Cisco expands smart grid portfolio

	Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear | WAN optimization market shakeup predicted
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	Cisco expands smart grid portfolio Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the electric grid. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fastest-growing cloud computing. However, cloud providers usage agreements squarely make the user responsible for protecting servers, applications and data. CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers. Read More In this Issue Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear WAN optimization market shakeup predicted Copyright, piracy battle rages: Megaupload.com shut down, execs jailed Inside Google at work and play Data Center Networking Discontinuity Impacts Network Security The top 10 tech priorities of CIOs Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? Information Security Skills Shortage Continues RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear Cisco has issued a security advisory on some of its wireless and unified communications products in response to attack tools that exploit a weakness in a protocol they use. The weakness was detailed by US-CERT in a Vulnerability Note last month. Read More WAN optimization market shakeup predicted WAN optimization is shaping up to be one of the hottest areas of the network equipment market, prompting industry experts to predict high-profile acquisitions and vendor shakeups in the near future. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Understanding Web Application Security This paper examines current trends in Web application security, assessing the present threat environment as well as limitations in existing approaches to protection. Learn more Copyright, piracy battle rages: Megaupload.com shut down, execs jailed The US Department of Justice today said it charged seven people and two corporations with running what it called an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works. The DoJ stated that through the company known as Megaupload.com and other related sites, the group has generated more than $175 million in criminal... Read More Inside Google at work and play Google's new Venice Beach campus features a ton of cool activities for workers developing Chrome, YouTube and Google+ apps Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Aerohive Corporate Brochure The way that Wi-Fi is being used and the requirements on an enterprise Wi-Fi network are going through a fundamental and generational change, so much so that we are calling it Wireless 2.0. It's not a new term, but it is a relevant one. Read now. Data Center Networking Discontinuity Impacts Network Security Data center consolidation and server virtualization are creating data centers of massive scale, and thus radically changing the data center environment. Unfortunately, legacy data center networking equipment was not designed for this type of scale and dynamic use case. ESG calls this state data center networking discontinuity. Read More The top 10 tech priorities of CIOs Analytics and business intelligence will be the top technology priorities for CIOs this year, according to Gartner Inc.'s annual survey of IT executives. Read More Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? Will 2012 be the year when U.S. retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur. Read More Information Security Skills Shortage Continues Like other analyst firms, ESG conducts research on IT Spending Intentions annually. One of the things we track is IT hiring plans in all areas including IT security. In 2011: • 35% of all mid-market and enterprise organizations planned on hiring security staff • 22% believed they had a "problematic shortage" of security skills at their organizations The situation has not improved at all... Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 12 available devices to test drive Windows 8 Here are a dozen off-the-shelf devices that Microsoft says it uses in its labs to put Windows 8 through its paces. You, too, can buy one if you haven't already. CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Inside Google at work and play 12 available devices to test drive Windows 8 The 36 best iPhone games What do your gadgets really weigh? The best of CES 2012 Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? RSA, unapologetic, looks to move beyond The Breach Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed 5 reasons Macs are gaining ground in the enterprise New Facebook attack targets e-cash users
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