcare The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has more than 100 TB of Medicare claims data. This information, combined with peer-reviewed medical research, informs healthcare policy and helps institutions compare their quality metrics. Like any good atlas, it also uses data-driven maps to prove its points. Read More Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks LiveJournal is a social-media blogging site that attracts millions of users each month from across the globe, especially the U.S. and Russia. Owned by Moscow-based SUP Media, its website is hosted in a Montana data center, and according to Tim Turner, the firm's London-based CIO, LiveJournal regularly faces massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Read More Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Siri.cat Edition No. 31 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series, collected from the better addresses on the Internet, features our first appearance from "Tech Savvy Cat" and Siri. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": Read More Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. Read More
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