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Discussing Cyber Threats, Software Security, Ethical Hacking, Data Warehousing , and other security topics. To Register: Please enter Discount Code VIP50 for a 50% discount for a conference pass. Attendance to the exhibit hall is free. Contact us at (203)661-4312 or [email protected]. Or visit our website at www.computerforensicshow.com

Don't miss: "Key Steps to Securing Your Organization Using the OSI Layers" with Michael G. Spohn, Senior Consultant, Foundstone Professional Services (a division of McAfee). A security breach can be a daunting event, and often results in a chaotic frenzy. What should you do first? This session shares valuable information about the measures you should take in order to better secure your organization from a security breach, and the key steps to get you back on track after a hack.

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Budget cuts are common for most IT departments during this "Great Recession," with more possible in the coming year. Already overworked and understaffed and facing usage demands that don't seem to reflect business conditions, some IT managers are looking for ways to make suppliers and service providers share in the pain.

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For an information company, Microsoft seems clueless on providing clear directions and upgrade paths. What upgrade option do you choose? How much does a Windows 7 upgrade cost? Anywhere from $60 to $300, depending on which of the many conflicting stories you believe. And if you want to upgrade from an XP system, your options range somewhere between "no way" and "plan to spend 20+ hours on the project." Why can we not get a straight answer? What's with the dumb Windows 7 upgrade chart?

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Last week, I wrote about why your cloud service will eventually fail, referring specifically to Gmail's widely publicized downtime of some 100 minutes. It generated a fair amount of debate on the cloud computing front, with a number of responses from readers who added their views via the comments section, or who wrote directly to me via email.

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Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday proposed new rules that net neutrality advocates have longed to hear.

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It's common to hear these days--in the age of social computing--that email is dead, but if that's the case why are enterprises reportedly drowning in high volumes of it? The fact is that when people say email is dead, what they usually mean is that it's become such a clogged communication channel that it's hardly worth using if you really want to get in touch with somebody quickly. They also mean that as a result of uncontrolled (or at least under-controlled) Spam, the problem is even worse.

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Catch ITEC-TV this week with live reports from two key conferences – co-host Tom Henderson reports in from San Diego and the DEMO Conference, including an interview with DEMO's Chris Shipley about the future of the conference, what's hot this week and her new direction. Then ITEC-TV host Bill Sell reports in from Savannah, Georgia and the HealthIT Insight Summit, an executive conference for healthcare payers (insurance companies) and providers (hospitals and medical centers). Bill's report looks at some of the topics on the agenda and the results of the "Best of Show" participants-voted awards - quick hint, VMware wins Best Vendor at the conference.

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If your reaction to last week's ratification of the 802.11n standard for Wi-Fi at 100Mbps and beyond was a loud yawn or a "what took them so long," you'd certainly have some justification.

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Although only IT shops with sufficient budget and maturity can justify or afford the raised-floor, controlled-access, environmentally controlled facility most associated with the term "data center," those companies stashing their servers and switches in broom closets and under the receptionist's desk may want to think twice. Data centers take on many forms, and ignoring the need to secure your equipment in some way can eventually become a costly mistake.

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Why do some IT people get so upset about netbooks? Story after story from "real IT" people accuse netbooks of trying to take over the world by fraud or trickery or magic. What IT pundits, like the writer of Forget Netbooks, Desktops Rule, forget is that "normal" people don't care about ideology when they buy a netbook, they care about price, portability, and getting their work done. If a netbook does that for them, why does that upset the IT people?

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