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Cisco Secure Borderless Network Protects Beyond the Corporate Data Center
On the surface, Cisco Secure Borderless Network appears to address many shortcomings in Microsoft's competing DirectAccess.
- At the RSA Conference held March 1 to 5
in San Francisco, Cisco Systems finally unveiled its own take on the secured
borderless enterprise, which aims to provide mobile workers with seamless,
always-on secured connections to protected enterprise data and
applications whether those applications a...
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CodePlex Foundation Expands Leadership
The CodePlex Foundation adds open-source luminaries and Microsoft techies to its permanent Board of Directors.
- The CodePlex Foundation has announced
the expansion of its Board of Directors.
The CodePlex Foundation describes itself as quot;a not-for-profit
foundation formed with the mission of enabling the exchange of code and
understanding among software companies and open-source communities. quot; In
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Avaya, Polycom Partner on UC Solutions
Avaya and Polycom are expanding their relationship to include the development and marketing of new voice and video unified communications solutions. The integrated offerings will be based on Avaya's Aura UC platform and Polycom's Open Collaboration Network strategy. The Avaya-Polycom partnership is the latest move in a quickly changing UC landscape as vendors attempt to take on major players like Cisco Systems.
- Avaya and Polycom are expanding their partnership to include integrated
video, voice and collaborations offerings, the latest move in a quickly
evolving unified communications market.
The two companies March 9 announced plans to jointly develop
and market a host of new, tightly integrated UC sol...
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U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
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Cisco leapfrogs rivals with faster router
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc introduced its first major new routers in six years and said they can be configured to handle Internet traffic up to 12 times faster than rival products.
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MSI Wind U160 Netbook Pairs Intel 'Pine Trail,' Windows 7
The newly arrived MSI Wind U160 netbook offers Intels new Pine Trail platform, along with Microsoft Windows 7 Starter, 15 hours of battery life and a $380 price tag. The Wind U160 netbook joins a market filled with competition from Acer, Asus, Coby and Dell.
- MSI, which is looking to expand into new markets, including the
United States, has rolled out its Wind U160 netbook, which offers up to
15 hours of battery life for less than $400. The Wind U160 is MSIs second netbook to feature the Intel Pine Trail platform the first was the Wind U135, in...
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Emerson Launches Aperture Data Center Optimization Suite
Emerson Network Power claims that its Aperture Integrated Resource Manager, a result of Emerson's acquisition of Aperture in February 2008, is the industry's first data center optimization software that doesn't require a new server to run it.
- NASHVILLE, Tenn. Emerson Network Power, which once specialized in power
supplies but has been expanding into a range of other data center-related products,
on March 9 launched a data center management package that combines all facility
resources yet requires no new servers to run. The company ...
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Tangent's DataCove DT Eases E-Mail Archiving
REVIEW: Todays enterprises are bound by legislative requirements that dictate how data is stored, archived and retrieved. For many, e-mail is the biggest compliance challenge. Tangent helps to solve those e-mail compliance issues with its DataCove DT appliance.
- Many businesses are struggling to meet compliance
requirements, and for most, the biggest challenge is e-mail. E-mail compliance is
a complex endeavor, since administrators need to save e-mail conversations,
archive them, build indexes and have a means to retrieve those conversations.
Whats more...
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Google Public Data Explorer Breaks It Down for Students, Wonks, Stat Lovers
Google on March 8 announced the launch of its Google Public Data Explorer, which allows users to view and create charts based on a wide variety of public data, such as mortality and fertility rates. The app leverages publicly available statistics from the World Bank and other sources. Users can play with the data endlessly, filtering it through various metrics and displaying it in different types of charts and graphs. Google claims it has been using anonymous information from its users searches to best determine what sorts of public data are most requested, and then used that to create a list of the most popular data and statistics search topics. Those results will likely continue to inform Googles process as it integrates more public data into its offerings.
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What RSA is Saying Now About IT Security
CIOs face more complexity than ever as an array of new technologies, from social media to cloud computing, open up new opportunities - and vulnerabilities. In ensuring that their businesses aren't exposed to new threats while charging into these new frontiers, IT security teams are essentially helping to enable emerging business models. Whether that means training employees on social media or pressuring cloud vendors to disclose their security practices, IT security will continue to evolve from its historic focus on protecting IT systems to playing a more entrepreneurial role in business.
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Apple iPad Sales May Approach 7 Million in 2010, Says Report
General expectations of the Apple iPad's level of success are overly pessimistic, says a Broadpoint AmTech report, which predicts 2010 sales of up to 4 million units, or actual unit shipments of up to 7 million. An analyst suggests that getting a little quality time with the iPad will convert naysayers.
- Think the Apple iPad is nice enough, but no show-stopper? Don't be too quick to judge, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall wrote in
a March 9 research note to investors, predicting that the next major catalyst
for a rise in Apple shares will be the iPad launch. quot;We believe th...
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Microsoft Warns IE Under Attack on Patch Tuesday
As Microsoft pushes out two Patch Tuesday security updates for Windows and Office Excel, the company warns that attackers are targeting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that can be used to hijack machines.
- Microsoft issued a warning March
9 for Internet Explorer users as the company pushed out its monthly round of
patches to cover security holes in Windows and Microsoft Office Excel.
In an advisory, the company warned
that a new vulnerability was being targeted in attacks
against Internet Explore...
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Google Sees Microsoft Bing, Yahoo as Chief Rivals, Not Apple
Consumer Watchdog advocate John Simpson pored over Google's 2009 Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and made a striking discovery. While Google listed only Microsoft and Yahoo by name in its 2008 10-K filing, the search engine listed 10 companies that it views as competitors in the 2009 document. Yahoo and Microsoft Bing are listed as Google's chief competition in search. No surprises there. What is surprising is what company isn't listed as a competitor. Has Apple become Google's Lord Voldemort to the point where it dare not speak its name as the maker of the iPhone and iPad? See who and what Google regards as its foremost rivals in this eWEEK slide show.
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U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
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ISS Hosting Alternative Energy Crop Experiment
Begun in February with the space shuttle Endeavour's arrival, NASA scientists are studying the effects of microgravity on jatropha cells in hopes of accelerating the commercial use of biofuels. This is the first study to assess the effects of microgravity on cells of a biofuel plant.
- NASA scientists have launched a new experiment on the ISS
(International Space Station) in hopes of producing alternative energy
crops on Earth. Cell cultures of the jatropha curcas plant were sent to the space station in February in special flasks containing nutrients and vitamins. The
cells ...
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Google Playing with TV Search Service Via Set-top Boxes
Google is testing its search software on TV set-top boxes, which as one of the modern replacements for the cable box enables content transmitted from the Internet, according to the Wall Street Journal. The service would let users search their Dish satellite TV service for TV programs and video from Google's own YouTube service. Google has already showed its desire to extend its mobile Web tendrils through the Google Android platform and the resulting Google-sold Nexus One smartphone. An Android set-top box should come as no surprise.
- Google and satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. are experimenting
with a service that would enable users to search through programs and Web video
on their televisions, according to the (paywall warning) Wall Street Journal.
The Journal March 8 said Google is testing its search s...
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Apple iPad Security Considerations for the Enterprise
The Apple iPad is scheduled to hit U.S. stores April 3. Though a consumer device, it's a safe bet that like the iPhone and iPod before it, the iPad will make its way into the enterprise. Before it does, enterprises need to think about the security implications of yet another consumer device touching their networks. What security features should they ask for from Apple? What about protecting data accessed on the device? These questions and more should be on the minds of administrators planning ahead for the device, security pros say. At eWEEK, we have gathered ideas on what enterprises should consider regarding the iPad, and what should be on their Apple security wish list.
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Cisco CRS-3 Router Looks to Deliver More Online Video
Cisco unveiled CRS-3, its new router, in a high-profile March 9 announcement. In a Webcast, Cisco executives suggested that the increasing use of online video and other high-bandwidth tools and applications would eventually make the routers 322-terabit capacity a necessary part of IT infrastructure. AT T recently conducted a 100-gigabit test of the CRS-3 technology and claims it works as expected. The CRS-3 offers three times the capacity of Cisco's CRS-1, released in 2004, which laid the foundation for much of Cisco's network-as-platform strategy.
- Cisco unveiled a new router, the CRS-3, that it claimed in
the ramp-up to the March 9 announcement would quot;forever change the Internet. quot;
Whether or not that bold prophecy comes to fruition, the CRS-3 is nonetheless
capable of handling enormous amounts of online traffic, with a Cisco exec...
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NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless
MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. media reported was worth $720 million.
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Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery
A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.
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