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	Say goodbye to desktop phones 'When are we going to get rid of these things?' said Ken Henderson's boss as he pointed at the corded desktop telephone that has been emblematic of the American office for decades. 'I'm glad you asked that,' replied Henderson, the assistant vice president for technical infrastructure at American Fidelity Assurance in Oklahoma City. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Only Next Gen Firewall to Stop AETs The risk of network security systems being compromised by AETs continues to grow as more and more cybercriminals actively exploit this vulnerability. The answer is to combine stream-based inspection with data normalization on multiple protocol layers. The risk of network security systems being compromised by AETs continues to grow as more and more cybercriminals actively exploit this vulnerability. The answer is to combine stream-based inspection with data normalization In this Issue It's alive: New supercomputer reborn from old supercomputer parts How the Internet of Things will – and won't – change IT Google sets up cybercrime-busting task force The worst security SNAFUs this year (so far!) Would Microsoft really cut its QA department? FCC swamped with last-minute comments on net neutrality Securing big data off to slow start Rackspace rolls out new hosted computing tier: Managed cloud IBM updates cloud strategy after CIA loss WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks Security in the Next-Generation Data Center This white paper examines these trends, and it reveals the key capabilities that today's security teams require to effectively ensure that vital corporate assets remain secure, while at the same time optimizing access, cost, and administrative efficiency. View Now It's alive: New supercomputer reborn from old supercomputer parts An older supercomputer from the Los Alamos National Laboratory has been cannibalized and rebuilt into a new one, thanks to a team from Carnegie Mellon University. Read More How the Internet of Things will – and won't – change IT Like too many other trends barreling down on beleaguered CIOs and IT managers, right now the Internet of Things is something to worry about, but not necessarily something to do anything about. Read More Google sets up cybercrime-busting task force Google has set up an internal task force that will work to expose the activities and techniques of malicious Internet wrongdoers, aiming to cut down on the number of targeted cyberattacks. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Why you need a next-generation firewall This white paper explores the reasons for implementing NG firewalls and lays out a path to success for overburdened IT organizations. Learn More The worst security SNAFUs this year (so far!) Security SNAFUs? How bad is it so far this year? Well, let's start with Snapchat's 4.6 million user database SNAFU, followed by a parade of retail stores including Neiman Marcus and Sally Beauty Holdings, telling their customers how their payment card information had been hacked. Read More Would Microsoft really cut its QA department? We've covered the news that CEO Satya Nadella is looking at making some significant cuts at Microsoft. This should come as no surprise and may even be welcomed by some. However, where he plans to make the cuts is still unknown, and if Bloomberg is right, it could be a huge mistake. Read More FCC swamped with last-minute comments on net neutrality The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Web comments form crashed Tuesday morning in the hours before the agency's first deadline for submitting comments on its net neutrality proposal. Read More WEBCAST: Brocade Communications Top 3 Network Challenges Limiting IT Agility Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT Are technical challenges preventing you from building cloud infrastructures? This Webinar will explain the top three challenges facing network architects today, along with the key steps for improving IT agility. View Now>> Securing big data off to slow start While so-called "big data" initiatives are not new to a number of industries – such as large financial services firms, pharmaceuticals, and large cloud companies – it is new to most organizations. Read More Rackspace rolls out new hosted computing tier: Managed cloud Rackspace Tuesday announced a Managed Cloud offering, which combines the benefits of a managed service with the elastic scalability of a cloud. Read More IBM updates cloud strategy after CIA loss Two years after losing high-profile government work to Amazon Web Services, IBM has revamped the way it structures enterprise cloud services contracts, thanks in part to its US$2 billion acquisition of cloud services provider SoftLayer. Read More
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