Red Hat acquires Makara; Welcome to Browser War III

	Welcome to Browser War III | Five reasons to be grumpy about open source in 2010
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	Red Hat acquires Makara to boost its cloud Julie Bort: Makara's cloud app management tools will be embedded into JBoss Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Welcome to Browser War III Five reasons to be grumpy about open source in 2010 Best Networking Tweaks for Linux Is Open Source Less Secure? Ubuntu sticking to six-month development cycle Is Facebook the new evil Google? Of Coffee Houses and Code Communities Acer announces three Android tablets and an Android smartphone Android to overtake Symbian next year Samsung Reportedly Sells 600,000 Galaxy Tabs WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Inc. Cloud –Inspired Data Center Transformation In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO and Computerworld present the latest thinking and explore the latest trends on how data centers are evolving toward the cloud ideal. Read now! Welcome to Browser War III Alan Shimel: In this version of the browser war, open source is playing the part of the arms dealer, giving all of the combatants the ammunition to fight. The latest combatant is Flock. Read More Five reasons to be grumpy about open source in 2010 Joe Brockmeier: 2010 began Oracle's reign of terror but that's not the only thing that went wrong for open source. Read More Best Networking Tweaks for Linux Michael Adams: Linux is fast, but with these tips and techniques, you can make it faster. Read More PODCAST: Novell Easy as Pie: Migrating from Solaris to Linux Tune in to Rick Ashford, technical specialist for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise, as he gives the lowdown on what you can expect from the process. He also points out that your biggest risk is if you don't migrate to Linux. Find out why now. Is Open Source Less Secure? Alan Shimel: HP Security Evangelist Rafal Los discusses open source security. Read More Ubuntu sticking to six-month development cycle Joe Brockmeier: A story in the Register speculated that Ubuntu would be dropping its six-month development cycle in favor of daily updates. Read More Is Facebook the new evil Google? Stephen Spector: I recently wrote about the implications of Facebook going open source. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Webcast: Is Virtualization Right for SMBs? You've heard that large companies embrace virtualization to consolidate their data centers, reduce costs, and improve operating efficiency and IT service levels. However, your data center only has tens of servers, not hundreds or thousands. Should you consider virtualization as well? View this webcast to learn more. Register now! Of Coffee Houses and Code Communities Stephen Walli: We can learn a lot about successful community building from Starbucks. Read More Acer announces three Android tablets and an Android smartphone Julie Bort: Acer announced an entire blitz of new Android devices, among other goodies like its own app store and media-streaming service. Read More Android to overtake Symbian next year Google Android is set to overtake Symbian next year as the most popular smartphone platform in Europe, says IDC. Read More Samsung Reportedly Sells 600,000 Galaxy Tabs Samsung says it has sold more than 600,000 Galaxy Tab Android tablets worldwide, according to a Korea Herald report. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. December goodies from the Subnets SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 EFF backs red-faced porn watchers vs. copyright trolls Best networking tweaks for Linux 10 weirdest celebrity tech ads Help those with personal cyberstalking terrorists Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM WikiLeaks: China was behind Google hack Comcast outage encourages DIY DNS fix for some 10 things we love about Lync 2010 Report says Apple iPad 2 to have two cameras, USB port
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Cellular/satellite phone debuts for the masses; The iPhone quiz

	The iPhone Quiz | Is Apple really targeting enterprise mobility?
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	Desperate to connect? Consider satellite A dual-mode phone usually sports cellular and Wi-Fi connections. However, there's now a handset option with cellular and satellite communications for emergency responders and others who may find themselves frequently beyond the reach of any terrestrial mobile network (folks in the desert or on an offshore oil rig, for example). Read More WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Managing a Global Wireless LAN-Best Practices from Intel IT In this webinar, Intel IT explains how they overcame challenges associated with managing their global WLAN across 150 Intel sites in 63 countries, supporting more than 45k simultaneous users every day. Intel highlights best practices for managing a global WLAN and how they cut support costs. Learn more! In this Issue The iPhone Quiz Is Apple really targeting enterprise mobility? Tablets won't kill the PC anytime soon, says analyst Microsoft urges Windows Phone 7 developers to "obfuscate" app code A week with Windows Phone 7 iPad, WikiLeaks, Chatroulette among top AOL search terms for 2010 Got a Tablet Strategy? 10 Weirdest Celebrity Tech Ads Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Verizon set to disclose LTE details Wednesday Best BlackBerry Battery-Saving Tips: Master Class Clearwire quietly launches WiMax in Miami Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 Europe's Hylas-1 broadband Internet satellite launched WHITE PAPER: Pareto Networks The Cloud-based Telework Solution By combining a cloud-based model with user-friendly devices, Pareto Networks has pioneered a new approach to remote access with the simplicity, centralized control, visibility, and economies of scale needed for broad deployment to permanent telewokers. Read now! The iPhone Quiz Arguably the Apple iPhone is one of the hottest consumer status symbols, but how well do you really know it? Read More Is Apple really targeting enterprise mobility? Gartner analyst sees signs of a shiftGartner mobile analyst Nick Jones says Apple plans to give new attention to the enterprise market in 2011. The analyst group, and enterprise users have complained for years that Apple hasn't been "enterprise friendly. "[M]aybe they've been listening because I think in the last year there's been a definite shift," Jones writes in his blog. He predicts a more aggressive enterprise campaign in 2011.... Read More Tablets won't kill the PC anytime soon, says analyst Although tablets have started cutting into sales of personal computers, don't expect PCs to go extinct anytime soon. Read More Microsoft urges Windows Phone 7 developers to "obfuscate" app code Partners with PreEmptive Solutions for limited-time free coding toolMicrosoft is promoting the idea of code "obfuscation" as a way to make Windows Phone 7 apps more secure, and it's doing so via a partnership with PreEmptive Solutions. The vendor now offers a special Windows Phone version of its code obfuscation tool along with a set of cloud-based service that collects, manages, and reports analytical data captured from the downloaded WP7 apps. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Cloud as the Next Generation of Service Delivery Exceptional growth in data is driving a need to transform the delivery of services. Understand the "road map" to transform and learn how IBM adds value at every step from virtualization, consolidation, automation, and ultimately cloud computing. Learn More A week with Windows Phone 7 It may not make you swoon, but this mobile OS is competitiveFor reasons I cannot understand, I found myself at Union Square in San Francisco on Black Friday. This is unlike me, being one who prefers Christmas shopping at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday when crowds are lightest. But I went to Union Square -- one of the busiest retail centers in the country -- anyway to snap some holiday photos (see above) on a Windows Phone 7 smartphone, which I found to be one of its... Read More iPad, WikiLeaks, Chatroulette among top AOL search terms for 2010 Apple's iPad and iPhone dominated AOL's list of year-end hot shopping search terms, though technology terms had a fairly weak showing on AOL's overall hot searches list, which beats the rush of year-end trend reports by coming out at the end of November. Read More Got a Tablet Strategy? UCPerhaps the hottest consumer electronic device this year is the tablet. Thanks to the success of the iPad, tablet choices are mushrooming, led by the Samsung Galaxy (and if reviews are accurate, it represents the best alternative to a market currently dominated by Apple). Read More 10 Weirdest Celebrity Tech Ads Read More WHITE PAPER: Socialtext Web-Oriented Architecture is Changing Enterprise IT Companies want to surface key events from traditional systems of record inside social applications where employees can collaborate and take action to improve core business processes. This paper discusses the trend and requirements necessary to build an enterprise architecture to perform the integration. Read now! Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Inside Contactless has announced a new packaging of its NFC silicon and firmware with a third-party security controller. The combination promises a complete system for secure mobile payments that can be easily integrated into a smartphone or tablet. Read More Verizon set to disclose LTE details Wednesday Verizon Wireless is scheduled to disclose details tomorrow of its plan to launch a LTE 4G wireless network in 38 U.S. cities. Read More Best BlackBerry Battery-Saving Tips: Master Class The longer your smartphone lasts on a single charge, the better, right? CIO.com's mobile expert Al Sacco details the techniques power users swear by to boost BlackBerry longevity. Read More Clearwire quietly launches WiMax in Miami Clearwire began offering commercial WiMax service in South Florida on Monday, the first time it has launched in a new market without opening retail stores or buying local advertising. Read More Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 2010 begins Oracle's reign of terrorMaybe it's the post-holiday letdown, but looking back on 2010 I'm not sure the open source community has that much to be grateful for this year. Not only have we missed another year for the Linux desktop, but there's been plenty to gripe about in 2010. Last week, at least for those of us in the United States, was time to give thanks. And while I have plenty to give thanks about personally, I can't... Read More Europe's Hylas-1 broadband Internet satellite launched A satellite that promises to bring broadband Internet to several areas of Europe was successfully launched late Friday. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. December goodies from the Subnets SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 EFF backs red-faced porn watchers vs. copyright trolls Best networking tweaks for Linux 10 weirdest celebrity tech ads Help those with personal cyberstalking terrorists Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM WikiLeaks: China was behind Google hack Comcast outage encourages DIY DNS fix for some 10 things we love about Lync 2010 Report says Apple iPad 2 to have two cameras, USB port
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Memes and manipulation

	5 best browser innovations of 2010 | The right office apps for the iPad at work
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	Memes and manipulation A few days ago one of my friends on Facebook posted to her wall a list of books supposedly from a BBC article and noted that "The BBC believes most people will have read only six of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?"" Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IBM National Geographic traces human history To better understand the connections and differences that make up the human species, NGS and IBM collected and analyzed one of the largest collections of human genetic data ever assembled—providing an unprecedented resource and window into our shared history. Click to continue In this Issue 5 best browser innovations of 2010 The right office apps for the iPad at work Top 15 free tools for every Windows desktop G20 country's infrastructure to be sabotaged by 2015 HTTPS everywhere: Fend off Firesheep Startup offers 'virtual private SaaS' for Salesforce.com Salesforce.com gets Amazon cloud replication tool Red Hat acquires Makara Propellerhead releases ReBirth for Apple's iPad SAP launches HANA for in-memory analytics WHITE PAPER: VMware EMC Runs Its Business-Critical Oracle E-Business Suite Learn how EMC built their infrastructure using VMware software running on Intel-powered hardware and how they plan to move towards 100 percent virtualization within the organization. Read Now. 5 best browser innovations of 2010 The browser wars have changed. During the last couple of years, the four or five leading browsers have all greatly improved - -to the point that the choice often comes down to taste or political conviction, as in "I hate Microsoft and I'll never use IE." Read More The right office apps for the iPad at work If you provide or allow employees an iPad, here are the productivity apps that you should install on them. Read More Top 15 free tools for every Windows desktop If you haven't looked at the Windows utilities landscape lately, you're in for a big surprise. Many of the old favorites have changed, bringing new features to Windows 7, as well as XP. Others have fallen by the wayside, replaced by upstarts that deliver meaningful functionality that once cost big bucks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Inc. Simplifying the Virtual Data center Virtualization technology brings numerous benefits to enterprise IT organizations. Learn how in this free white paper. Read now! G20 country's infrastructure to be sabotaged by 2015 Attack on critical infrastructure expected in five years, says Gartner. Read More HTTPS everywhere: Fend off Firesheep The Web is an insecure place and getting more insecure all the time. The latest threat, the Firesheep add-in for Firefox, is particularly dangerous because it is exceedingly simple to use. Someone with absolutely no hacking experience can grab your private login information to sites such as Facebook and Amazon, and then log in as you and do anything they want, as if they were you. The free Firefox add-in HTTPS Everywhere helps protect against that threat and other privacy invaders by effectively encrypting information when you visit certain Web sites. Read More Startup offers 'virtual private SaaS' for Salesforce.com Startup Navajo Systems is targeting Salesforce.com customers who face regulatory hurdles involving data privacy and cloud computing with a new service it calls Virtual Private SaaS (software as a service). Read More WHITE PAPER: Logitech The Business Benefits of Desktop Video Collaboration At your desktop: Advances in the quality and simplicity of affordable desktop video equipment allow organizations to tap the power of unified communications, which can significantly cut costs, increase efficiency, improve business performance and foster more collaboration, regardless of location. Read More Salesforce.com gets Amazon cloud replication tool Salesforce.com customers will be able to more easily mirror their data in real time to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud with a new service announced by data-integration vendor Jitterbit. Read More Red Hat acquires Makara Red Hat continues its battle with Oracle, VMware. Read More Propellerhead releases ReBirth for Apple's iPad Propellerhead has announced ReBirth is now available for Apple's iPad featuring the classic Roland TB-303 Bassline Synth, and the TR-808 and TR-909 Rhythm composers. Read More SAP launches HANA for in-memory analytics SAP is launching its HANA in-memory computing appliance. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. December goodies from the Subnets SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 EFF backs red-faced porn watchers vs. copyright trolls Best networking tweaks for Linux 10 weirdest celebrity tech ads Help those with personal cyberstalking terrorists Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM WikiLeaks: China was behind Google hack Comcast outage encourages DIY DNS fix for some 10 things we love about Lync 2010 Report says Apple iPad 2 to have two cameras, USB port
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Verizon Wireless trialing Home Phone Connect

	Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices | Desperate to connect? Consider satellite
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	Verizon Wireless trialing Home Phone Connect Verizon Wireless has added a new twist to the concept of wireless substitution with a market trial in New York and Connecticut for a service called Home Phone Connect. The service includes a base station that connects to the Verizon Wireless network, then connects the call from the base station located inside the home to a conventional home phone handset. Read More WEBCAST: Emerson Network Power Hands-on DC management shouldn't give you paper cuts This webcast demonstrates how field-proven Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer software is already providing substantial ROI for data centers up to 500 racks. Its dynamic, graphic interface gives a deep view of your data center to help you more efficiently plan changes, lower operating costs, and deliver on-target capacity planning. Watch Now. In this Issue Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Desperate to connect? Consider satellite Time for your company to consider cable? WHITE PAPER: Sprint Why MPLS? This paper outlines the top 6 attributes to look for in a vendor and will help you with considerations for multiple network access alternatives, application performance management, session persistence, cost predictability and more. Read More Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Inside Contactless has announced a new packaging of its NFC silicon and firmware with a third-party security controller. The combination promises a complete system for secure mobile payments that can be easily integrated into a smartphone or tablet. Read More WEBCAST: CA Business Service Assurance In an attempt to keep its proverbial head above water, IT has traditionally worked in a break-fix mode within operational silos. View Now Desperate to connect? Consider satellite A dual-mode phone usually sports cellular and Wi-Fi connections. However, there's now a handset option with cellular and satellite communications for emergency responders and others who may find themselves frequently beyond the reach of any terrestrial mobile network (folks in the desert or on an offshore oil rig, for example). Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Effective Data Protection for Cloud Computing In Cloud Computing environments, applications reside in massively-scalable data centers where compute resources can be dynamically provisioned and shared to achieve significant economies of scale. Storage capacity scales with compute resources, and each needs to be effectively managed to gain the maximum benefits from Cloud. Read Now Time for your company to consider cable? A few years back, I predicted that a cable company would supply the lion's share of WAN services to a Fortune 100 company within the year. Still hasn't happened, but there are increasing signs that 2011 could be the start of cable as a serious contender in the enterprise arena. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. December goodies from the Subnets SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 EFF backs red-faced porn watchers vs. copyright trolls Best networking tweaks for Linux 10 weirdest celebrity tech ads Help those with personal cyberstalking terrorists Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM WikiLeaks: China was behind Google hack Comcast outage encourages DIY DNS fix for some 10 things we love about Lync 2010 Report says Apple iPad 2 to have two cameras, USB port
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