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Streamline Your Information Infrastructure With IBM's Deduplication Offerings Decrease network bandwidth requirements for data retention and increase network availability and performance by minimizing the amount of data your business creates and stores. Ultimately, the latest data reduction techniques can reduce TCO by lowering hardware, administrative, and environmental costs. Read this white paper to explore the comprehensive set of data reduction and deduplication solutions IBM offers to help streamline your entire information infrastructure. Learn the benefits and costs associated with data deduplication and discover how you can customize your data management solution through IBM's flexible deployment options. Check out these additional resources: Controlling the Cost of Audio Conferencing This Wainhouse Research application brief explores the costs of audio conferencing - specifically whether organizations consider cost to be a problem and what they're doing to control it. Download Now   Physical security in mission-critical facilities Read up on the principles of personnel identification and basic methods for controlling physical access to facilities. Download Now   How to comply with the global standard As standards continue to evolve and gain momentum, organizations have to bake compliance into their everyday operations in order to eliminate fire drills and contain costs. However, it doesn't have to be that expensive... Learn more   The Critical Path for Pandemic/Disaster Recovery When disaster disrupts your business, you need to act fast to protect employees and stay productive. The help desk is a critical resource. Read this white paper to explore the role of the help desk in your organization's business continuity planning. View this now

Upcoming Webcasts... How Google's IT Team Uses Google Apps for 20,000 Employees Join this TechRepublic Webcast to learn exactly how Google empowers more than 20,000 users in 20 countries, using technologies such as Google Apps for Business. Date:Thursday, December 16 Time:2:00pm ET | 11:00am PT | 7:00pm GMT The Top 10 Considerations for a Server Refresh Instead of upgrading an aging server fleet, it might make more sense to replace. To help determine the best course, this TechRepublic webcast discusses promising strategies, solutions, and best practices to improve the core of your IT infrastructure. Date:Thursday, December 16 Time:4:00pm ET | 1:00pm PT | 9:00pm GMT Available On-Demand... How businesses are leveraging the cloud While many organizations have embraced a wide array of cloud computing solutions, many others are still trying to determine if it's right for them. Find out how businesses are successfully leveraging the cloud for greater efficiency and productivity. The Top 5 Strategic Technologies to Grow Your Business Smart businesses are beginning to understand what successful businesses already know: innovative new technologies are at the heart of future growth. Learn about the most promising trends and innovations to help propel your business forward.

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[TechRepublic] Microsoft's December 2010 patches

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Editor's note: For this month's Patch Tuesday, there are 17 security bulletins for 40 vulnerabilities. Another big story is that TIME named Mark Zuckerberg its Person of the Year. Be sure to check out the top performing products in 2010 as determined by CNET Labs. - Jason Microsoft Patch Tuesday: December 2010 Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right decision on applying Microsoft's December 2010 patches in your organization. Read more Resource of the day Innovation Through End-to-End Unified Networking Solutions This paper explains how leading networking solutions provide a broad portfolio of secure unified networking products and solutions that reduce complexity, enhance business agility, and manage costs. More from TechRepublic   10 leaders who made a difference in 2010 Many organizations are coming out of 2010 in about the same shape they went in. But some made great progress. These 10 leaders, according to John M McKee, did their jobs. Read more The meaning of cryptographic trust The word "trust" has many meanings. The cryptographic meaning of the term is very specific, and should be handled with care. Read more Poll: What was the biggest letdown in the development industry in 2010? Developers, what story were you the least happy about this year: Android fragmentation, WP7, the lack of interest in parallel programming, the shift to cloud, or something else? Read more News from ZDNet   Time names Facebook's Zuckerberg 'Person of the Year'; Should he be? Ranting about Time's Person of the Year is an annual ritual. In some respects, Zuckerberg taking the person of the year crown is almost the same as when Time gave "you" the crown. Read more The Hardware 2.0 "Game of 2010" With 2010 drawing to a close, and TIME magazine having made Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg the "Person of the Year," it's time for me to announce the Hardware 2.0 "Game of 2010." Read more Google makes $5million code contribution to Eclipse Google is releasing two of the products it acquired from Instantiations into open source under the care of the Eclipse Foundation. Read more Microsoft CRM 2011 near-final test build available for download Microsoft made the Release Candidate (RC) test build of its Dynamics CRM 2011 offering available for download as of December 14. The global launch of the product is slated for January 20 next year. Read more Open source rivals continue to chip away at IE share in 2010 I can see why Microsoft is considering adding radical new features -- such as the proposed "Do Not Track" tool to Internet Explorer 9. The proprietary browser continued losing market share to its open source rivals in 2010, namely to Google's Chrome browser, whose share has roughly doubled in a... Read more Google's Chrome OS netbook: The good, the bad and its prospects Google's Chrome OS is off to a rough start and the prototype Cr-48 netbook has been greeted with mixed reviews. But don't write-off Chrome just yet. Read more Tipsters: Windows Phone 7 'Mango' release to add HTML 5 support In addition to talking up Windows tablets and slates at the January Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft execs also are expected to use the conference to give another push to Windows Phone 7. But the first "major" update to the WP7 platform may not hit until August or September, my... Read more Google gets touchy on antitrust Google in a blog post took on a Washington Post columnist who opined that the search giant should be more of a target by antitrust regulators. Is this the best use of Google's time. Read more Dell Streak drops to $99.99 with contract at Best Buy After popping up in Best Buy stores in October, the Dell Streak tablet is now significantly cheaper. Read more WikiLeaks lessons for enterprise software vendors What can the WikiLeaks saga tells us about the enterprise applications landscape? There are lessons for sure. Read more Featured multimedia   CNET Labs' top performers of 2010 The top performing products in 2010 as determined by CNET Labs. View on site 15 sites and services that shuttered in 2010 (photos) Like most businesses, Web sites and services come and go. Here are 15 that hit the end of the road in 2010. View on site Dinosaur sighting: The days of Big Iron A lot of IT pros got their start in the computer industry surrounded by massive mainframes, flashing lights, punched cards, and the sound of tape drives revving up and spinning down. Here's a look back at some of the equipment of that era. View on site Today's recommended downloads Strategic Guide to Business Phone Systems (ShoreTel) Free White Paper: Integrating BPM and Complex Event Processing (Oracle) Improve productivity through real-time collaboration and communication (Google) Server Virtualization: When Less Is More (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Simplify, Optimize, and Save with HP StorageWorks (Hewlett-Packard (HP))   About this newsletter The Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my opinions, rants, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner Connect with TechRepublic Five tips for taking advantage of holiday downtime If your work slows down during the holidays, you may finally get a chance to tackle those projects you haven't had time for during the year. Here are some good ways to make use of those slower days. 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[TechRepublic] Check out network monitoring tool Etherape

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Real time network topology and traffic flow with Etherape Jack Wallen shows you how to use the Etherape network monitoring tool for UNIX and UNIX-like OSs. Read more Resource of the day Call Center Best Practices: A Customer Touch-Point Methodology Improve customer satisfaction in your contact center -- while reducing costs -- with an approach that puts all client touch-points on one continuum. Additional TechRepublic resources   It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: December 2010 Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right decision on applying Microsoft's December 2010 patches in your organization. Read more Hardware warranties: Get what you pay for or make an exception? IT is all about getting what you pay for. IT maharaja Rick Vanover relates a recent situation where one level of service was purchased, but only when a problem comes up another level of service is requested. Read more 10 ways to keep hard drives from failing With a little proactive care, you can extend hard drive life, squeezing more value from your company's equipment investments, reducing user downtime, and preventing catastrophic loss of data. Read more Download this guide to common Microsoft software versions (3rd update) Scott Lowe updated his downloadable Excel table that lists numerous versions of Windows, SQL Server, Exchange, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager, and System Center Operations Manager. Read more Create a local Fedora mirror system and get blazing-fast updates Vincent Danen shows you how to set up a local mirror for Fedora systems that will get you faster updates and conserve bandwidth. Read more Featured multimedia   CNET Labs' top performers of 2010 The top performing products in 2010 as determined by CNET Labs. View on site 15 sites and services that shuttered in 2010 (photos) Like most businesses, Web sites and services come and go. Here are 15 that hit the end of the road in 2010. View on site Admin's Guide to Active Directory   Have extra budget to spend? Then order our Administrator's Guide to Active Directory, 2nd Edition. From planning to implementation to troubleshooting, you'll have the resources, templates, and checklists to meet every Active Directory challenge. Order it today! Today's recommended downloads Respond Proactively to Problems with Business Process Automation (Adobe Systems) The Top 10 Considerations for a Server Refresh (TechRepublic) Implementing energy-efficient data centers (American Power Conversion (APC)) Simplify, Optimize, and Save with HP StorageWorks (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) The Essential Need to Defragment (Diskeeper) Five tips for taking advantage of holiday downtime If your work slows down during the holidays, you may finally get a chance to tackle those projects you haven't had time for during the year. Here are some good ways to make use of those slower days. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Geek gift ideas Download TechRepublic's Geek Gift Guide 2010 Geek Gifts 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops Geek Gifts 2010: Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics Star Trek collectibles for the ultimate Trekkie The Empire Strikes Back gifts for the ultimate Star Wars fan Featured training courses   CCNA Boot Camp v2.0 ICND1 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1 VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4] Understanding Networking Fundamentals SNAF - Securing Networks with ASA Fundamentals Browse all training courses Presented by Global Knowledge

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