CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT Pros. This week we bring in Tom Beck from Teo to discuss the unified communication model, how it can make us more productive, and how to avoid the pitfalls of implementation and acceptance. Find more info at Teotech.com. In the news, Internet Explorer takes a surprising win over it's competitors when blocking infected web sites, new Fibre Channel Over Ethernet implementations hit the scene from NetApp and QLogic working together, botnet researchers build a 1 million kernel test farm, Google buys On2 but a lawsuit may block the buy, and Microsoft Word is affected by a patent lawsuit from i4i blocking it's XML formats. FriendFeed makes frienemies of its user base with its bow to Facebook's buyout in "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the software control feature AppLocker in Windows 7, and we tell you what you can do when CPU utilization hits 100% in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
IE 8 Tops Firefox, Google Chrome, Others in Browser Security Smackdown (eWeek)
NetApp, QLogic Combine for FCOE Storage Configuration (eWeek)
Researchers Boot Million Linux Kernels to Help Botnet Research (eWeek)
Google Must Fight Lawsuits to Win On2's Hand in Marriage (eWeek)
Microsoft, Open-Source Community Could Both Avoid Lawsuit Damage (eWeek)
Patent Ruling Against Microsoft Hinges on Meaning of Custom XML (eWeek)
FriendFeed Updates Status: Married to Facebook (New York Times)
Microsoft Windows Enterprise: Windows 7 Features (Microsoft)

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast for IT Pros, only at CStechcast.com. This week we are exploring privileged account management and how to reduce the attack surface of that powerful access with Phil Lieberman, President and CEO of Lieberman Software. Find more information at http://www.liebsoft.com. In the news Google Apps continues to add features useful for business environments with a new API for contacts, Cisco and VMWare find better ways to VMotion a VM across data centers, AMD's newest Opteron makes it's debut in new HP servers and workstations, Adobe's employees gets an involuntary week off, and new evidence that IT spending may be on an uptick. Facebook's attempt to get you comfy and open up to the world gets "The Worst Tech move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the challenges of backing up virtualized servers, and we review the gotchas of upgrading Small Business Server in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT.

Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:

Google Apps Opens Up Contacts to Socialize the Enterprise (eWeek)
Cisco, VMware Look to Move VMs Between Data Centers (eWeek)
AMD Rolls Out Latest Quad-Core Opteron (eWeek)
Adobe Shutters Operations for a Week to Cut Costs (eWeek)
Global IT Spending To Drop 10.6%: Forrester (InformationWeek)
A Closer Look at Facebook's New Privacy Options (ReadWriteWeb)
The Essentials Series: New Techniques for Creating Better Backups (RealTimePublishers)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=81
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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CSTechcast.com brings you the podcast for IT Pros; a "Top 10" according to CIO Insight. This week we talk hacking and vulnerabilities with Joel Scambray, CISSP, co-founder and CEO of Consciere, and co-author of Hacking Exposed. Find more info from Joel at http://webhackingexposed.com. This week, Microsoft stays steady on custom support pricing, HP earnings result in job cuts, Sun likes its encryption open source, IBM wants in on the broadband stimulus money, and Microsoft gets cozy with Red Hat with an interoperability pact. Facebook's ToS meltdown gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at some utility cloud options, and DHCP migration to Server 2008 is "The Weekly Tech Tip.

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Microsoft Holds the Line on Custom Support Pricing (Redmond Channel Partner Online)
HP earnings dip nearly 10%, will cut salaries (CNet)
Sun Releases First Protocol for Encryption Key Interoperability (eWeek)
IBM Eyes Stimulus Funds for Broadband Project (eWeek)
Red Hat, Microsoft Sign Virtualization Interoperability Pact (eWeek)

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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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