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• Gartner conferences squashed by downturn
  Analysts wave goodbye to credit lunch...
• Lenovo creates simple PC from Atom chip
  From netbooks to 'nettops'.
• IT spending to tread water in 2009
  Down, up, or more or less the same? Nobody knows.
• Oracle chops workforce as lay-offs mount
  Merged businesses in firing line.
• Spend billions on IT industry, urges think tank
  US taxpayers open empty wallets.
• Recession has killed SOA, says analyst
  IBM and HP tight-lipped about blog 'obituary'.
• Microsoft planning huge job losses, says blog
  Fudzilla claims inside info on 15,000 redundancies.
• Recession kills Novell's Brainshare
  No more sharing of brains.

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• Why employees ignore security
  We asked Frank Kenney, a Gartner analyst focused on application development and integration, for some thoughts on the major reasons why people don't adhere to corporate security policies.
• Mobile devices bring touch into the user equation
  As mobile devices evolve and grow more sophisticated, so too do the ways that we interact with them.
• Sun's green datacentre strategy - have none
  Sun Microsystems intends to become datacentre-less by 2015. Applications will be delivered 'over the grid' in a software-as-a-service model.

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• Getting started with networking
  Setting up your first business network will seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be as hard as all that.
• WiFi's security secret - authentication
  Wireless authentication is for big companies. Wrong. It is now within reach of the ordinary user, assuming they are actually listening...
• The ten-minute guide to wireless security - part two
  Next, secure the clients, but which encryption scheme to use? Stage two - encrypt all traffic using WEP or WPA.

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• New Insider Threat Emerges in the New EconomyNew
  

  To neutralize the threats posed by insiders with ample motivation, IT departments must take away the means and the opportunities to commit crimes. Understand how employees and partners are engaging with your IT assets and intellectual property.

• Disk based data protection with NetVault: Backup and Data Domain
  

  Disk to disk backup provides enhanced performance and reliability, and when used in conjunction with tape-based backup, provides a comprehensive data protection capability.

• How to Protect Growing VMware Environments
  

  Put the power of simplicity to work on vmware backup and recovery.

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• Why education pays off in e-mail security
  Should we rely on the user or technology to safeguard our messaging systems?

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• Microsoft's OneCare won't care for you just yet. 
  Outside the US? Forget it then.
• A finger in the eye for biometrics 
  Not working as planned.

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• Ruckus ZoneFlex
  Ruckus promises a small business Wi-Fi LAN that doesn't need an IT specialist, doesn't break the bank, and doesn't compromise on features. Can it really deliver?
• Lenovo 3000 V200 laptop
  Lenovo has updated its ultra-portable laptops with the flagship 3000 V200. Sporting a 12.1-inch widescreen display and based on Intel’s brand-new ‘Santa Rosa’ mobile platform, the silver-and-black V200 might just be the perfect highly-portable Windows-based system for cash-strapped small businesses.
• Alienware MJ-12 8550i workstation
  Mention Alienware to most Internet users, and they will think of high-end games machines with every conceivable option on-board and a hefty price tag to suit. They’re less well known for it perhaps, but the company has also been carving out a similar niche in the professional workstation sector.
• Zyxel P-2602HWL ADSL2+ VoIP Wi-Fi Gateway
  Another vendor leaps in and combines tasks in an "all-you-need" box for SOHO offices.
• Intertex Surfinbird IX68 ADSL 2+ VOIP Wi-Fi gate
  A gateway with a full SIP server, the IX68 could provide a full IP telephony system for a small company - and deliver it over Wi-Fi as well.

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• Are smart switches all the SMB needs?
  Mid-size businesses use switches you can manage in a browser. Netgear product line manager Peter Newton expands.

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• USB flash drive security risk removed
  Barclays Bank deploys SecureWave Sanctuary Device Control to remove USB security risk

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