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	Cisco: Thousands of web hosting centers now launchpads for attacks Web hosting centers around the world are being compromised by cyber-criminals that use them to launch major attacks against business and government, says Cisco in its annual security report. This threat really gained full steam last year, the company says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. An ROI Analysis of Virtualized WAN Optimization Software The Enterprise Strategy Group discusses how data center consolidation, virtualization, and cloud architectures are on the rise; however IT budgets are not increasing. This poses a unique challenge: How do you crease a flexible and agile environment without increasing the cost? Learn more >> In this Issue Cisco fixes remote access vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System Cisco offers advice on Target breach SDN startup looks to program the enterprise Feds issue Top 10 most wanted transportation safety advances How to Bring Shadow IT Under Control An OpenStack Primer for IT Executives Juniper announces Firefly Suite for virtual-machine security An Overview of Malware Protection Techniques WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP Converged Storage Customers Share their Experiences This Enterprise Strategy Group Solution Impact Analysis examines how well-designed, executed and implemented storage can elevate storage from a necessity and a cost center to an asset that contributes to the business. This report confirms that ROI is a real-world value that HP Converged Storage customers are realizing today. Learn More Cisco fixes remote access vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System Cisco Systems has released software updates for its Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) in order to patch three vulnerabilities that could give remote attackers administrative access to the platform and allow them to execute OS-level commands without authorization. Read More Cisco offers advice on Target breach In the wake of the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches, Cisco suggests encryption at the point-of-sale terminal. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Wan Deduplication: Getting More by Sending Less Recently, data deduplication has made its way from the storage to the networking community. More specifically, it has become an important tool for optimizing application performance across the WAN. This paper discusses how WAN deduplication works, and how it can be effectively deployed as a complement to existing storage deduplication solutions. Learn more >> SDN startup looks to program the enterprise SDN startup Anuta Networks has unveiled its second product, a network services virtualization systems for midsize and large enterprises. Read More Feds issue Top 10 most wanted transportation safety advances Travel, be it by car, airplane or rail has a certain component of danger to it, that's just the behavior of the humans who operate that equipment, the equipment itself and in many cases, Mother Nature. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. The Differences Between Network Memory & Application Caching Enterprises require an application acceleration solution that spans all types of traffic, one that is easy to manage, and 100% data coherency when supporting business-critical applications. This white paper will address these issues and offer a solution that addresses these enterprise requirements. Learn more >> How to Bring Shadow IT Under Control Most business units these days are leveraging cloud services, and a majority of them are bypassing IT to do it, according to a new study. While many IT departments want to take charge of provisioning cloud services, it may make more sense to get your arms around compliance and governance first. Read More An OpenStack Primer for IT Executives OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform, has garnered the support of more than 200 IT vendors. Enterprises embrace the platform for its flexible, hardware-agnostic architecture -- but they should realize that this modularity can come at a cost. Read More Juniper announces Firefly Suite for virtual-machine security Juniper today announced its Firefly Suite for virtual-machine security, a set of software-based products for VMware and KVM that contain the security and switching capabilities found in Juniper's SRX Series Services Gateway, as well as Junos Space Virtual Director. Read More An Overview of Malware Protection Techniques It should come as no surprise that nowadays malware has become big business. Bad actors are increasingly better funded and improving their approaches for attacking us. We have reached the point where hacking has become industrialized. As vendors develop solutions, attackers continue to innovate. Read More
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