Home Wi-Fi routers could operate as emergency network, say scientists

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	Home Wi-Fi routers could operate as emergency network, say scientists German researchers have proposed using home Wi-Fi routers as a backup mesh network in the event that cell and phone systems in cities and towns are overwhelmed during emergencies. In a recently-published paper PDF, Kamill Panitzek and colleagues at the Technical University in Darmstadt in Germany describe how home routers could be linked to one another to form a huge informal backbone for use by fire, police and ambulance services. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Capitalize on the Cloud with a Sound Network Strategy New research underscores cloud computing's challenging effects on corporate networks, but solutions are available. Learn More! In this Issue VMworld 2012: Has VMware Peaked? SDNs: Love 'em or Leave 'em? Building your first desktop PC HP plots its recovery Siemens works to fix vulnerability in critical control networks Information Security: A Sobering Topic at VMworld Class of 2016: Born of cyberspace; no need for TV, CDs or airline tickets but cannot miss "The Daily Show" ICS-CERT warns of SSL security flaw in RuggedCom industrial networking devices WEBCAST: Riverbed Elevate to Intelligent Application Delivery Cut the cost of your application delivery infrastructure by 30 – 50%. Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss how an updated ADC can help you Learn more. VMworld 2012: Has VMware Peaked? IT is funny. They want all the features, functionality, and richness of software, but no one seems to want to pay for it. On the flip side the licensing models, schemas, and tracking methods require a full time job in some cases just to make sense of the complexity and make sure the licensing police are not going to come knocking on your door. Read More SDNs: Love 'em or Leave 'em? Are Software Defined Networks (SDN) on your short list yet? Two recent surveys suggest it depends on where you work. I say that given our recent experiences with SDN, within five years and everyone will adopt or have definitive plans to adopt SDN technology. Here's why: Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the scale revolution for cloud ready networks Today's cloud evolution requires a full scale revolution. Citrix TriScale technology transforms enterprise data centers into highly scalable enterprise clouds. Download this whitepaper and learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Learn More Building your first desktop PC I've long been curious about the process of building a computer from scratch, and, a couple of weeks ago, I finally took the plunge. While I was expecting a tortuous and highly technical process, the actual experience was far less painful. Read More HP plots its recovery In its 73 years, Hewlett-Packard has had bad quarters, but perhaps none like the one it posted Wednesday. Its $8.9 billion loss was huge, but there was little drama about it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. Siemens works to fix vulnerability in critical control networks Siemens is working to fix a remotely exploitable vulnerability in network routers and switches from subsidiary RuggedCom that are widely deployed in refineries, power substations and other critical infrastructure networks in the U.S. Read More Information Security: A Sobering Topic at VMworld The technology industry is about to come together next week for VMworld in San Francisco. In the span of a few short years, this show has become a real showcase of the latest and greatest IT technology and industry vision. At VMware, every company wants its IT department to look like Amazon, Google or Zynga, running applications on fully-automated and orchestrated cloud computing platforms, and easily... Read More Class of 2016: Born of cyberspace; no need for TV, CDs or airline tickets but cannot miss "The Daily Show" In one of the more interesting annual measurement of society the Beloit College Mindset List offers a snapshot of what the entering college class of 2016 likes and dislikes. Read More ICS-CERT warns of SSL security flaw in RuggedCom industrial networking devices Industrial Ethernet switches and other devices produced by industrial networking equipment manufacturer RuggedCom contain a vulnerability that could be exploited to compromise SSL-based communications between them and their users, according to a security researcher from security startup Cylance. Read More
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