Fiscal cliff or not, it's already rough for federal IT vendors

	Matt Hartzell: Counterfeit parts have real consequences | Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes
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	Fiscal cliff or not, it's already rough for federal IT vendors If Congress doesn't avert the fiscal impasse, automatic budget cuts could reduce federal IT spending by $66 billion in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, according to an analysis by the industry group CompTIA. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Matt Hartzell: Counterfeit parts have real consequences Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes RIM says ICE will test BlackBerry 10 NASA's Hubble telescope spies galaxies near Cosmic Dawn WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors BYOD in Education This white paper can help you address the security and management of multiple devices being introduced into your network. Read on and learn how to embrace a BYOD. Read Now! Matt Hartzell: Counterfeit parts have real consequences Counterfeit components pose a growing problem in the electronics supply chain -- the same supply chain that brings us everything from our personal phones and tablets, to workplace computers, to crucial military electronic equipment used in combat situations or to fly commercial jets. These fraudulent parts can not only cause significant inconveniences when your equipment fails, but also lead to very costly recalls for companies, and even jeopardize lives. Conservative reports identify well over 100 incidents of counterfeit components per month. Read More Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes Although started in secret, the massive spying powers granted to the National Counterterrorism Center include access to any U.S. government database in order to analyze that stored info for suspicious patterns of behavior or for terrorism indicators. Data on innocent Americans can be collected and stored for five years, just in case you might commit future crimes. All it takes is a notice to be published on the Federal Register and your privacy rights are nonexistent. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization Today's smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often dependent on WAN optimization. Learn more. RIM says ICE will test BlackBerry 10 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin a pilot deployment of smartphones running Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 OS early next year. Read More NASA's Hubble telescope spies galaxies near Cosmic Dawn Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have gotten a look at seven galaxies that were created when the universe was very young. Read More
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