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	Cisco singing a different ACI tune Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure is SDN after all, the company now says. This, after claiming it was not SDN at last fall’s Interop conference in New York.At that time, Frank D’Agostino, senior vice president of technical marketing in Cisco’s Insieme Business Unit, described how ACI  is not SDN because of its focus on abstracting application policy for physical and virtual infrastructure vs. virtualizing the network infrastructure. During a call with Deutsche Bank this week however, D’Agostino is singing a different ACI tune:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Only Next Gen Firewall to Stop AETs The risk of network security systems being compromised by AETs continues to grow as more and more cybercriminals actively exploit this vulnerability. The answer is to combine stream-based inspection with data normalization on multiple protocol layers. View Now In this Issue Bell Labs claims new speed record over regular old copper wiring How WebRTC Is Making Enterprise Inroads Worst data breaches of 2014…So far Tech companies pick up tab for pricey CEO perks NASA's coolest 'way-out' future projects 7 tips for older programmers joining startups Daunting photos of a village built to handle electronic waste WHITE PAPER: Dell Achieve Deeper Network Security and Application Control Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) have emerged to revolutionize network security as we once knew it. Yet to safeguard an organization from today's ever-evolving threats, NGFWs must be able to deliver an even deeper level of network security. View Now Bell Labs claims new speed record over regular old copper wiring Most of the higher-speed Internet connections used by businesses these days require fiber-optic cabling, but Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs division claimed this week to have reached 10Gbps using nothing but new transmission technology and ordinary copper wiring. The technology, called XG-FAST, is an outgrowth of a standard undergoing final review at the International Telecommunications Union, called G.fast. The G.fast specification calls for the use of a wide spectrum range of 106MHz – far larger than that used by existing DSL technology. Effectively, G.fast can send or receive data much faster than conventional DSL, though it can only do so over comparatively short distances, around 100 meters.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More How WebRTC Is Making Enterprise Inroads Jeff Singman operates two brick-and-mortar specialty toy stores in New Jersey and has wanted to provide an ecommerce website as well. Singman says his two Toy Genius stores, which he co-owns with his wife, offer shoppers a high level of product knowledge and customer service to stand out from other toy sellers. Employees wear lab coats and demonstrate products for customers. Gift wrapping is free of charge.But Singman found it difficult to replicate that brand of white-glove service online. "We were looking for a way to bring that ... shopping experience to the Web. I actually had the vision since 2011, but I couldn't affect that vision."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Accelerating the Delivery Microsoft Office 365 Many organizations use Office 365's cloud-based mail, collaboration and communication services as the dominant workload. However, as services move to the cloud, data centers are no longer local, and end-user experience can suffer. Learn more >> Worst data breaches of 2014…So far The Identity Theft Resource Center, which tracks data breaches, has counted   381 reported breaches and 10.8 million records exposed from the start of the year through June. We identified the worst of these for the first quarter of the year, and now we  show you the worst for April though June.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Tech companies pick up tab for pricey CEO perks CEO pay packages include perks such as access to the corporate jet, home security, and financial planning advice. Read More : VCE The Cornerstone of New In-House IT Operation for CP Railways As part of this sweeping transformation, Canadian Pacific Railways (CP) took a fresh look at its outsourced IT and decided to bring the entire operation in-house. After evaluating various options, CP chose Vblock™ Systems from VCE to virtualize its extensive suite of business-critical SAP applications and other business solutions. Learn More NASA's coolest 'way-out' future projects NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program funds what it calls “visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs - radically better or entirely new aerospace concepts - while engaging America's innovators and entrepreneurs as partners in the journey.”  What that the space agency is trying to stay on the bleeding edge with legitimate projects that could one day become real missions or as NASA puts it: Turn science fiction into fact. Take a look at the projects selected this year. These are abbreviated descriptions from NASA, full explanations are available here.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More 7 tips for older programmers joining startups "Image by flickr/Tim GreenIn the grand scheme of things, 40-something isn’t considered old. But anything beyond 20-something is often considered old in that stereotypical bastion of fresh-out-of-school youth - the startup. Joining a startup can give seasoned programmers a new jolt of energy and excitement, but can also cause them concern over trying to bridge the generation gap with their new, younger colleagues. A number of programmers, of all ages, recently shared advice on Slashdot for older developers considering joining startups. Here are 7 tips they gave for you more seasoned developers to keep in mind when joining a startup.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Daunting photos of a village built to handle electronic waste "Image by REUTERS/Oswaldo RivasReuters calls it a hub for electronic rubbish. That would be Dongxiaokou village, which sits on the outskirts of Beijing in China. Here all manner of  e-waste is sent to be stripped for recycling or just plain scrap. Dongxiaokou’s residents grapple with poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities, in addition to dangers associated with handling e-waste. The village is now facing demolition and residents are worried about losing their homes and work, according to Reuters. China is now the planet’s second biggest producer of it, only behind the United States, according to information from a 2013 environmental conference.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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