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Securing your infrastructure- the applications, databases, files and network --via encryption may not always be easy to implement, but it is one of the most risk-averse ways to prevent data breaches and keep intellectual property under wraps. Baseline gives you a head start with seven encryption tools (some free, some not) that you may not know and could be worth implementing.

 

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Microsoft Rules Out Yahoo Buy But Likes Search Yahoo shares fall on word from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that his company would not be interested in an outright purchase of Yahoo, but is still very much interested in a search partnership.
Technology Blog Round Up Don Sears: Here are my 5 picks for the best posts in the past month or two, and it starts with the biggest news since yesterday--Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang and his eventual title change.
HP Posts Results, Sees Stronger 2009 HP bucks expectations and forecasts stronger full-year profits. Analysts have said that with its recurring revenue streams from services and printing supplies, HP is better insulated from the economic slump than Dell.
Auto Execs Set for More Grilling on Aid Plan Scheduled to testify are executives and academics from GM, Chrysler, Ford Motor, the United Auto Workers union, the National Automobile Dealers Association, Cooper-Standard Automotive, Columbia University, and Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.
Driving to the Future The U.S. auto industry’s pleas to Washington for a bailout are a perfect illustration of the forces making management in the twenty-first century a hair-pulling exercise, writes Baseline columnist Faisal Hoque.
The 5 Books Every IT Manager Should Read Right Now Bruce F. Webster: Post-mortem meetings are important, but they will only get you so far. Here are 5 books that are easy to read but chock full of real, practical project information and strategies for making IT management a better, less risky and less stress-inducing process.
Search Is on for New Yahoo CEO After Yang Steps Down Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will leave the role as chief executive of the number 2 search engine on the Internet. After deals with Google, Microsoft and AOl have gone virtually nowhere, Yang will step down to focus on Yahoo s technology and strategy.
CIOs Should Pay Attention to Google Voice Search Eric Lundquist: Voice search can be a game changer in unified communications, and Google may have the goods.
The 50 Most Influential People in Business IT The world of IT is one of innovation, leadership and collaboration, and the 50 individuals profiled in this gallery have played major roles in getting us where we are today and will help us get to where we want to be in the future.
IT Network Infrastructure Drill-Down: Efficiency From better monitoring tools to WAN optimization to getting a clear read on power and cooling costs, making network infrastructure perform efficiently is a complex challenge for network and system administrators to put in to practice. Here is some key network infrastructure advice for IT managers and CIOs.

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