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	RIM layoffs don't address Apple, Google competition, analysts say Reaction was mixed to the 2,000 layoffs announced by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, as several analysts said RIM continues to face problems from aggressive smartphone and tablet competitors like Apple and Google. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Datawatch Corporation Monarch 11 report analytics, download the free trial today Monarch 11 Report Analytics provides business users with a self-service environment to create dynamic, enterprise-wide analytical solutions from existing static reports & business documents. Monarch 11 users can easily report on data from ERP Reports, text files, html files, PDFs & semi-structured content, transforming data into high performance reports. In this Issue Zurich lawsuit against Sony highlights cyber insurance shortcomings Coming to a store near you: health insurance exchanges Intel ships low-voltage Celeron processors Director of US-CERT quits abruptly Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police SanDisk releases new SSDs for old computers From CIO.com: Microsoft's Gamble: Metro UI as the New Face of Windows Torvalds's Git: The 'it' technology for software version control Microsoft extends SUSE Linux partnership Mozilla to build mobile OS for the Web Saudi Arabia blocks Amnesty International Web site LightSquared vs. GPS raises big spectrum issues Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple iPhone 5 ships US September 5 IT Blogwatch: Bob Muglia quits Microsoft for Juniper in cloud coup RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2011 Key Industry Analysts Coming to IT Roadmap Dallas IT Roadmap is coming to Dallas on September 13th, and with it comes your opportunity to hear from five top industry analysts. Hear what they have to say about where the industry is, and where it is going. Analysts from IDC and Nemertes Research will be moderating our morning technology tracks. Click to continue Zurich lawsuit against Sony highlights cyber insurance shortcomings A brewing legal dispute between Sony and one of its insurers over data breach liability claims highlights the challenges that companies can sometimes face in getting insurance companies to cover expenses arising from cybersecurity incidents. Read More Coming to a store near you: health insurance exchanges By 2014, states must deploy public health insurance exchanges, giving millions of Americans purchasing power that could change the landscape for health insurers. Private retailers are already eying their own online exchanges -- possibly as in-store kiosks. Read More Intel ships low-voltage Celeron processors Intel has shipped two ultra-low-voltage Celeron processors this month as the company fills out its Sandy Bridge chip lineup for budget laptops. Read More Director of US-CERT quits abruptly Randy Vickers, the director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT), has resigned from his position without any official explanation for the abrupt move. Read More Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police Italy's specialist police unit responsible for combating cybercrime suffered an embarrassing hack Monday by members of the loosely knit Anonymous hacktivist galaxy. Read More SanDisk releases new SSDs for old computers SanDisk has introduced a new line of SSDs designed for consumers who may want to extend the life of an aging computer, or to add some performance pep and reliability by swapping out an HDD for an SSD. Read More From CIO.com: Microsoft's Gamble: Metro UI as the New Face of Windows The tile-based Metro user interface that runs on Windows Phones will soon be the look and feel of all devices in Microsoft's ecosystem. Is this smart streamlining or a foolish consistency? Read More WHITE PAPER: SEPATON and Hitachi Data Systems Data Growth and Protection: Addressing the Challenge How does your organization deal with the data deluge? This white paper explores new research that gets to the heart of the challenges of protecting and managing the data you already deal with and preparing for the ever-increasing volumes of data to come. And, it discusses how a single, scaleable solution can address these issues. Read now Torvalds's Git: The 'it' technology for software version control Developers are taking a strong liking to the distributed system, though Subversion and others remain in the game Read More Microsoft extends SUSE Linux partnership Extending a partnership established in 2006, Microsoft has renewed a working agreement to resell SUSE Linux and help develop new Windows interoperability tools for the OS, Microsoft announced Monday. Read More Mozilla to build mobile OS for the Web Mozilla has launched a new project to build an operating system for mobile devices that will run applications primarily on the Web. Read More Saudi Arabia blocks Amnesty International Web site Saudi Arabia appears to have blocked the website of human rights organization Amnesty International. Read More LightSquared vs. GPS raises big spectrum issues The argument raging over LightSquared's proposed LTE network and possible interference with GPS services is actually two arguments over two sets of frequencies, both of which the startup hopes eventually to use. Read More Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple iPhone 5 ships US September 5 Apple seems set to introduce its next-generation iPhone in the US in early September, rolling the new product(s?) out internationally in subsequent weeks. Will the company introduce the new device in August? This seems more likely as the rumors begin to coincide... Read More IT Blogwatch: Bob Muglia quits Microsoft for Juniper in cloud coup Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has nabbed Bob Muglia from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). Muglia, the ex-president of the Software And Tools Business (STB) is off to help Juniper with its cloud computing strategy. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers follow the money. Read More
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