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• EMC unveils Hadoop appliance, BI software

  LAS VEGAS - EMC Monday unveiled a purpose-built appliance for processing both structured and unstructured data sets for business analytics tasks.

• Phishing becomes more sophisticated

  The successful use of phishing emails to breach secure organizations like Oak Ridge National Laboratory and EMC's RSA security division is a stark reminder of the serious threat posed by a type of attack that was previously dismissed as low-tech.

• Index Engines extends e-discovery appliance to Data Domain

  Index Engines announced today that its data collection software has been integrated with <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138245/EMC_Update">EMC</a> 's Data Domain's de-duplication technology.

• Delving inside Apple's new 21.5-inch iMac

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/050311-new-imacs.html?hpg1=bn">Apple's new 21.5-inch iMac</a> borrows much from previous versions, but a dive inside the desktop computer reveals a new Thunderbolt I/O port and a GPU that's relatively easy to swap out if your mad gaming skills blow it up.

• Quora: The next social network IT pros need to know?

  <a href="http://www.quora.com/Bob-Brown-5">Quora</a> is an increasingly popular social network for asking and answering questions on topics ranging from how Britney Spears was discovered to how to  flee Tokyo following an earthquake. But the venture funded start-up, which was formed by a couple of ex-Facebook execs, also is filled with plenty of crowdsourced expertise about work-related topics for IT pros, such as <a href="http://www.quora.com/Will-Cisco-buy-out-EMC">whether Cisco will buy EMC</a>,  <a href="http://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-enterprise-applications-will-the-iPad-be-good-for?q=ipad+enterprise">how the iPad might be used at work</a> and <a href="http://www.quora.com/Ubuntu/How-can-Ubuntu-be-improved">how to improve Ubuntu.</a>

• Users get heated over IT politics at SNW

  SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- What began as just another technology education session at Storage Network World today got heated when the subject of network convergence turned to the politics of IT.

• Top tech stories of 2011 -- so far

  Apple, Microsoft, Google and others are givens for being among the top newsmakers of 2011. Others will no doubt surprise us as we go along.

• EMC acquires electronic threat detection firm NetWitness

  EMC today announced it has acquired NetWitness, which makes the NextGen visibility monitoring system to detect electronic threats and malware-based attacks. EMC says NetWitness will operate as part of RSA.

• Is EMC/RSA poised to buy NetWitness?

  Industry rumor is building this week that RSA, the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> division of EMC, is poised to acquire NetWitness, a privately-held company whose flagship product is used by U.S. government agencies and in the enterprise to detect and analyze security threats.

• IDC posts guidance on SecurID breach

  IDC has posted a set of essential guidance following the disclosure by EMC/RSA of a breach to their core SecurID system. You can find the guidance at the following URL.

• Industry searches for answers after RSA breach

  RSA's revelation that its network had been breached and information relating to its SecurID one-time password technology stolen has left customers and industry experts with more questions than answers.

• Japan disaster rocks computer chip supplies

  The disaster in Japan is putting a pinch on 25% of the worldwide production of silicon wafers used to make computer chips, according to a new report.

• Caution urged in wake of RSA security breach

  The relatively scant information released by EMC's RSA security group on Thursday in connection with the theft of SecurID authentication technology code is fueling considerable speculation about the nature of the breach and its impact on enterprises.

• Is EMC ripe for the picking?

  With EMC healthier than it's been in a long time, some industry observers believe it might be ripe for the picking by vendors looking to shore up their <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/154/Data+Center">data center</a> vertical stack of products.

• Cisco-EMC joint venture lured to Texas with incentives

  The Virtual Computing Environment Co. (VCE), formed from the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/050610-michael-capellas-to-lead-acadia.html">joint venture</a> of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> and EMC, this week said it is establishing headquarters in Richardson, Texas, and hiring 434 people.