Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks

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	Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks LiveJournal is a social-media blogging site that attracts millions of users each month from across the globe, especially the U.S. and Russia. Owned by Moscow-based SUP Media, its website is hosted in a Montana data center, and according to Tim Turner, the firm's London-based CIO, LiveJournal regularly faces massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Improving the XenDesktop experience for with CloudBridge A successful initiative for desktop virtualization ensures that the user experience is the same or better than what employees receive through traditional methods. Unfortunately, WAN can degrade the performance of virtual desktop solutions. Learn how WAN affects virtualization and how Citrix CloudBridge platform can solve this challenge. Learn more In this Issue It's getting easier to steal your neighbors' unused bandwidth over Wi-Fi Internet of Things in five words: sensor, monkey, radio, cloud, Paris Microsoft to reveal data-center server designs that save cash How to easily encrypt email with Virtru for free: Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook, Yahoo Cisco's SDN defense takes a hit Coca-Cola suffers data breach after employee 'borrows' 55 laptops Cisco puts enterprises under Insieme control Brace yourself for flood of new domain names Mobility management: The rollup gains momentum WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIO's are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. View Now It's getting easier to steal your neighbors' unused bandwidth over Wi-Fi A new project from Telefonica called BeWifi enables internet users to snag unused bandwidth from Wi-Fi networks running nearby. So, if you have a family of five trying to stream five different movies at the same time, and your neighbors happen to be out for the night, you and your family could borrow their unused bandwidth until the neighbors come home and log on again. Read More Internet of Things in five words: sensor, monkey, radio, cloud, Paris If you want to build your own Internet of Things, try the toy monkey hack. Read More Microsoft to reveal data-center server designs that save cash Businesses with large data centers stand to net big savings in capital, power, deployment and maintenance costs if they follow server blueprints being made public by Microsoft. Read More WEBCAST: Code42 Endpoint Backup & Restore: Protect Everyone, Everywhere Arek Sokol from the bleeding-edge IT team at Genentech/Roche explains how he leverages cross-platform enterprise endpoint backup in the public cloud as part of his company's global, "100% virtual" strategy. Watch today! Learn More. How to easily encrypt email with Virtru for free: Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook, Yahoo What better way to celebrate Data Privacy Day than to show you how to easily encrypt email and keep those emails both private and secure? Read More Cisco's SDN defense takes a hit JP Morgan has downgraded Cisco's stock based on challenges in emerging markets, and on the potential impact of software-defined networking (SDNs). Read More Coca-Cola suffers data breach after employee 'borrows' 55 laptops Coca-Cola has admitted falling prey to bizarre slow-motion data breach in which an employee apparently stole dozens of laptops over several years containing the sensitive data of 74,000 people without anyone noticing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks How to Choose the Right Unified Communications Solution When it comes to unified communications, there's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. The term itself can be confusing, as are the various features within its scope—encompassing any and every aspect of the communications continuum. . Learn More Cisco puts enterprises under Insieme control Cisco this week is unveiling an enterprise version of its Insieme controller that's intended to allow IT to extend policy-based automation and configuration to WAN and access networks. Read More Brace yourself for flood of new domain names Brace yourself. The Internet is about to get a lot busier and more cluttered. The Internet addresses that we are accustomed to using -- .com, .net and .edu - will be getting a lot of company next week. Read More Mobility management: The rollup gains momentum Wireless LAN leader Aerohive today announced their Mobility Suite product line, designed to address the upsurge in mobile devices appearing on enterprise wireless LANs. Read More
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