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Ping Identity upgrades SSO offering

* Allows businesses to extend visibility and control into Internet-based applications for security, audit reporting and compliance in the cloud.

Getting videoconferencing right

The missing piece of cloud security?

One of the key services missing from public cloud is centralized, secure and reliable logging

Bill Gates, Microsoft call on you to contribute to education reform

Bing Maps app matches viewers of Waiting for Superman movie with needy schools in the viewer's area.

Microsoft HPC claim: Windows is cheaper than Linux

Microsoft's surprising claim about Windows HPC Server TCO

Could Cisco counter IBM’s offer for Netezza?

Bloomberg reports of possible rival bids for data mining and analytics company

Bandwidth IS NOT Speed

ISPs and the FCC should stop using ‘bandwidth’ and ‘speed’ interchangeably

What if the Cellular Carriers Don’t Do Wi-Fi?

I'm assuming that the cellular carriers will proceed with deployments of Wi-Fi capacity to augment their data offerings in densely-populated, high-demand locales. But what if they don't?

Omnipresent GPS coverage takes another hit

Despite some improvements, future GPS coverage may not be as good as it is today

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Which Is The Best Open Source DB Of Them All?

With the release of v 9.0 PostgreSQL stakes its claim

Consolidation at the Top

UC

Google Apps ups security with two-factor authentication

Company announces additional security for cloud computing offering

Increasing security of SCADA systems in power industry

Symantec announces a slew of products, Geminare enhances service

Enterprise Vault, NetBackup Cloud Storage, NetBackup 5000 dedupe appliance

Internet privacy conflicts

Web sites selling information about teenagers is OK in the U.S., but Europe has a different opinion

Facebook: “Building phones is just not what we do”

Facebook squelches rumors it has Android smartphone on tap

Cannot Install OCS 2007 R2 After Installing Lync 2010

The importance of schema prep order

Java sitting at kids table at Oracle conference

JavaOne held several blocks away from Oracle Open World this week

Five apps to hope for on Phone 7

Microsoft showcases apps in development on You Tube

Google Voice returns to the iTunes App Store

In the wake of Apple's revised developer guidelines, Google Voice apps are now being accepted into the iTunes App Store.

Updated Recommendation for CCVP Home Lab

Downloadable .PDF with CCVP home lab equipment recommendations

Uncle Sam meets open source with open arms

Collaboration for the common good -- what open source is all about

Cisco’s Dividend Announcement and a Little Corporate Finance Shows How Cisco is Changing

Rapid Growing Tech Companies Don't Pay a Dividend

Cisco overcomes supply problem in security

Research firm reports component shortage issue resolved for appliances

Friday funny video: Microsoft .Net v. Java. a love story (in parody)

One of the oldest arguments in the business, as told in a parody movie trailer

First Windows Phone 7 handsets: GSM only, with CDMA in first half of 2011

Take our poll: What's your 'crave level' for a Windows Phone handset?

Boeing gets $89M to build unmanned aircraft that can stay aloft for 5 years

DARPA’s Vulture program getting off the ground

Most popular stories this week: Sept. 17

The most-viewed stories at Network World for the week ending Sept. 17.

Example of why cell phones do not belong in public bathrooms

Or at the very least why they should be turned off before entering

US wants big, revolutionary energy storage systems

Renewable energy places many challenges on electrical grid