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	Scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies $25M Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Read More WEBCAST: St. Bernard Get the Instruments You Need to Become an IT Security Hero This online demo shows how you can quickly bullet-proof your internet security with the new iPrism 6.4 web filter, and you'll be entered to win one of the hottest music video games! Learn more In this Issue Speakeasy CEO talks VoIP success PCI DSS logging: A must for compliance Business Benefits of Google Disaster Recovery Microsoft envisions ultra-modular data centers Download Small-Project Delivery Strategy WEBCAST: HyTrust 8 Tips for Virtualization Under Control Examine 8 tips that will show you how to virtualize more critical workloads with confidence. From security planning and policy management to automation and access controls, get expert advice on how to build a more secure virtual infrastructure to accelerate the virtualization of business-critical applications. Learn More! Speakeasy CEO talks VoIP success We had the chance recently to speak with Bruce A. Chatterley who has been president and CEO at Speakeasy since 2003. Originally founded as an Internet café, the company has doubled in size and now offers a portfolio of broadband services and hosted VoIP targeted to the small business market. Best Buy purchased Speakeasy in 2007. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now PCI DSS logging: A must for compliance The PCI DSS continues its march from the largest to the smallest merchants, affecting the way thousands of organizations approach security. PCI DSS applies to all organizations that handle credit-card transactions or that store or process payment-card data. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers According to the Robert Francis Group, power efficiency will be the number one issue for IT executives for the next decade, at least. Fortunately, the combination of IBM BladeCenter Systems with the new Intel® XeonÒ 5500 Series processors provide the best combination of value, performance, and reliability. Download the white paper to see how. Read More Business Benefits of Google Disaster Recovery Google Apps provides a variety of benefits for small and medium businesses. One of the most critical elements, however, is one that the businesses probably never considered when selecting Google Apps as a productivity or messaging platform: disaster recovery. Read More Microsoft envisions ultra-modular data centers In the years to come, Microsoft's data centers may not be huge buildings tightly packed with server racks, but rather rows of small, stand-alone IT units spread across acres and acres of cool, cheap land. Read More Download Small-Project Delivery Strategy The big projects at LifeLabs, as at most companies, were always the ones that got the attention and resources. But that never made the smaller projects any less necessary. Maurizio Laudisa, CIO of LifeLabs, created the Release Management Strategy to guarantee delivery of enhancements for smaller projects on a regular schedule. Read More
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