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Postal Service Pilots Next-Gen Authentication Tech

The U.S. Postal Service will be the guinea pig for a White House-led effort to accelerate government adoption of technologies that allow federal agencies to accept third-party identity credentials for online services. The program involves using services from organizations like PayPal and Google through standards like OpenID rather than requiring users to create government user names and passwords.


The government hopes the pilot will serve as the foundation for a wider, federated approach to identity management for government services. Procurement documents characterize the goal as having a single “broker” to validate disparate identity credentials across a wide range of federal agencies. Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel set a requirement in October 2011 that within three years from that date, federal agencies would be able to accept third-party credentials to facilitate access to online government services.


The federated identity effort, known as the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange, is just one piece of a broader Obama administration online identity initiative: the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), which aims to catalyze private sector-led development of a secure, digital “identity ecosystem” to better protect identities online.
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— January 5, 2013 at 12:12 am

IT Spending To See Modest Growth In 2013

Global spending on IT products and services should grow in the low- to mid-single digits over the next 12 months, according to forecasts published Thursday.


Gartner predicts spending to increase 4.2% compared to 2012, to $ 3.7 trillion, or 3.9% when the effects of changes in exchange rates are excluded. Forrester is calling for a 5.4% uptick in worldwide IT spending in 2013, to $ 1.8 trillion, or a 3.3% gain excluding exchange rate shifts. Unlike Gartner, Forrester does not include spending on telecom products and services in its forecasts.


Analysts at both firms said the end of uncertainty related to the so-called fiscal cliff helped ensure at least modest growth for the IT industry this year.
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— January 4, 2013 at 6:13 pm

Detect and remove rootkits with GMER

You don’t want a rootkit infection. Any malware compromise is bad, but rootkits—by their very nature—are especially nasty. The irony is that you might have a rootkit infection right now and not know it. That’s sort of the point of a rootkit.

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— January 4, 2013 at 12:13 pm

Must-have accessories that should be in your laptop bag

For some, a laptop bag is just a piece of luggage dedicated to safely transporting a portable PC and/or tablet from Point A to Point B. For business travelers, though, the laptop bag is more like a Swiss Army knife—an essential element filled with the gadgets and accessories you need.

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— January 4, 2013 at 12:13 am

Google Settles FTC Antitrust Inquiry

Google has settled with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve the agency’s 19-month antitrust investigation into the company’s advertising business practices and its use of industry-standard patents against competitors.

The settlement requires Google to meet prior commitments to license key patents under fair, non-discriminatory terms. Following its acquisition of Motorola, Google sought or threatened injunctions against competitors’ products through the International Trade Commission, despite prior promises from Motorola to license relevant patents.


FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said his agency’s enforcement action makes clear that companies must live up to their patent licensing commitments and will relieve companies of the burden of hoarding patents for defensive purposes, thereby freeing up capital for innovation.
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— January 3, 2013 at 6:13 pm

Unified Communications Coming on Strong

UC deployments appear to be up, and Cisco maintains its market lead, but Microsoft is making gains, new research finds.
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— January 3, 2013 at 12:15 pm

Internet Explorer had a very good 2012

It was a good year for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. According to the latest data from Net Apps, IE gained only slightly in December, but overall it reversed its fortunes from 2011 and recaptured a fair amount of lost market share in 2012.

First, let’s look back at the previous year. Internet Explorer started out 2011 with 58.35 percent of the browser market. By the end of 2011, though, Google’s Chrome browser had eaten a significant chunk of that market share (and a bit from Firefox as well), and Internet Explorer plummeted more than six percentage points to only 51.87 percent market share.

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— January 3, 2013 at 6:16 am

Imation Acquires Nexsan; Steps Toward Full-Service Storage Provider

Imation continues to broaden its product portfolio and strengthen its hand in SMB and SME data centers with the purchase of Nexsan.
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— January 2, 2013 at 6:15 pm

5 Data Center Trends For 2013

As 2013 opens with new prospects for data center operations, we’ll see new looks at some old themes, especially around energy efficiency. Increased power costs and pressure from environmental groups will lead data center designers to look to new technologies to cut their traditional energy needs. But that’s not all we’ll see; here are five important trends you can expect to see gain strength in 2013.


1. Location Drives Energy Efficiency


There is one data center concern that overwhelms all others: the need for energy efficiency. At one time, energy costs were viewed as a given, compared to the expenses in hardware purchases and labor for operations. But as hardware became more efficient and automated procedures more prevalent, the cost of energy has steadily risen to capture 25% of total operating costs, and it now sits close to the top of the list.

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— January 2, 2013 at 12:13 pm

Why Windows To Go is perfect for BYOD

Is your business still using Windows XP? If so, you’re not alone. But, you should also seriously consider moving to a newer operating system. You could just step up to Windows 7, but there’s also a pretty strong case to be made for moving to Windows 8—particularly Windows 8 Enterprise.

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— December 30, 2012 at 12:13 pm