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	Rackspace president: Cloud needs open alternative to Amazon Rackspace President Lew Moorman says that the cloud market needs an open source alternative to the undisputed leading public cloud infrastructure provider in the market, Amazon Web Services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Consolidate All of Your Event Logs in One Place for FREE! Tired of having to log on to each Windows system to see event logs? Looking for a centralized view? Organize all of your event logs from all of your Windows systems in one location with Event Log Consolidator. View, consolidate, and dismiss event logs and correlate issues among multiple Windows systems quickly and easily from one central location! Download the free Event Log Consolidator tool today! In this Issue 15 social media scams Microsoft's Windows Phone 8: First step to a consistent Windows across all platforms Defense contracts worth billions cover network operations, cyberthreat sharing, Android security Survival guide: Do's and don'ts for next-gen IT Top IT tools for Mac OS X Microsoft on a roll, gets Congressional support for IE10 DNT, announces Windows Phone 8 Smartphone OS Showdown: Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM Gear Up for Battle Flame was intelligence-gathering tool for Stuxnet Metrics firms bicker over which browser, IE or Chrome, is No. 1 WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks How to Choose a Datacenter OTDR This white paper helps fiber installers and network technicians understand the key parameters for selecting an OTDR. Choosing the right device not only solves this new generation of datacenter testing requirements, but also helps professionals work efficiently, and increase the reliability and value of the enterprise fiber network. Learn More! 15 social media scams From Facebook phishing lures to Twitter and Tumblr hoaxes, here are 15 scams to watch out for on social networking sites. Read More Microsoft's Windows Phone 8: First step to a consistent Windows across all platforms This has been a banner week for Microsoft. On Monday the company announced its Surface line of tablet PCs, to mostly positive reactions, and today Redmond went ahead and shook up the smartphone market. Read More Defense contracts worth billions cover network operations, cyberthreat sharing, Android security The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) this week awarded Lockheed Martin a three-year contract to support operations and security on the Department of Defense global data network. The contract, which could be extended up to four additional years, might reach a potential $4.6 billion over seven years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. Sourcefire FireSIGHT: Context-Aware and Adaptive Security Learn why Context-Aware and Adaptive Security is the key to effective protection today. View Now Survival guide: Do's and don'ts for next-gen IT Business IT is evolving behind your back. Here's how to head off extinction and assert a larger role Read More Top IT tools for Mac OS X 15 handy troubleshooting and productivity tools for Mac-loving server and network admins Read More Microsoft on a roll, gets Congressional support for IE10 DNT, announces Windows Phone 8 Microsoft is on quite the roll; after announcing Do Not Track will be turned on by default for Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 and meeting resistance from the W3C Tracking Protection Working Group, Microsoft received DNT support from the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus. Rep. Joe Barton and Rep. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Network/Cloud Security & Business Continuity eGuide Network security today means much more than simply building a perimeter around the enterprise network to defend from threats. With cloud-computing models becoming more popular, enterprises are extending corporate data and applications outside the four walls of the data center. Learn More! Smartphone OS Showdown: Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM Gear Up for Battle If you're in the market for a new smartphone, don't even think about going down to your local cellphone retailer or AT&T/Sprint/T-Mobile/Verizon retail store to get a new device, at least not yet. Every major smartphone platform including Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone is getting an overhaul with lots of new features, and, presumably, new hardware to go along with it starting in the fall. Read More Flame was intelligence-gathering tool for Stuxnet The Flame cyber-weapon was part of an intelligence-gathering operation designed to aid separate more physically disruptive attacks, the Washington Post has reported anonymous US officials as saying. Read More Metrics firms bicker over which browser, IE or Chrome, is No. 1 A pair of Web metrics firms have traded sharp blows, calling into question how their rival measures browser usage, and whether Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Google's Chrome is the planet's most popular. Read More
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