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A deep dive into Cisco's ScanSafe SaaS security tool

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A deep dive into Cisco's ScanSafe SaaS security tool
Cisco ScanSafe offers Cloud Based Web SecurityCisco now has two web security offerings, one that is on premise (Ironport Web Security Appliance) and one that is in the cloud (ScanSafe Web Security). Cisco says you can also combine the two services for a hybrid approach to web security. Most are new to Cisco's ScanSafe SaaS offering so that is what the focus of today will be on. First lets start with what is ScanSafe web security? ScanSafe... Read More


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Can we put faith in Cisco's repatriation banter?
History has shown multinationals have not created jobs when granted tax relief on overseas profitsCisco CEO John Chambers and Oracle President Safra Catz co-authored an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal last week claiming that profits held by multinational corporations overseas could inject $1 trillion into the US economy if the US tax policy is changed. The US taxes overseas profits at 35% while companies headquartered in other developed countries can repatriate their foreign earnings at... Read More

Get Ready for Multiple Virtualization Platforms
VMware still leads but other hypervisors are creeping inMy colleague Mark Bokwer and I are at a Virtualization, Cloud Computing, and Green IT conference in Washington DC this week. In one of the panels we hosted, an IT executive from a cabinet-level agency mentioned that the agency was qualifying Microsoft Hyper-V even though it already has an enterprise license in place with VMware. When asked why the agency was doing this he responded, "we are a Windows... Read More


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NASA algorithms take into account wind other issues to reduce flight timesNASA today said Boeing had adopted software the space agency developed to boost fuel savings. Read More


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Cisco's FabricPath makes the grade
Network World tests find it fills the bill for boosting bandwidth, rerouting and easing managementWe tested Cisco's FabricPath architecture, the company's answer to TRILL - the IETF Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links RFC - for enabling shortest path multihop routing in large-scale Ethernet and FibreChannel-over-Ethernet data center networks. Read More

Server Virtualization Security: A Lot More Work Is Needed
Security tools must be complemented with skills, processes, and organizational changes If you attended VMworld in late August, you know that virtualization security was featured extensively. Ditto for VMworld Europe where VMware CEO Paul Maritz included a few security slides in his keynote presentation. Maritz and VMware get it -- virtualization security has been somewhat neglected until recently. If server virtualization is truly to become next-generation cloud infrastructure, security... Read More

Network Packet Monitoring Matrix Switches
New devices can eliminate limitations of using taps and SPAN portsHave you ever wanted to configure more than two TX/RX/Both Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) ports on your switches? Have you ever had to deal with the issues related to optical-bypass switches for inline IPS appliances? Have you ever had to deal with the cabling nightmare that results from using Ethernet taps? Have you ever thought about using packet monitoring switches that are available from a variety... Read More

Is Cisco Becoming the New Services in the Cloud Powerhouse
Cisco ScanSafe offers Cloud Based Web SecurityCisco now has two web security offerings, one that is on premise (Ironport Web Security Appliance) and one that is in the cloud (ScanSafe Web Security). Cisco says you can also combine the two services for a hybrid approach to web security. Most are new to Cisco's ScanSafe SaaS offering so that is what the focus of today will be on. First lets start with what is ScanSafe web security? ScanSafe... Read More



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