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Monday, June 04, 2012

Rehearsals over, IPv6 hits Broadway June 6

10 SaaS Delivery Companies To Watch | Who's hiring data scientists? Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and more

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Rehearsals over, IPv6 hits Broadway June 6
IPv6 will go fully live on June 6. That's the date when 50-plus access networks and more than 2,500 websites -- including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Yahoo -- will turn on support for the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol and leave it on for good. Read More


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Data Center Without Walls: Welcome to the Cloud
The "old school" way of thinking needs to change. It's time for freedom, efficiency and mobility... It's time for what Ciena calls a Data Center Without Walls. Learn how the network is evolving to handle more demanding cloud infrastructure services, driving the emergence of the virtual cloud, workload orchestration, and software defined networking. Register for the Webinar

WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc.

2012 WAN Optimization Magic Quadrant
Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now.

10 SaaS Delivery Companies To Watch
Analysts and industry watchers agree that the next frontier for SaaS is setting distribution channels designed specifically for the cloud and providing mechanisms for managing multiple SaaS offerings from a single control point. These SaaS deployment advancements will likely come from a variety of sources: established SaaS vendors, start-ups providing SaaS channel enabling software, and cloud service brokerage houses. Here are 10 companies leading the charge. Read More

Who's hiring data scientists? Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and more
Across industries, hiring managers and staffing pros are buzzing about a new class of data professional – the data scientist. Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and PayPal are among the big-name companies currently looking to fill this critical role, which deftly blends business, analytics and computer skills. Read on to see their exact requirements. Read More

Mobilisafe debuts with mobile risk-management software
Start-up Mobilisafe makes its debut Monday with a product intended to help IT managers monitor for risks associated with both employee-owned and corporate-issued mobile devices. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Proven Strategies for Uncovering Cost Savings
Learn how your organization can take advantage of recent breakthroughs to lower the cost of data management. Learn More

Windows 8's built-in AV to be security of last resort
Microsoft's Windows 8 will activate its built-in antivirus software only if it senses that the PC is not protected by another security program, says McAfee. Read More

Tech Debate: Dictate the mobile device or let the user decide?
The list of benefits for the Bring Your Own Device movement is long, but so is the list of associated risks. Is the time right to connect employee gadgets to the company network, or should we be more circumspect? The experts Robert Rhodes, CIO of Houston Healthcare says the risks of BYOD are enormous, allowing employees to use their own devices to access core resources raises serious questions for employer and employee alike. Evan Kaplan, CEO of iPass says we are better off letting users select the devices that will make them most productive, and trying to control the process just ends up making us less secure anyway. Read More

'Body Area Networks' should free hospital bandwidth, untether patients
Hospitals, whose Wi-Fi networks are clogged with clinician and patient data traffic, are getting some much-needed bandwidth relief with the FCC's approval of radio bandwidth spectrum for wireless medical monitoring devices. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Limelight

Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed
Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More!

Schools Need 100Mbps Per 1,000 Users
U.S. schools will need networks that deliver broadband performance of 100Mbps for every 1,000 students and staff members, a new report says. Read More

Security Utah CTO Steps Down Following Data Breach
The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of around 280,000 Medicaid recipients. Read More

Asus shows off ARM-based Windows 8 tablet
Asustek Computer (Asus) on Monday showed off a tablet with an ARM processor and the Windows RT OS, becoming among the first of its type shown by PC makers. Read More

Computex 2012: Acer unveils hybrid tablet and ultrabooks with Windows 8
Computex 2012: Acer unveils hybrid tablet and ultrabooks with Windows 8 Acer unveiled its design changes in Taipei, melding both tablets and laptops. From: networkworld Views: 43 3 ratings Time: 01:33 More in Science & Technology Read More

Timeline WWII App for iPad Brings the Great War to Life
The multimedia-rich Timeline World War 2 iPad app is perfect for Memorial Day remembrances. The software makes it easy to swipe through all of the battles, events and key figures of the Second World War. But it can't accurately convey the war's tremendous emotional impact, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin. Read More



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BYOD's Phone Number Problem

iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 1 | The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2012 so far

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BYOD's Phone Number Problem
A simple smartphone number can be an incredibly important corporate asset, but companies will have to give it up in a BYOD scenario. Read More


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BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar - 6/26
During this one-day tech seminar, IT executives, managers and teams will learn how to successfully manage the onslaught of new mobile devices, along with the strategies and policies that can help avoid pitfalls and ensure success. June 26 - Omni Parker House, Boston Click to continue

WHITE PAPER: Perimeter E-Security

Obtaining Fortune 500 Security without Busting your Budget
This white paper explores how your mid-sized company can have a Fortune 500 type security solution on a budget you can afford. Learn more.

iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 1
It's amazing Apple hasn't sunk, given how many purported leaks began spouting blueprints, parts and chips this past week. The iOSphere pulled on its boots and began splashing in the puddles, with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference drawing near. Read More

The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2012 so far
Angry Birds Space isn't the only iPhone/iPad game in town! Read More

Jailbreaking: Don't blame the player, blame the game
There has been much written (here, here and Read More


WHITE PAPER: BMC Software

Workload Automation Challenges and Opportunities
This Executive Brief discusses IDC's perspective on how enterprise workload management requirements are changing and highlights the ways that workload automation solutions can address these emerging requirements. Learn More!

Can Apple iOS devices gain confidence of IT security pros?
There's great enthusiasm for using iPhones and iPads in the workplace, but experts say Apple's limited transparency about security issues can make enterprise adoption problematic. Read More

Is RIM ruined?
Bad news keeps piling up on RIM, but it wasn't always that way Read More

Biggest tech industry layoffs of 2012
Research in Motion, reeling as its BlackBerry takes a beating from the Apple iPhone and assorted Android smartphones, is expected to lay off anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000 employees to cut costs and turn around its financial fortunes. While the exact number of layoffs from RIM's 16,000-plus staff remains to be confirmed, the restructured company appears headed for a high rank on this year's list of tech industry layoffs. Read More


WHITE PAPER: SAP

Creating Community Within Your Business Partner Network
Learn how you can connect with customers and suppliers for business-to-business e-commerce more affordably with SAP Information Interchange OnDemand. Using prebuilt profiles, you can make changes within your supply chain quickly using a minimum of your valuable resources. Learn More

Sprint gives a date for Nextel iDEN shutdown: Next June
Sprint Nextel will finish shutting down its narrowband iDEN network as early as June 30, 2013, the company disclosed on Tuesday. Read More

New Federal Mobile IT Strategy Must Address Security
As the White House rolls out an agenda to open and optimize government data for mobile devices and accelerate use of smartphones and tablets across departments and agencies, security expert warns that federal CIOs must address an array of vulnerabilities. Read More

Intel adds sleep-mode Wi-Fi connectivity feature to ultrabooks
Devicescape today announced a deal with Intel that will give owners of certain Intel-powered machines "enhanced connectivity" to Devicescape's Wi-Fi network of more than 7 million public hotspots. Read More

Apple wins battle over nano-SIM standard
Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room for other components in future phone designs. Read More

10 Mobile Device Management Apps to Take Charge of BYOD
Managing devices in a BYOD environment is no mean feat, and the right mobile device management (MDM) product can be a key component in making it work. Here are 10 leading MDM products on the market today. Read More



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10 terrific LTE smartphones for $150 or less
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  1. U.S. and Israel unleashed Stuxnet, says New York Times
  2. Is RIM ruined?
  3. Why F5 beats Netscaler ... and the rest of the competition
  4. U.S. warns users of new Citadel ransomware hit
  5. The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2012 so far
  6. Flame malware: All you need to know
  7. Flame malware: All you need to know
  8. Iran's discovery of Flame malware turning into political hot potato
  9. Open source BlackBerry: RIM's last resort
  10. IT staff, engineers among top 10 toughest jobs to fill in U.S.

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Network World Whitepapers Download: June 04, 2012

One Day Tech Seminar - BYOD & Mobile Device Management | Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs 2012

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One Day Tech Seminar - BYOD & Mobile Device Management
Attend and learn how to implement the top five corporate policies and security tactics that organizations must adopt to ensure they can mitigate risk while empowering a mobile workforce. BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar - 6/26 - Boston Click to continue


WHITE PAPER: F5
Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs 2012
Secure Sockets Layer virtual private networks compose a mature market segment, serving a variety of VPN use cases for workstations and mobile-device remote access. In this Magic Quadrant, Gartner examines the role of SSL VPNs in remote access, the state of the market, and the suitability of SSL VPNs in a range of remote-access use cases. Learn more!


WHITE PAPER: Perimeter E-Security
Broker-Dealer Needed to Fix and Secure Email
A highly-compliant, high-performing, secure email system was a top priority for a Dallas-based dealer-broker. See why they chose a cloud-based solution to realize: streamlined message review workflow, continuous regulatory compliance, and reduced risks with message scoring system for every email sent and received. Learn more.


WHITE PAPER: AppSense
Why AppSense for VDI
The focus of this paper is to demonstrate the joint value of AppSense with XenDesktop 5.6 on Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1. Learn More


WHITE PAPER: SAP
SAP Customers Move to Managed Cloud Services to Cut Costs
Changes in business objectives and advances in technology compel many businesses to reassess their B2B integration capabilities to seek further process efficiency. We find that very few enterprises make a large change to their B2B integration process for a single reason; instead, multiple factors combine to create the need for change. Learn More


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An evolutionary WAN path to cloud computing with WAN Virtualization

OpenFlow and Cisco OPEN's feedback loop | Dollars and Senseless: The Real Financial Impact of a Cyber Attack

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An evolutionary WAN path to cloud computing with WAN Virtualization
Previously, we covered the network benefits of WAN Virtualization and how WAN Virtualization delivers benefits "beyond the WAN" to areas like security, backup, file access, DR/business continuity, and private cloud computing.& Read More


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BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar - 6/26
During this one-day tech seminar, IT executives, managers and teams will learn how to successfully manage the onslaught of new mobile devices, along with the strategies and policies that can help avoid pitfalls and ensure success. June 26 - Omni Parker House, Boston Click to continue

WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink

Network/Cloud Security & Business Continuity eGuide
Network security today means much more than simply building a perimeter around the enterprise network to defend from threats. With cloud-computing models becoming more popular, enterprises are extending corporate data and applications outside the four walls of the data center. Learn More!

OpenFlow and Cisco OPEN's feedback loop
During its SDN conference call this week with Morgan Stanley and other participants, Cisco officials talked often about how a "feedback loop" is vital in its vision of a programmable network. This feedback loop would provide analytical data on users, sessions and applications gathered from the network to define policies and orchestration routines to be programmed back into the network. Read More

Dollars and Senseless: The Real Financial Impact of a Cyber Attack
The security industry has long debated the potential impact of a large-scale cyberattack. From actual security analysts who have been accountable for implementing and managing security solutions to security "pundits" who love to speculate about things in the security world that they've never actually done, everyone has an opinion. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks

Mobility in the Network: A Phased Technology Approach
The evolution of the network to provide the intelligence needed to address user, device and application mobility is underway. In this white paper, Extreme Networks® outlines the five phases required to bring mobility into the network. Learn more.

Exinda targets branch office with new WAN optimization appliances
Boston-based WAN optimization vendor Exinda today released two new variants of its Edge line of appliances, targeted at branch-office users who need performance enhancement and don't want to spend a lot of time on setup. Read More

Usage-based Internet service: Sometimes competition in name only
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) held its annual Cable Show in Boston at the end of May. The opening remarks by Michael Powell, ex-chairman of the FCC and current head of the NCTA, were quite good, but he glossed over a basic conflict of interest present in today's cable business. Julius Genachowski, the current FCC chairman, did an even better job of ignoring this issue. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks

Cloud-Scale Networks Using Open Fabric Architectures
Virtualization and cloud are driving new requirements for data center network performance, VM support, automation and simplified orchestration. This paper outlines Extreme Networks® open fabric approach to high speed, low latency networks for modern data centers. Learn more.

Sales of unused IPv4 addresses gathering steam
A growing number of U.S. carriers and enterprises are hedging their bets on IPv6 by purchasing blocks of unused IPv4 addresses through official channels or behind-the-scenes dealmaking. Read More

10 Mobile Device Management Apps to Take Charge of BYOD
Managing devices in a BYOD environment is no mean feat, and the right mobile device management (MDM) product can be a key component in making it work. Here are 10 leading MDM products on the market today. Read More

9 warning signs of bad IT architecture
From kludges to manual re-keying to redundant apps, these are the telltale indicators of an IT environment gone amok Read More



SLIDESHOWS

10 terrific LTE smartphones for $150 or less
LTE on the cheap: Offerings from Apple, Samsung, Nokia and more make cut.

JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES
As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. U.S. and Israel unleashed Stuxnet, says New York Times
  2. Is RIM ruined?
  3. Why F5 beats Netscaler ... and the rest of the competition
  4. U.S. warns users of new Citadel ransomware hit
  5. The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2012 so far
  6. Flame malware: All you need to know
  7. Flame malware: All you need to know
  8. Iran's discovery of Flame malware turning into political hot potato
  9. Open source BlackBerry: RIM's last resort
  10. IT staff, engineers among top 10 toughest jobs to fill in U.S.

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