25 of today's coolest network and computing research projects

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View Now Patriots fans to be first to use new Wi-Fi at season opener When nearly 69,000 fans crowd into Gillette Stadium for the New England Patriots NFL season opener on Sept. 16, a new multimillion-dollar, high-density, bowlwide Wi-Fi network will be fired up for its first public use. Read More IBM keeps the mainframe alive IBM's latest mainframe, the zEnterprise EC12, was built with data analytics and hybrid clouds in mind -- and analysts say that's a good thing. Read More Water droplet computers: An idea that's not all wet The innards of computers can be a dry topic, but researchers at Aalto University in Finland have come up with a concept that is anything but: computers based on colliding water droplets. Read More WEBCAST: MegaPath Experts: Managing Network Security Managed networks security expert SL Sweet shares the truth about MegaPath's history in the cloud before it became an everyday term. Hear SL explain the importance of private networking and threat management as realities of conducting business today. Learn More 12 hot cloud computing companies worth watching While big-name players such as Amazon, Google, IBM, Verizon and VMware sit atop the burgeoning cloud computing market, an entire ecosystem of early stage startups are looking to stake their claim, too. Read More Get unlimited free cloud storage, with a catch Cloud storage services are a dime a dozen these days -- though there's usually at least a dime involved, especially if you want more than a few gigabytes of a space. Read More If you don't really need Java, get rid of it Got Java? Even if you've applied the urgent out-of-band patch from Oracle, you may want to disable or uninstall Java itself. It turns out that the patch has its own flaws that make Java vulnerable to new attacks. Read More WHITE PAPER: PhoneFactor Malware Threats Force Authentication to 'Step Out' Of Band Malware, like ZeuS and other real-time attacks, has rapidly outpaced all other banking security threats to defeat most security measures in place today. This whitepaper examines these current malware threats and today's best practices for mitigating them, such as out-of-band authentication and transaction-level verification. Learn More 10 tips for implementing BYOD securely With the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement quickly becoming an accepted norm, IT needs to better understand how it impacts all aspects of the corporate network security strategy. Read More Top things to consider when buying pre-owned equipment Businesses of all sizes rely on increasingly sophisticated network architectures to transform their businesses, all while maximizing the value of IT investments. With today's economic pressures and elevated operational costs, refurbished equipment can be a safe way for organizations to keep pace with the latest technologies without the stress of increased expenses. Read More Low-cost RADIUS servers for Wi-Fi security Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers are common in enterprise networks to offer centralized authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) for access control. But RADIUS servers can also be useful in small and midsize networks to enable 802.1X authentication and WPA2 (802.11i) security for Wi-Fi nets. Read More Alcatel-Lucent launches open source platform for API management In a bid to make it easier for operators to open up their networks to developers, Alcatel-Lucent has introduced an open source and cloud-based API (application programming interface) management platform called apiGrove. Read More
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