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	ENIAC, world's first digital computer, turns 66 Massive machine was world's first large-scale electronic general-purpose digital computer Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Networking and Cloud: An Era of Change As you deploy cloud infrastructure and operating models in your organization, the role that networking plays and the impact of these models on your networks may not always be clear. This document discusses the importance of the network to cloud computing, why the network must change, and what Cisco is doing to lead these changes. Learn More! In this Issue Zynga makes dramatic shift from public cloud IBM's top network exec rips Cisco's rip and replace US could save $4.4B by dumping paper $1 bill for coin How and When to Build a Mobile Website 13 of the greatest security myths When's the best time for your caffeine fix? There's an app for that How to Choose a Router for Your Business Full visibility into high-performance nets: Demand 100% packet capture IPv6 deployment starts at the network edge WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Networking eGuide: Optimizing Efficiencies Today's IT business climate is all about savings. One of the easiest ways for IT professionals to accomplish this goal is by building a more efficient network. This eGuide will help IT professionals explore the newest ways to optimize existing infrastructure and best practices to build new networks. Learn More! Zynga makes dramatic shift from public cloud Zynga has moved most of its users away from Amazon Web Services and onto its private cloud in a move to maximize the reliability and performance of its social games network. Read More IBM's top network exec rips Cisco's rip and replace IBM reversed course on networking in 2010 when it acquired Blade Network Technologies, one of its key network suppliers. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Managing Editor Jim Duffy recently caught up with Vikram Mehta, founder of BNT and now vice president of IBM System Networking, for an update on IBM's network visions going forward. Read More US could save $4.4B by dumping paper $1 bill for coin If the US government really considers getting rid of the paper $1 bill in favor of a coin it could save $4.4 billion over 30 years, or an average of about $146 million per year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Investment Protection and Elasticity for Your Network NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Learn More How and When to Build a Mobile Website As of November 2011, 91.4 million people in the United States owned smartphones, according to comScore. That was an 8 percent increase over just a few months before. And if the trend continues, as most analysts and smartphone vendors believe it will, the number of individuals in the United States with a smartphone will be close to, if not exceed, 100 million by March 2012 - that's nearly one out of three Americans. And that's not including the number of people using iPads and tablet PCs, which was well over 15 million as of June 2011, per CTIA, the Wireless Association. Read More 13 of the greatest security myths They're "security myths," oft-repeated and generally accepted notions about IT security that arguably are simply not true -- in order words, it's just a myth. We asked security experts, consultants, vendors and enterprise security managers to share their favorite "security myths" with us. Here are 13 of them... Read More When's the best time for your caffeine fix? There's an app for that Researchers at Penn State have come up with an iPhone, iPad app that lets you know the optimal time of the day you should have that quad-shot of espresso so that it boosts your mental alertness without keeping you from sleeping later. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap New eBook: Managed Hosting Buyer's Guide Looking to relieve the daily pressures on your current IT Infrastructure through Managed Hosting? This e-book provides managed hosting buyers essential tools for selecting or re-evaluating service providers. Learn More How to Choose a Router for Your Business Buying a router for a business isn't as simple as picking a consumer product with the best ratings from an online merchant or the best price on the shelf at a local electronics superstore. Your company has serious needs, such as supporting scores of users (including guests) on the network, and locking down company data to guard against snoops. Read More Full visibility into high-performance nets: Demand 100% packet capture A new class of packet-based network monitoring and recording solutions are emerging that enable companies running high-speed and ultra-high-speed networks to address the issue of network blindness, a condition that exposes organizations to a raft of operational, legal, compliance and reputational risks. With the cost of network downtime measured in millions of dollars per hour, knowing what's going on inside the network isn't just a nice to have, it's critical. Read More IPv6 deployment starts at the network edge IT execs know they will have to deploy IPv6 at some point, but where to begin? One approach that establishes some IPv6 capability without spending a lot of time or money is to start at the perimeter. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Firefox faceoff: Nightly vs. Pale Moon vs. Waterfox Three unofficial Firefox variants take advantage of 64-bit processors and 64-bit version of Windows 7. CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES 13 security myths you'll hear -- but should you believe? 10 years after famous Slashdot marriage proposal Researcher: Email wording a dead giveaway of who's the boss Forget about public or private cloud, it's all about hyper-hybrid Mozilla will ask all certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates FBI says social media monitoring won't infringe privacy rights Crypto experts analyze millions of X.509 certificates, call RSA crypto flawed Two-thirds of Google+ users are men First look: Cisco Cius NASA unplugs last mainframe
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