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McAfee’s 2012 security suite posts mixed performance results, failing to keep up with top contenders

Plus, Amazon lures away a Microsoft exec and social networking’s addictive nature

Plus, Motorola vs. iCloud and updates on EHR south of the border

People are acting as if they are shocked that Google would consolidate the personal information it gathers from its customers through all of its varied services

Meet a few other up and coming vendors that caught our eyes this year

Facebook has submitted paperwork to hold a US$5 billion stock offering

Distributor acquires Canvas Systems to boost its IT lifecycle management capabilities

The Kaspersky security suite’s on-access scans could be faster, but it’s very good at detection and blocking

Plus, the textbook of the future and an analysis of Facebook’s IPO

Network performance management software gives deeper visibility into the data centre

Technology giant admits its needs the channel for its cloud strategy to succeed