My Thoughts on IBM, NEC, and OpenFlow

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	My Thoughts on IBM, NEC, and OpenFlow IBM and NEC announced this week that the two companies will work together to offer networking solutions based upon SDN and OpenFlow. IBM provides the switches which are integrated with the NEC Programmable Flow Controller. To me, this is bigger than just a press release and some joint marketing programs. Here's why: Read More WHITE PAPER: Juniper Differentiated Architectures for the Data Center Evolving needs require different architectures, making the same network does all design a thing of the past. The data center network now requires a very different architecture from the campus network in order to successfully deliver applications. Read for more information. View Now In this Issue Cisco ASDM GUI tips and tricks for managing your Cisco ASA Enterasys Embraces Unified Networking – OneFabric Edge, and Another New Farpoint Group White Paper 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time Hacking stunt: Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio 6 security companies to watch Information Security Budgets Will Increase in 2012 @#*! End Users say: The Video Fear the tablet: Cisco survey WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! Cisco ASDM GUI tips and tricks for managing your Cisco ASA Cisco's Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) is the GUI tool used to manage the Cisco ASA security appliances. In this blog I'll reveal to you some of my favorite tips, tricks and secrets found inside ASDM. If you haven't dealt with it before, ASDM is a free configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting management tool that comes with the ASA. In a nutshell, ASDM will manage all the features... Read More Enterasys Embraces Unified Networking – OneFabric Edge, and Another New Farpoint Group White Paper Enterasys Networks yesterday announced extensions and new products under the umbrella of OneFabric Edge that augment their OneFabric architecture, announced a few months ago. There's quite a bit here - wireless LANs, a new line (the K-Series) of switches, and, most importantly, unified wired/wireless management. 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 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time In honor of National Data Privacy Day this Saturday, Jan. 28, we've put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time. Read More Hacking stunt: Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio Encryption keys on smartphones can be stolen via a technique using radio waves, says one of the world's foremost crypto experts, Paul Kocher, whose firm Cryptography Research will demonstrate the hacking stunt with several types of smartphones at the upcoming RSA Conference in San Francisco next month. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Setting Consolidating Expectations New survey results from Forrester Consulting on consolidating branch offices are now available. Read: - Best practices in the face of more users, services, and devices - Consolidating beyond just servers - The importance of deploying advanced WAN optimization Read now. 6 security companies to watch This group of security companies includes several that want to capitalize on technology ideas that were originally devised to serve communities of special interest but could now take on a wider cybersecurity role. Fixmo, for example, has its roots in the National Security Agency where its mobile security makes it possible to run critical applications in sandboxes that are insulated from the rest of the machine, making them less likely to fall victim to malware that might have infected the device. Read More Information Security Budgets Will Increase in 2012 As part of our annual IT Spending Intentions survey, ESG asks IT professionals about overall spending trends for the coming year. Like other analyst firms, ESG found that IT budgets will increase in 2012, albeit at a modest rate. Read More @#*! End Users say: The Video Afraid to say that jumping on the "@#*! X say" meme taking the Internet by storm isn't beneath us this week. Without further ado, "@#*!End Users Say" Read More Fear the tablet: Cisco survey Fear the personal device at work. Your IT manager does. Read More
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