TRG Technology Insights

January 2010

Welcome to the January edition of TRG Networking Technology Insights. In this edition you'll find an article about White House cybersecurity, Blackberry Outages, tech trends in 2010 and when to Virtualize your servers and much more.

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New White House cybersecurity chief faces uphill battle

Howard Schmidt has been announced as President Obama's new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. Schmidt will work in collaboration with the intelligence, military and other agencies which traditionally have not worked or played well together in the same sandbox.
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Another Blackberry outage affects 100% of North American customers

For the second time in less than a week, Research in Motion is scrambling to deal with a widespread outage - this time affecting North America and South America, according to reports.
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Five technology trends to watch in 2010

Technology innovation continued its ruthless pace in 2009, despite the economic headwinds. Now it's time to turn our sights on 2010, where there are going to be some really interesting things to keep an eye on.
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Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize Your Servers

Server virtualization isn't just for big companies. Entry-level virtualization tools are free or low-cost, and there are many benefits to virtualization (including saving money). It's not a question of "if" you should virtualize your servers; it's a question of "when."
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Secret mobile phone code cracked

Computer hackers this week said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world's mobile phones.
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