VMware CTO Casado on network virtualization, security and competition with Cisco

	FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network | Confidential Data Is Leaving on Workers' Mobile Devices
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	VMware CTO Casado on network virtualization, security and competition with Cisco How do you bring the virtualization operations model to networking? That will be the job of Martin Casado, CTO of networking and security at VMware which this week launched NSX, the company's over-arching network virtualization package. Casado was one of the creators of OpenFlow, the protocol that spawned the software defined networking (SDN) movement. Read More WHITE PAPER: OutSystems Why IT Struggles to Innovate and How You Can Fix It It seems virtually impossible for IT to meet all business demands with current budgets, resources, and approaches. In this eBook we explore the root causes of IT inefficiency and discuss methods companies have used to overcome them, turning their IT departments into innovation superstars. Learn More In this Issue FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network Confidential Data Is Leaving on Workers' Mobile Devices Time to Bridge the Gap between Identity and Security We all may have a little Martian in us 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 Office 2003's burial will resurrect hacker activity Cisco cracks down on security vulnerability New York Times hack highlights weakness in registrar security Tech CEOs' first jobs: Licorice maker, housekeeper, scuba diver WHITE PAPER: Cisco Wi-Fi Challenge NWW Jun-Aug13 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Whether you are in retail, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, or another industry, keeping and attracting customers is crucial to the success of your organization. Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences can help you improve customer loyalty and increase revenue. Learn more. FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network An Atlanta medical testing laboratory had billing information for more than 9,000 customers land on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has alleged. Read More Confidential Data Is Leaving on Workers' Mobile Devices Are confidential corporate documents finding their way onto employees' personal phones, laptops and tablets? You bet. Even worse, the next-generation workforce doesn't care. Read More Time to Bridge the Gap between Identity and Security Lots of security vendors play in the identity space. IBM is a leader in both areas while McAfee, RSA Security, and Symantec have acquired identity technologies over the past few years. These vendors present a compelling vision of tighter alignment between identity and security that is sometimes referred to as "contextual security." By unifying identity, network security, device identity, and... Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network Driven by the rapid evolution of mobile devices, the move to cloud-based applications and data, and the continued development of new wireless technologies, Wi-Fi has become the network of choice for connectivity. Most new devices no longer have wired connectivity. IT managers now count Wi-Fi as an essential business facility. Learn more. We all may have a little Martian in us Men are supposed to be from Mars as John Gray's iconic relationship book would have you think, but new research presented this week suggests that in reality; we all may hail from the Red Planet. Read More 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 Microsoft, Apple and Samsung among those issuing mea culpas Read More Office 2003's burial will resurrect hacker activity The end of Microsoft's support for popular suite come April 2014 will usher in an era of 'infinite zero-day' attacks, analyst predicts Read More WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks A Proven Solution for Today's BYOD Demands Wireless access is mission-critical for most organizations. BYOD has accelerated the need or wireless capacity, and WLANs must deliver a robust wired-like experience in today's dense environments. High-scale, third-party testing has validated Juniper's ability to support the densest BYOD environments while delivering reliable wireless access. Learn more. Cisco cracks down on security vulnerability Cisco Systems released security patches for Secure Access Control Server (Secure ACS) for Windows to address a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary commands and take control of the underlying operating system. Read More New York Times hack highlights weakness in registrar security Because registrars are the equivalent of a hacker jackpot, they have to be more vigilant about the security of their customers, experts say Read More Tech CEOs' first jobs: Licorice maker, housekeeper, scuba diver It can be a long climb to the top of the corporate ladder. With Labor Day in mind, we asked tech CEOs who've reached the highest rung to share their first job experiences. Some were entrepreneurs at an early age, offering lawn-mowing and scuba diving services. Others toiled in the fields and factories. Many got their hands dirty, scrubbing oil stains off asphalt, cleaning bathrooms, and shoveling monkey cages. Read More
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