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	How Oracle's pluggable databases will work Oracle CEO Larry Ellison revealed last week at the OpenWorld conference that the next version of the company's flagship database, Oracle 12c, would feature a radical new architecture called pluggable databases. Pluggable databases will allow multiple databases to run under one copy, or instance, of the Oracle database software, a feature he called "multitenancy." Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software You Believe in SaaS First, What's Next? SaaS is growing up. IT executives are recognizing the power of software as a service (SaaS) to reduce the amount of hardware and software owned and managed on-premises and also transform IT to meet business objectives more effectively. This paper reviews strategies to help make the transition more successful. Read Now! In this Issue Mozilla previews 'Metro'-ized Firefox for Windows 8 Cyber attacks cost U.S. businesses an average $8.9 million annually, study says Polycom preps browser-based cloud videoconferencing Hack in the Box kicks off jam-packed security conference WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! Mozilla previews 'Metro'-ized Firefox for Windows 8 Mozilla last week released the first public preview of a Firefox browser that runs in Windows 8's touch-first "Modern" or "Metro" user interface (UI). The Firefox app for Modern -- the UI dubbed "Metro" until Microsoft ditched the term over trademark issues -- will be partnered with the traditional desktop browser in a package that may appear in early January 2013 as Firefox 18. Read More Cyber attacks cost U.S. businesses an average $8.9 million annually, study says According to a survey of 56 corporate and governmental organizations conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the average amount they paid for all the costs associated with cyber attacks was $8.9 million during the past year. That's up 6 percent from the previous year's study. And for the first time, Ponemon expanded the survey to other countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Japan. Costs ascribed to cyber attacks in those locales was significantly lower: $5.9 million in Germany and $5.1 million in Japan, for example. Read More Polycom preps browser-based cloud videoconferencing Polycom plans to break down one more set of barriers to videoconferencing early next year with a cloud-based software platform that can set up sessions with anyone who uses Facebook, Skype, or certain other online services. Read More Hack in the Box kicks off jam-packed security conference Hack in the Box will host its 10th security conference this week in Kuala Lumpur featuring an all-star cast of hacking luminaries and a cutting-edge program. The lengthy speakers list includes John Draper aka "Captain Crunch," who famously used a whistle from a cereal box to access long-distance switching networks in the early 1970s, as well as Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two founders of the torrent search engine The Pirate Bay. Read More
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