Cloud security: Four customers' approaches

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	INSIDER Cloud security: Four customers' approaches From implementing single sign-on to including social media in the lineup, shops are doing what they need to make the cloud work for them. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Addressing Your Top Database Management Challenges Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT Learn how your experience stacks up against your peers and gain insight on strategies to address the most pressing issues as new survey results on managing databases are revealed by Crimson Consulting in this live Webcast. Learn More In this Issue FAQ: Trying Microsoft's new Outlook.com Microsoft's Outlook.com may be one-two punch against Google Second tablet with Google's Android 4.1 ships for around $125 Slow PC sales projection hits Seagate stocks Dropbox blames employee account breach for spam attack Verizon Wireless to pay $1.25M fine for allegedly blocking tethering apps Apple, Samsung both claim innovator status in opening of patent trial Windows PC sales hit a low as tablet sales soar in Q2, Canalys says Analysts: At first pass, Outlook.com looks underwhelming Launch of Nexus Q streaming device delayed, as Google adds features Lenovo, EMC join forces on storage, servers Oracle Tuxedo offers cloud muscle to the mainframe set Google acquires social media marketing firm Wildfire Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 release date confirmed, as Apple amps Chinese sweat WHITE PAPER: Datawatch Bringing Big Data into your Analytics Strategy. Learn how a report analytics solution can eliminate your content blind spot by allowing you to get to all of your organization's data, so you may take action in improving your business. Learn more. FAQ: Trying Microsoft's new Outlook.com Microsoft rebooted Hotmail as Outlook.com, serving notice that the former is headed toward retirement and that the latter is the new face of the company's 15-year-old online email effort. Read More Microsoft's Outlook.com may be one-two punch against Google Microsoft's new email service, Outlook.com, is more than an update to its free email offering. It's also a one-two punch against major rival Google, analysts said. Read More Second tablet with Google's Android 4.1 ships for around $125 Prices are dropping on tablets running Android 4.1 OS, with Indian company Karbonn Mobiles announcing a tablet priced around $125 and using Google's latest OS, code-named Jelly Bean. Read More Slow PC sales projection hits Seagate stocks Seagate's stock price dropped 8% after the company projected a weak first-quarter outlook based on slowing PC sales. Read More Dropbox blames employee account breach for spam attack Dropbox said Tuesday one of its employee's accounts was compromised, leading to a raft of spam last month that irritated users of the cloud-storage service. Read More Verizon Wireless to pay $1.25M fine for allegedly blocking tethering apps Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $1.25 million to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to resolve a complaint that it blocked third-party tethering applications on Android phones, the FCC said Tuesday. Read More Apple, Samsung both claim innovator status in opening of patent trial Apple and Samsung Electronics hurled strong statements at each other in the opening rounds of their Silicon Valley patent trial on Tuesday, kicking off a case that could result in billions of dollars in damages. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Online Metrics That Promote Business Value, Minus the "Geek Speak" Date: Wednesday, September 5 at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT Join Rae Ann Bruno, president of Business Solutions Training, to learn how to transform your current metrics and reports into information valued by the business. Learn More Windows PC sales hit a low as tablet sales soar in Q2, Canalys says Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said. Read More Analysts: At first pass, Outlook.com looks underwhelming Outlook.com, which Microsoft is positioning as a reinvention of its Hotmail and of competing consumer webmail services, appears at first glance more evolutionary than groundbreaking, according to several industry analysts. Read More Launch of Nexus Q streaming device delayed, as Google adds features The launch of Google's Nexus Q media streaming device has been postponed, and those who preordered will get the device free, the company said. Read More Lenovo, EMC join forces on storage, servers Lenovo and EMC will team up to develop and sell server and storage technology, with an eye to the Chinese market, the companies said. Read More Oracle Tuxedo offers cloud muscle to the mainframe set With the latest release of its Tuxedo transaction processing server (TPC), Oracle is hoping to lure mainframe users onto the cloud. Read More Google acquires social media marketing firm Wildfire Google has acquired Wildfire Interactive, a social media marketing company, aiming to creating new opportunities for its clients to engage with people across all social services, it said Tuesday. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 release date confirmed, as Apple amps Chinese sweat The new iPhone "5" release date is confirmed by various sources and by Apple partners' feverish activity in China. Apple is strongly expected to announce the device on Sept. 12 and ship on Sept. 21. We might also see the 7-8 inch iPad Mini. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers separate specious rumor from triangulated fact. Read More
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