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	Google finalizes Web page speed module After two years and 18 releases, Google this week took the beta label off mod_pagespeed, its Web page speed technology. Mod_pagespeed is an open source Apache module in use at more than 120,000 sites, Joshua Marantz and Ilya Grigorik, of the Google PageSpeed Team, said in a blog post. "If your page is on the Web, speed matters. For developers and webmasters, making your page faster shouldn't be a hassle, which is why we introduced mod_pagespeed in 2010." Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Download the PCI Compliance Deep Dive Report New Microsoft Office hits 'RTM' milestone Reports: Japan's Softbank eyeing MetroPCS as well as Sprint Amazon Web Services upgrades cloud-based Linux implementation SAS extends analytics support for unstructured data WEBCAST: JasperSoft Real world examples of the 5 Levels of Embedded BI This webinar will walk you through the Five Levels of Embedded BI and demonstrate what might work best for your organization. View now! Download the PCI Compliance Deep Dive Report One of the most important industrywide computer standards, PCI is also one of the most specific, comprehensive, and prescriptive. Any IT professional who wants to establish a benchmark state of security satisfaction can do so by implementing PCI. This Deep Dive by InfoWorld contributing editor Roger Grimes, a leading authority on enterprise security, provides the essential details. This Deep Dive report covers the broad tenets of PCI, as well as the finer details, how PCI compliance fits into the bigger enterprise security picture, and how to survive a PCI audit. Read More New Microsoft Office hits 'RTM' milestone The next version of Microsoft Office is complete and will start to reach enterprise customers next month, with general availability planned for early next year, Microsoft said Thursday. The Office engineering team marked the "release to manufacturing" of the new Office on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft said in a blog post. Read More Reports: Japan's Softbank eyeing MetroPCS as well as Sprint Japan's Softbank, which is in negotiations to make a major investment in U.S. operator Sprint Nextel, is also mulling a competitive bid for MetroPCS, Japanese media reported Friday. Read More Amazon Web Services upgrades cloud-based Linux implementation The latest version of Amazon Web Services' Linux AMI is now available, and includes the R language as well as new versions of Apache and PHP. The Linux AMI (Amazon Machine Image) is a supported Linux image offered by Amazon for use on its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). It is designed to be used with online package repositories hosted in each region. Read More SAS extends analytics support for unstructured data SAS Institute this week unveiled tools it says make it easier for its enterprise customers to use the company's business analytics software to analyze data stored in Hadoop environments. At its Premier Business Leadership Series in Las Vegas, SAS unveiled an upgraded version of its High Performance Analytic Server that adds support for Hadoop and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). The update offers corporate users a way to integrate data stored in Hadoop with data from other sources, and then analyze the combined data set. Read More
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