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	Big tech firms back Wi-FAR for remote broadband Google, Microsoft and Facebook are cranking up an emerging wireless technology known as Wi-FAR to help reduce the digital divide in remote and unconnected regions of the world. Read More WHITE PAPER: RES Software Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT There's a growing gap between business users and IT services. Differences between what users want and what IT can provide are driving a wedge between these two camps. Learn how this gap can be closed with the RES IT Store delivering automation in an easy-to-use and easy-to-implement package. Learn more In this Issue Cisco's new UCS fabric interconnect: no ACI? Google backs $300 million undersea Internet cable to Japan Study finds firmware plagued by poor encryption and backdoors Motorola makes a comeback Hacker hunts and pwns WiFi Pineapples with zero-day at Def Con IBM focuses on identity management with Lighthouse buy Atos succeeds in bid to buy Bull, will boost security and cloud offerings FCC chairman downplays net neutrality differences with Obama WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Build a cloud with best-in-class security and app delivery This guide explores two solutions that organizations use to build a network for today's evolving enterprise and how you can fully address cloud requirements for secure application delivery. Read now for this vital information on cloud networking! Read now Cisco's new UCS fabric interconnect: no ACI? Cisco has quietly launched a new fabric interconnect for its Unified Computing System servers, which is designed to address requirements for smaller compute domains. There have been reports that the 6324 Fabric Interconnect is either a component of, or actually is a "mini UCS" targeted at mid-market enterprises and SMBs. Read More Google backs $300 million undersea Internet cable to Japan Google is joining forces with five Asian telecommunications firms to build and operate an underwater cable system from the U.S. to Japan to support rising bandwidth usage and better link its data centers in other parts of the world. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Meeting the Exploding Demand for New IT Services In this eBook, explore the top trends driving the New IT for IT Service Management, and how leading organizations are evolving to focus on end-user experience. Learn More Study finds firmware plagued by poor encryption and backdoors The first large-scale analysis of a fundamental type of software known as firmware has revealed poor security practices that could present opportunities for hackers probing the "Internet of Things." 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Learn more Hacker hunts and pwns WiFi Pineapples with zero-day at Def Con The WiFi Pineapple makes man-in-the-middle attacks incredibly easy, but users better know what they're doing before trying out the Pineapple at the biggest hacker hangout in the U.S. Read More IBM focuses on identity management with Lighthouse buy IBM has purchased Lighthouse Security Group and plans to combine it with another recent acquisition to build a set of identity management software and services.Lighthouse Security Group, located in Rhode Island, offers cloud-based identity management services for the enterprise. Two weeks ago, IBM purchased CrossIdeas, a developer of software that controls the applications and cloud services an employee can access.IBM said it will combine the Lighthouse and CrossIdeas technologies to build a full suite of security software and services designed to protect and manage users' identities.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Atos succeeds in bid to buy Bull, will boost security and cloud offerings Atos's offer to acquire servers and services specialist Bull has been approved, making it possible for the company to beef up its security and cloud computing offerings.The French IT services company announced a €620 million (US$830 million) bid for Bull at the end of May.The deal required Atos to acquire 50 percent plus one share of Bull's equity, and that condition has been met, Atos said Monday. It will hold 84.25 percent of Bull's share capital and voting rights and 18.4 percent of the convertible bonds in circulation by a settlement date set for next Monday, the company said.With the approval out of the way, Atos can get on with the integration work. The goal of the acquisition is to take advantage of Bull's know-how in sectors such as cloud operations, security and big data.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More FCC chairman downplays net neutrality differences with Obama The U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman's view of net neutrality rules and President Barack Obama's are not as different as some reports this week have suggested, the chairman said Friday.FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, a Democrat appointed by Obama, downplayed news reports suggesting Obama wants stronger net neutrality rules than he does. Wheeler has proposed new net neutrality rules that would allow broadband providers to engage in "commercially reasonable" network management—and, in some cases, charge Web services for priority traffic handling.But earlier this week, Obama spoke out against broadband providers collecting extra charges from some Web content providers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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