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VMware and Sun Microsystems are working together to deliver a high-performance virtual desktop solution across wide area networks with a new integrated solution that includes the VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) platform and Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray™ software and virtual display clients. The solution utilizes Sun's Appliance Link Protocol™ (ALP), which outperforms other display protocols when used to deliver virtual desktops over networks with high latency. Customer tests show dramatic increases in performance when using VMware VDI with Sun ALP to deliver complete desktop environments in a WAN deployment.

Hackers are increasingly targeting law firms and public relations companies with a sophisticated e-mail scheme that breaks into their computer networks to steal sensitive data, often linked to large corporate clients doing business overseas.

The NSW Department of Education is using asset-tracking software, RFID tags, and BIOS-embedded filtering smarts to roll out 240,000 netbook computers into what CIO Stephen Wilson calls "the most hostile environment you can roll computers into" - the local high school.