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	Security spending hike good for Cisco A new round of spending is lifting the data center security market, according to Infonetics Research. Service providers and enterprises are rebuilding data centers to equip them for cloud duty, and in doing so they are implementing new network architectures and increased use of virtualization. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! In this Issue The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics Not everyone is paying attention to McAfee saga Demise of cybersecurity bill means executive order on the way Software 'glitches' are not acceptable. Learn from aviation Facebook to roll out HTTPS by default to all users Why does packet loss destroy application performance over the WAN? MacGyver IT: 20 tools for hero hacks 7 Android apps to help you survive Black Friday 10 great Google tools you need in your business workflow WEBCAST: F5 Networks Delivering Secure, Fast Websites is not an Oxymoron Listen to expert Peter Silva as he looks into this problem and shares a proven approach to an effective solution that protects without decreasing performance. Learn More. The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared. Read More Not everyone is paying attention to McAfee saga Today is the ninth day that antivirus software pioneer John McAfee has been in the headlines as a "person of interest" being sought by police in Belize who are investigating the murder of his next-door neighbor. However, it is apparent that not everyone has been reading those stories. From Twitter: Read More Demise of cybersecurity bill means executive order on the way The demise of the Cyber Security Act of 2012 (CSA) clears the way for President Obama to issue an executive order (EO) implementing at least some of the major elements of the bill. And some political observers say that has been Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's endgame since the bill failed the first time in August. Read More WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Live Webcast: Thursday November 29th at 2:00pm Join Steve Dispensa, PhoneFactor Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Fender, PhoneFactor Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, to learn how phone-based authentication is helping companies tackle complex authentication challenges. Learn More Software 'glitches' are not acceptable. Learn from aviation The term "glitch" is often used to describe an error in software, but the word itself undermines the severity of such errors, according to open source software company Adacore. Read More Facebook to roll out HTTPS by default to all users Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) to its entire global user base. Read More Why does packet loss destroy application performance over the WAN? Before continuing on to cover which of the various technologies – those that are part of the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture as well as others – addresses packet loss and how, I think it will be worthwhile to go a bit deeper into why packet loss has such a huge impact on application performance over the WAN in the first place. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SonicWall Why Protection and Performance Matters Outdated firewalls can pose serious security risks and simply adding malware protection inhibits performance. Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls overcome these limitations with multi-core architecture and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection for unrivaled protection and performance. Read Now! MacGyver IT: 20 tools for hero hacks On the road, under duress, or out in the boonies -- save the day with these essential IT troubleshooting and repair tools Read More 7 Android apps to help you survive Black Friday Android devices equipped with these apps – including one "stunning-one" could make your day Read More 10 great Google tools you need in your business workflow Google is so ubiquitous in our everyday digital lives that it's easy to overlook the many tools it offers that have a business slant. Read More
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