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• IT industry will buck downturn, say analysts
  The future is meaner, greener and more virtual.
• SMBs predicted to embrace hosted security
  But market still in infancy, says IDC.
• Lenovo teams up with EMC to offer unlimited backup
  Providing you speak English.
• Steve Jobs' death announced in news cock-up
  Obituary hastily removed.
• US IT spending points downwards
  The technology crunch.
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 ready for release
  Cougar sighting set for November.
• Intel promises laptop graphics boost
  Calpella platform will chop bottlenecks.
• UK outfit woos SMEs with servers direct
  Online-only vendor sets out to beat VARs.

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• 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.
• Why is being a VoIP company such hard work?
  How many smallish companies have this list of woes in twelve months and get away with it? Here’s a rundown of Skype’s year to bury.

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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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• The Instantly Responsive EnterpriseNew
  In this free white paper, learn how BPM and CEP together achieve a faster response to changing business conditions. Improve visibility and actionability, facilitate decisions, prevent policy violations, and more.
• Oracle Coherence: Providing Extreme Performance, Predictable Scalability, and Continuous Availability for Mission-Critical Java ApplicationsNew
  

  This free white paper details key steps for achieving a superior data management strategy—a ‘must have’ capability for applications to operate with extreme and predictable performance and scalability.

• Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernizing Legacy Systems to a Service-Oriented Architecture New
  

  This free white paper reveals how to eliminate the risks of mainframe dependence by unlocking data and business logic trapped in legacy systems and making these services ‘first-class’ SOA citizens.

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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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