News roundup: VMware upgrades VDI suite; GreenBytes releases virtual appliance for virtual desktops; NetIQ makes SSO for cloud easier; Seagate NAS simplifies backup for SOHOs; ITinvolve launches latest SaaS-based ITSM release.
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VMware Launches New VDI Software, Updates VDI Suite
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CISPA Cybersecurity Bill, Reborn: 6 Key Facts
Two members of the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday reintroduced their Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial piece of cybersecurity legislation focused on information sharing. But does the bill stand any chance of succeeding, and in the wake of recent cybersecurity moves by the White House, is it even necessary?
CISPA last year passed the House, despite facing strong opposition from civil liberties groups and the Obama administration. But the bill ultimately died in the Senate, which was pursuing its own cybersecurity legislation.
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Server-Side Caching Gets Smarter Via Startup PernixData
Startup PernixData uses a distributed, replicated write-back cache to take full advantage of SSDs in server-side caching while addressing the risks of server failure and data loss.
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Amazon Unlikely To Spin Off AWS Cloud Unit
Amazon Web Services has always been different from its parent, Amazon.com. The latter, of course, is a retail operation that generated a mammoth $ 61.1 billion in sales in 2012. AWS, on the other hand, is a new kind of wholesaler, distributing compute cycles from cloud data centers at rock bottom prices and generating a more modest estimated $ 2.1 billion in sales.
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InteropNet’s Live Wire Act
InteropNet is the technological backbone of the Interop conference. Built four days before conference doors open, InteropNet serves more than 10,000 users and 300 exhibitors each day of the conference. Here’s how it comes together.
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3 Lessons Learned from Wireless Field Day
WLAN location-based services are hot, wireless technology is getting more complex, and WLAN interoperability just isn’t going to happen. These are the three big ideas I took away from Wireless Field Day.
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What Office 2013′s draconian licensing policy really means for you
Microsoft might be selling two versions of its Office suite, but its licensing policies suggest the company is not only trying to thwart software piracy, but also drive customers away from Office 2013 and over to the Office 365 subscription model.
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Microsoft unleashes a Patch Tuesday to make your head spin
It doesn’t break the record for most vulnerabilities patched, or even the most security bulletins in a single Patch Tuesday, but Microsoft comes pretty close. For the February 2013 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has a whopping 12 security bulletins, which fix a mind-numbing 57 separate flaws.
Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst at Lumension, says, “It’s going to be a rough Valentine’s Day for many IT admins this month. With ongoing issues with Java and 12 bulletins from Microsoft, including 5 critical issues and many restarts, it’s going to be a very disruptive Patch Tuesday.”
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Brocade Wins Another Round in A10 Patent Lawsuit
Brocade notched another victory in its patent lawsuit against A10 Networks as a federal judge denied a request from A10 to undo a permanent injunction that bars A10 from selling products that infringe on Brocade’s patents.
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EMC Merges High Availability, Disaster Recovery into One
EMC is combining products and services to turn high availability and disaster recovery into a single concept it calls Continuous Availability.
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