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• Tech crunch hits bottom, says analyst
  Recovery on the way, opines Forrester.
• Desktop PC sales crash, says analyst.
  HP stable, Dell plunges.
• Recessionary Cisco hails company re-invention
  More tech lines, lower costs and lots of telepresence.
• Intel sales fall but CEO optimistic
  Even the Atom couldn't stop the rot.
• Microsoft offers cut-down version of Windows Server
  Recession-busting release for small businesses.
• Lenovo puts Nehalem chip in new workstations
  Quad-core super-workstations.
• Outsourcing to flourish as prices drop
  After the fall, more price competition.
• SME interest in cloud about to 'boom'
  But is this more 'SMEs love everything' hype?

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• Why employees ignore security
  We asked Frank Kenney, a Gartner analyst focused on application development and integration, for some thoughts on the major reasons why people don't adhere to corporate security policies.
• Mobile devices bring touch into the user equation
  As mobile devices evolve and grow more sophisticated, so too do the ways that we interact with them.
• Sun's green datacentre strategy - have none
  Sun Microsystems intends to become datacentre-less by 2015. Applications will be delivered 'over the grid' in a software-as-a-service model.

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• Getting started with networking
  Setting up your first business network will seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be as hard as all that.
• WiFi's security secret - authentication
  Wireless authentication is for big companies. Wrong. It is now within reach of the ordinary user, assuming they are actually listening...
• The ten-minute guide to wireless security - part two
  Next, secure the clients, but which encryption scheme to use? Stage two - encrypt all traffic using WEP or WPA.

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• Remote Support Solutions to Enhance University TeachingNew
  Remote support isn’t just an efficient way to ensure unmatched uptime. It can also enable university lecturers to connect more effectively with their students to enhance teaching.
• Removing Barriers to Better Server Virtualization EfficiencyNew
  This Forrester Research paper looks at the common obstacles to virtualization, and explores some of the best practices for furthering virtualization.
• Optimising infrastructure controlNew
  This paper outlines the nature of infrastructure integrity, change auditing, and compliance solutions.

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• Why education pays off in e-mail security
  Should we rely on the user or technology to safeguard our messaging systems?

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• Microsoft's OneCare won't care for you just yet. 
  Outside the US? Forget it then.
• A finger in the eye for biometrics 
  Not working as planned.

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• Ruckus ZoneFlex
  Ruckus promises a small business Wi-Fi LAN that doesn't need an IT specialist, doesn't break the bank, and doesn't compromise on features. Can it really deliver?
• Lenovo 3000 V200 laptop
  Lenovo has updated its ultra-portable laptops with the flagship 3000 V200. Sporting a 12.1-inch widescreen display and based on Intel’s brand-new ‘Santa Rosa’ mobile platform, the silver-and-black V200 might just be the perfect highly-portable Windows-based system for cash-strapped small businesses.
• Alienware MJ-12 8550i workstation
  Mention Alienware to most Internet users, and they will think of high-end games machines with every conceivable option on-board and a hefty price tag to suit. They’re less well known for it perhaps, but the company has also been carving out a similar niche in the professional workstation sector.
• Zyxel P-2602HWL ADSL2+ VoIP Wi-Fi Gateway
  Another vendor leaps in and combines tasks in an "all-you-need" box for SOHO offices.
• Intertex Surfinbird IX68 ADSL 2+ VOIP Wi-Fi gate
  A gateway with a full SIP server, the IX68 could provide a full IP telephony system for a small company - and deliver it over Wi-Fi as well.

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• Are smart switches all the SMB needs?
  Mid-size businesses use switches you can manage in a browser. Netgear product line manager Peter Newton expands.

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• USB flash drive security risk removed
  Barclays Bank deploys SecureWave Sanctuary Device Control to remove USB security risk

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