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Public Teleconferences
Join CIO Executive Council members and participate in the following live one-hour teleconferences:
* Transforming IT Teams
September 16
* Global CIOs: How to Lead on the World Stage
September 18
* Social Responsibility's Strategic Benefits
October 29
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Seven Wonders of the IT World
The fastest supercomputer. The most intriguing data center. The constantly changing core at the heart of Linux. Take a tour of the most impressive and most unusual marvels of the IT world.
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Computer farthest from Earth:
NASA's Voyager 1 satellite
Distance from Earth: Voyager is three times farther away than Pluto. That's to say at least 4 billion kilometers, times three.
Distance from the sun: 15.44 terameters.
Distance logged per day: 1 million miles.
Years old: Almost 30, having launched on Sept. 5, 1977.
Places it's dropped by: Jupiter and Saturn, on the way to the edge of space as we know it.
How it communicates with Earth: Uses NASA's Deep Space Network, a system of antennas around the Earth. There's no IM out here: Signals traveling at light speed take 14 hours one-way to reach Voyager.
Daily to-do list: Collects data on solar wind, energetic particles, magnetic fields and radio waves.
Powered by: Radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
Power needed: About 300 watts, the amount of power needed for a bright lightbulb.
Next: Google's Ultra-mysterious Data Center
The Latest Advancements in SSL Technology
Getting in Compliance with Government Data Regulations by Leveraging Online Security Technology
How to Offer the Strongest SSL Encryption
End-Node Power Management: Practical Policy Considerations
The Hydra and the Onion: A Multi-Layered Security Model for Today's Dynamic IT Threat Environment
Data Loss Prevention Starts at the Endpoint: Seeking Safety from the Data Loss Pandemic
Rethinking the Corporate Help Desk: Learn how to deliver anywhere, anytime incident response
Enterprise Content Management: From Strategy to Solution
Building Competitive Advantage with Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure
Get a grip on your mobile workforce Webcast
Enabling the Global Enterprise
Defining a Mobile Architecture for Success: How, When and Why to Use a Multichannel Access Gateway
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Analysts: Google Spreading Itself Too Thin
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Nokia Adds Address, Calendar Sync to Ovi
Oracle Said to Be Making Progress on Fusion Apps
Libertarian Barr, EPIC Outline Privacy Agenda
As Google Turns 10, Enterprise Success in Question
Innovative Thinking Gets a Kick in the Pants
Disk Storage Drove Ahead in Q2
MySQL Cofounder May Resign
VMware Virtual Servers Get 5X Faster Shadow Copy With V2 of Vreeam Backup
Just the basics, please. Sometimes we all need a refresher or we need to make sure our team and our colleagues are all on the same page.
Over 25 tutorials on everything from business intelligence to virtualization.
