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	Industrial Internet Can't Succeed Without Big Data and Cloud, GE Says Hear the phrases 'Industrial Internet' or 'Internet of Things' and you probably think of billions of connected devices. That's all well and good, but without the computing power to assess all the data coming from these devices, GE suggests that enterprises won't realize the full potential of the industrial Internet. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Code42 SharePlan Security SharePlan is a continuous, secure, enterprise-ready file sync and share platform that facilitates smart, real-time collaboration across all devices. Because laptops and mobile devices often are connected to unsecured networks, a very high standard of security is required to ensure privacy. Learn More In this Issue Cisco's mixed messages How to defend against the OpenSSL Heartbleed flaw IRS plays-up identity theft, fraud fight 25 weirdest things in the 'Internet of Things' QFabric vs MetaFabric: What's the difference? 50 years of BASIC: Celebrating the programming language's long, eventful life Everyone wants open source SDNs Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility Review: Fluke reinvents handheld network testing Addressing WAN edge networking complexity with SDN and NFV WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance The pressure is on to show tangible value from big data rollouts. Learn how performance monitoring tools can provide network managers and IT administrators insight and visibility into networks, infrastructures and applications far in advance, resulting in smooth transitions, accomplished network managers, and project success. Learn More Cisco's mixed messages In positioning its OpFlex policy protocol and the declarative policy programming model in which it operates, Cisco marketing officials noted repeatedly how it was an optimal southbound protocol alternative to OpenFlow, OVSDB and the imperative network programmability model preferred by many others in the industry, including VMware - sans OpenFlow. Read More   How to defend against the OpenSSL Heartbleed flaw CSOs need to take a number of steps as soon as possible to protect their organizations against the OpenSSL vulnerability that has shaken the tech industry, experts say. Read More   IRS plays-up identity theft, fraud fight While tax return fraud seems to have hit epidemic proportions, the Internal Revenue Service today said it has started more than 200 new investigations this filing season into identity theft and refund fraud schemes. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP 2013 Cyber Risk Report The "Cyber risk report 2013 Executive summary" presents the major findings of HP Security Research's comprehensive dive into today's cyber vulnerability and threat landscape. It provides information you need to effectively plan your cyber security strategy and deploy your defenses. Learn More 25 weirdest things in the 'Internet of Things' The Internet is slowly creeping into every part of our lives, so much so that it's becoming easier to look around the house and find objects that can be connected to the Internet. In just a few short years, we probably won't think twice about connecting most of these objects to the Internet, but others will likely take some more time to get used to. Read More   QFabric vs MetaFabric: What's the difference? I believe Juniper was the first mainstream network vendor to use the term "fabric" aggressively to describe its next-generation network architecture when the company announced QFabric back in early 2011. There may have been another vendor that used it first, but Juniper made it mainstream. Since then, almost every network vendor uses the term "fabric" broadly, and Juniper itself announced its next... Read More   50 years of BASIC: Celebrating the programming language's long, eventful life Credit: Dartmouth College Library BASIC creators John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. The mainframe isn't the only technology hitting the ripe old age of 50 this year. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Accelerating Network Convergence Adopting a converged networking strategy enables organizations to traffic server and storage I/O workloads on consolidated data throughput channels. Intelligent software helps optimize management of separate network architectures in converged network channels. View Now Everyone wants open source SDNs Nearly all respondents to an OpenDaylight survey on SDN and NFV want open source in their implementations. Read More   Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility The network industry has largely been focused on network transformation over the past few years. Most of the vendors, though, have been geared towards the evolution of the data center network. It's time that businesses started looking at evolving the wide area network (WAN) as this is often where the biggest pain points is for application performance. Read More   Review: Fluke reinvents handheld network testing The Fluke Networks LinkSprinter makes on-the-fly network testing quick, easy, and more affordable than ever Read More   Addressing WAN edge networking complexity with SDN and NFV As enterprises add mobile users, virtualized services, and public and private clouds, they're running into constraints that threaten to limit their ability to scale their network infrastructure appropriately. Contrary to what many assume, the constraints are not so much bandwidth and cost, the real culprit is complexity. Read More
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