Reflecting on 10 years of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

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Shhh… Cisco's latest switch supports VMware NSX A million little computers: Factory turns out millionth Raspberry Pi Network World Daily News PM October 08, 2013 Share this email Reflecting on 10 years of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Today marks the 10th anniversary of the debut of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday program, through which it would regularly issue fixes to its software on the second Tuesday of every month. It had been possible to check for updates via the Windows Update application in Windows XP, but now Microsoft was actually going to push out fixes. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Shhh… Cisco's latest switch supports VMware NSX 2. A million little computers: Factory turns out millionth Raspberry Pi 3. NASA Jupiter-bound spacecraft will slingshot around Earth, gain 11,000 MPH tomorrow 4. Three indicted in alleged source code theft from trading house 5. Does Orchestrator Change in System Center 2012 R2? 6. Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Workplace Pizza Edition 7. 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Shhh… Cisco's latest switch supports VMware NSX A recent switch upgrade by Cisco has added an interesting twist to the company's battle royale with VMware over next-generation virtual networking and data center operations management. READ MORE A million little computers: Factory turns out millionth Raspberry Pi One million Raspberry Pi mini-computers have been built at an advanced factory located in the Welsh town of Pencoed by Premier Farnell and RS Components, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today. READ MORE NASA Jupiter-bound spacecraft will slingshot around Earth, gain 11,000 MPH tomorrow NASA said its Juno spacecraft will swing by Earth tomorrow to grab gravity boosts that will slingshot it to its ultimate destination: Jupiter. 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The integration packs for the most part are not updated. So here's what's new and changed: READ MORE Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Workplace Pizza Edition You can't go anywhere on the Internet without tripping over a meme. And while most are lame, some can be amusing, so I publish what I consider to be one of the better ones once a week. Here is No. 16, which also appeared on the front page of Reddit. READ MORE Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. READ MORE SDN: The security pros and cons of using it in your organization SDN benefits include automating and easing network administration duties and improving application performance. But it also introduces a number of potential threat vectors into your environment. What should you know before you invest in SDN? 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