Microsoft's cloud licensing changes: what you need to know

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	Microsoft's cloud licensing changes: what you need to know Microsoft will soon let customers use their current licenses to move workloads to the cloud. Here's how it works. (free registration required) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Kingston Technology The VMware vSphere 4.0 Edition The Yin and Yang of Memory Virtualization Click to continue In this Issue Siemens SCADA hacking talk pulled over security concerns Cisco to dump Linksys, WebEx? Personal data of Massachusetts' unemployed stolen Google rolling out fix for Android authentication vulnerability Today's innovation smackdown: John Chambers vs. Ed Whitacre San Francisco migrates to hosted Exchange PlayBook sells 250,000 in first month, analyst estimates Sony takes down PlayStation Network after URL error Gov't: We want stored emails, phone locations. New bill: Get a warrant! HP's TouchPad could emerge as viable iPad competitor Ford developing in-car health monitoring tech WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Security of Virtualization Divides IT and Security Pros The "2010 State of Enterprise Security Survey - Global Data" report shows that about one-third believe virtualization and cloud computing make security "harder," while one-third said it was "more or less the same," and the remainder said it was "easier." Learn more now. Siemens SCADA hacking talk pulled over security concerns A planned presentation on security vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems was pulled Wednesday over worries that the information in the talk was too dangerous to be released. Read More Cisco to dump Linksys, WebEx? Cisco is rumored to be looking to sell its Linksys home and consumer networking business as it looks to shave $1 billion in expenses by eliminating product lines and jobs. The Register posts this possibility, along with another: "letting go of its WebEx brand." Read More Personal data of Massachusetts' unemployed stolen As if being unemployed isn't bad enough, 210,000 unemployed residents of Massachusetts may have had personal data about them stolen from the state agency that is supposed to be helping them out. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Cost-Effective Solution for ITSM If you're tired of the costly upgrades and difficult implementations other vendors put you through, BMC Remedy OnDemand offers an alternative. It can be implemented in days and significantly lower overall IT Service Management costs. Read the white paper to learn more about BMC Remedy OnDemand. Read More Today! Google rolling out fix for Android authentication vulnerability Yesterday security experts were bemoaning the fact that the fragmentation of Android could create significant delays in patching at least some of the 99 percent of phones based on Google's operating system that were shown vulnerable to authentication attacks. Now Google says it has that concern covered. Read More Today's innovation smackdown: John Chambers vs. Ed Whitacre Cisco CEO John Chambers credits his company's success to innovation in the network. During his time at the helm, Cisco has grown into many markets, which has left the company vulnerable to criticism that it is stretching itself too thin. He has recently talked of refocusing the company. Back in 1999, SBC CEO Ed Whitacre was called "one of the savviest leaders in this new age of networks and one of the toughest competitors in the business." He saw the buyout of AT&T in 2005 and retired in 2007. Vote now! Read More San Francisco migrates to hosted Exchange The city and county of San Francisco have started a transition to using Microsoft's hosted e-mail service, choosing the software giant's service over Google and Lotus Notes. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Oracle BI Foundation Suite delivers the broadest end to end BI functionality from reporting, dashboards, scorecards, scenario modeling, forecasting to ad-hoc analysis. Register Today! PlayBook sells 250,000 in first month, analyst estimates An estimated 250,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets have been sold in the first month, edging out Motorola Xoom's early sales, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets said Wednesday Read More Sony takes down PlayStation Network after URL error Nothing comes easy to Sony these days. The company was forced to take part of its Sony PlayStation Network offline briefly on Wednesday as it fixed a Web glitch that gave hackers a way to take over users' accounts. Read More Gov't: We want stored emails, phone locations. New bill: Get a warrant! It's about time! A new bill introduced to the U.S. Senate would update digital privacy laws and finally require the government to get a probable-cause warrant before snagging email and other private communications stored in the cloud. Mostly . . . Read More HP's TouchPad could emerge as viable iPad competitor HP's TouchPad could emerge as a viable competitor to Apple's iPad tablet in a burgeoning market filled with disappointing competitors, industry analysts said this week. Read More Ford developing in-car health monitoring tech Ford is developing industry-first voice-controlled in-car connections to an array of health aids from blood glucose monitoring devices and other diabetes management services, asthma management tools and web-based allergen alerts. Read More
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