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    Gates' historical legacy may focus more on philanthropy than on Microsoft 25 June, 2008 11:39:12

    With the impending retirement of Bill Gates from Microsoft comes an obvious question: How will history view him? As a founder of the world's most influential software vendor and one of the biggest creators of wealth ever? Or as a monopolist and digital robber baron?
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    CIO Live Podcast #68: Not All VoIP Rollouts Go as Planned 25 July, 2007 10:34:04

    This week, a special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Chicago. Despite a new building and fresh networking gear, a voice over IP implementation does not always go as planned - even for a high-tech outfit like the Argonne National Laboratory. Scott Pinkerton, manager of Argonne's core network infrastructure, explains the hurdles his group faced and the lessons learned from their failed VoIP project.
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    DOE's Federated Model aims to identify security threats 05 July, 2006 21:23:14

    Argonne National Laboratory, a division of the Department of Energy (DOE) operated out of the University of Chicago, is spearheading an effort to collect information about cyber security events that is beginning to gain steam.
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    Sea Change 02 April, 2004 12:37:03

    In an effort to prevent terrorists from turning container ships into weapons, US Customs is counting on big business to goad partners into improving security. The result: public and private partnerships that might work — or fail completely
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    CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00

    For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders.
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    CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25

    For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders.
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    CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00

    Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00

    Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05

    Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    SOA What? Why You Need SOA Governance Framework 04 December, 2008 08:32:00

    Adopting services oriented architecture (SOA) in your enterprise without thinking through IT governance can cause something like the Gold Rush in the 1800s; extreme rates of growth and minimal law and order which produce unexpected outcomes.
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    The Myth of Cloud Computing 04 December, 2008 08:25:00

    Why the rapid spread of virtual technology is becoming a security risk
    Why the rapid spread of virtual technology is becoming a security risk.
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    Who Pushed Vendors Toward Better Security? 04 December, 2008 09:38:00

    Hint: It had something to do with pressure from customers and government agencies, writes Oracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson
    Hint: It had something to do with pressure from customers and government agencies, writes Oracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson.
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    CPO & CISO: A Comprehensive Approach to Information 04 December, 2008 08:42:00

    GE CPO Nuala O'Connor Kelly advocates greater CPO/CISO cooperation to place the right value on information assets.
    GE CPO Nuala O'Connor Kelly advocates greater CPO/CISO cooperation to place the right value on information assets.
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    Virtually every Windows PC at risk, says Secunia 04 December, 2008 08:00:00

    Almost all PCs scanned by patch tool have an unpatched app; 46% have 11-plus.
    More than 98% of Windows computers harbor at least one unpatched application, and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk from attack, a Danish security company said Wednesday.
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