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E-mail security services square off
E-mail is the primary conduit of information for many organizations, both internally and with the outside world. Unfortunately, e-mail is also a prime channel for annoyances such as spam, as well as security threats in the form of viruses, spyware, phishing attacks, and more. Some companies choose to defend their e-mail systems in-house by deploying e-mail security products. Others, however, look to outside assistance in the form of hosted e-mail security services.

The Case Against Cloud Computing, Part Three
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I discussed two common objections to cloud computing: difficulty of application migration and heightened risk. In this posting, I want to address another common objection to cloud computing, the one that has to do with service-level agreements. I call it:

College dropout is one-man IT shop — at college lab
Meet Justin King -- the one-man IT shop. At the five-year-old Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, IT plays a key role in innovative research involving functional magnetic resonance imaging machines.

How to set up a cross-platform network
Your business may have started with an idea that popped into your head while freeloading off of the local coffee shop's wireless network. But you can't work out of the Java Hut forever.

Opinion: Who's getting ROI from cloud computing now?
Start-ups, entertainment ventures, small businesses and, to a lesser extent, large enterprises are all good candidates, says Forrester Research.

Processing That Packs a Punch
Northrop Grumman's SuperCluster will enable scientists and engineers working on spacecraft design and other projects to perform complex computations on the massive amounts of data.

Q&A;: Nicholas Carr on the big switch to utility computing
The economics of utility computing will drive IT services to the Internet, according to Nicholas Carr, author of the new book "The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google."

Servers Go Front and Center
As organizations consolidate their systems and prepare for new versions of key software such as Windows Server 2008, major server-related projects are getting put on the front burner.

Forget the OLPC: Here's a 30-children-per-desktop solution
While the One Laptop Per Child initiative struggles with its business model, other projects have other ideas about bringing low-cost computing to schools around the world. One firm, NComputing, claims to already have half a million students on its system -- one thatll look rather familiar to corporate IT folk.

Observation Grid
University of Southern Californias Globus Medicus allows transfer and review of medical images in near real time among grid-enabled sites.

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