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	Josh Stephens: Lady Gaga breaks Amazon.com, and what you should learn from it Lady Gaga just released her new album on Amazon.com for the price of $.99 for the entire album. The result - it was so successful that it failed. Amazon's network and systems couldn't handle the load created by all of the customers trying to download this album... Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now    11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue Amazon says it's ready for new Lady Gaga offer Apache focuses on cloud standard Sony PlayStation Network to reopen in Asia on Saturday Jury convicts for selling counterfeit Cisco gear Senate panel approves controversial copyright bill WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Amazon says it's ready for new Lady Gaga offer Undeterred, Amazon.com gave its Lady Gaga discount another go Thursday. Read More Apache focuses on cloud standard The Libcloud project provides a unified interface for more than 20 cloud services, including those from IBM and Amazon. Read More DOWNLOAD: Citrix Free Download: Citrix® NetScaler® Now you can get the ultimate in dynamic, cost-effective Web app delivery with Citrix® NetScaler® VPX. Simply download the free Express Edition of this virtual appliance and you'll experience infinitely flexible L4-7 load balancing, Web app acceleration and security from a single, virtual appliance. Click to continue Sony PlayStation Network to reopen in Asia on Saturday Sony's PlayStation Network online gaming service will reopen for millions of gamers across Asia on Saturday, more than five weeks after it was taken offline following a cyber attack. Read More Jury convicts for selling counterfeit Cisco gear A federal jury convicted two people this week over a scheme to import and sell counterfeit Cisco-branded networking equipment. Read More Senate panel approves controversial copyright bill A Senate committee approves a controversial copyright protection bill. Read More
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