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	Google crushes, shreds old hard drives to prevent data leakage A new look into Google's data centers shows extensive security measures and the destruction of old hard drives to prevent leakage of customer data. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco TechWise TV from Interop Watch the Cisco Keynote Speakers and get new design tips and best practices from our technical experts from Interop. Thursday, May 12 thousands of IT professionals will come together for the industry's leading technology event. Register now for our Vegas event! Register Now In this Issue Security experts can't verify Iran's claims of new worm Material Boys: Tech CEOs with the Highest Net Worth Google likely to appeal, and win, Linux patent infringment verdict Who gets blame for Amazon outage? Google is Spying on You, Too Dell brings remote desktop capabilities to workstations How the Amazon outage set cloud computing back years, but helped Cisco Sony yet to determine scope of PlayStation Network attack Microsoft to fill SharePoint gaps with Office 365 app store Wi-Fi access for retail: Tips on how to address key challenges RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Netezza Get Proof. Not Promises. Take the Netezza TestDrive. Your site. Your data. Our technology. Experience the high-performance and operational simplicity of the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance firsthand. Our open Proof of Concept allows you to test a Netezza appliance with your most demanding, real-world analytics challenges. Learn More. Security experts can't verify Iran's claims of new worm Without a sample of the new worm that an Iranian official says attacked the country's computers, it's impossible to verify his claims, a security research said. Read More Material Boys: Tech CEOs with the Highest Net Worth Many CEOs make the big bucks, but when you're the top exec of a technology giant and can exercise stock options, your wealth can reach the stratosphere. Led by a couple of guys named Larry, each of these eight tech CEOs has a net worth that will make your head spin. Read More Google likely to appeal, and win, Linux patent infringment verdict Although a jury found Google liable for patent infringement over patent claims against Linux, at least one legal expert thinks that Google has more than a fighting chance to overturn the verdict on appeal. But the more you look at this case, the uglier and more unfair it gets, and it's even possible to connect the dots to... Microsoft. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: HP Take the HP Exstream Challenge from Forrester and HP Why do so many companies compare their solution to HP Exstream? It's probably because more than 700 enterprise customers around the world use our customer communications software & are getting amazing results. Or maybe it's because we are consistently ranked #1 by analysts. Whatever the reason, you owe it to yourself and your company to check out HP Exstream. We are so confident our solution is the best on the market, we invite you to take the HP Exstream Challenge. Who gets blame for Amazon outage? Amazon promises to fully explain recent cloud outage; IT managers will likely be asked to do the same by execs at companies using the services. Read More Google is Spying on You, Too I guess you know I was be facetious in my last entry when I said that Google wouldn't spy on your location as Apple has now been exposed as so doing. In fact, I had no doubt whatsoever that Google wouldn't pass up such an opportunity, and now the Wall Street Journal has verified this fact. My reaction is the same. Shame on you, Google. Evil? Indeed. Read More Dell brings remote desktop capabilities to workstations Dell on Tuesday announced a desktop workstation that acts like a server from which remote client PCs can exploit graphics processing capabilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Hybrid Hosting: Evolving the Cloud in 2011 Many organizations are turning to hybrid hosting. An ideal fit for businesses that need the ability to combine physical and cloud-based resources, hybrid hosting offers enhanced security and more user control over traditional cloud-only hosting. Read more from industry leaders Rackspace and AMD in this whitepaper. Read now! How the Amazon outage set cloud computing back years, but helped Cisco The New York Times said "Amazon's Trouble Raises Cloud Computing Doubts." I think that this is the best thing that could have happened for Cisco. Read More Sony yet to determine scope of PlayStation Network attack Sony has yet to determine the full scope of an attack on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services that has left more than 75 million people without access for more than four days. Read More Microsoft to fill SharePoint gaps with Office 365 app store Building out a robust app store will be key for attracting SharePoint cloud customers. Read More Wi-Fi access for retail: Tips on how to address key challenges The ranks of Wi-Fi-capable smartphones and tablets grows on a daily basis and users increasingly expect reliable Internet access everywhere they go, including retail operations. Read More
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