Chambers again dashes EMC speculation

	Three new (and a few old) cloud computing challenges stymie government rollouts | The FBI's big, bad identification system
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	Chambers again dashes EMC speculation As he has done several times before, Cisco CEO John Chambers dismissed speculation that his company may acquire storage giant EMC. Reports surfaced this week that EMC was shopping itself around as a candidate for a “merger of equals,” and had talked to HP and Dell about possible linkups.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Instart Logic A New, Better Approach for Web Experiences across Devices For media and entertainment companies intent on delivering high definition web experiences across all devices, web performance can make or break their engagement levels. Learn more>> In this Issue Three new (and a few old) cloud computing challenges stymie government rollouts The FBI's big, bad identification system Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort Saisei says don't play games with the hybrid WAN More Alarming Data on the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Why Cisco lost two key officials in data center, cloud WHITE PAPER: NetApp The Evolving Public Cloud Landscape ESG research indicates that the corporate usage of public cloud computing in the form of cloud-based infrastructure services (i.e., IaaS), business applications (i.e., SaaS), and/or application development (i.e., PaaS) continues to grow. View now>> Three new (and a few old) cloud computing challenges stymie government rollouts In 2012 when the Government Accountability Office reviewed the feds cloud computing effort, it found seven core challenges to moving impeding the administrations’ move toward the cloud.+More on Network World: The FBI’s big, bad identification system+In the two years that have passed, the GAO this week reported that government agency use of cloud computing has grown, but a few new challenges have cropped up that hinder widespread cloud adoption.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More The FBI's big, bad identification system "Image by ShutterstockThis month the FBI pronounced its powerful new crime fighting weapon -- the Next Generation Identification -- is at full operational capability. NGI replaced the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), the Bureau’s longstanding repository for fingerprints. But that’s not all it does. NGI uses a variety of high-tech tools and algorithms to combat all manner of offenses. Here we take a look at some of the tools the FBI will be using.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Countering Threats By Modeling "Normal" Website Behavior Check out this informative technology dossier to explore the ins and outs of using big data analysis and web-user profiling to protect your company against cyber threats. Read Now Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort The Metro Ethernet Forum this week announced intentions to define parameters for Ethernet network-as-a-service (NaaS), an effort Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe hailed as "a new network paradigm." Read More Saisei says don't play games with the hybrid WAN This week, a startup called Saisei unveiled what it calls the first product in a market known as Network Performance Enforcement. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qualys Inc. Best Practices for Selecting a VMSolution Automated Vulnerability Management (VM) solutions help you discover devices running in your network, determine whether they are vulnerable to attack, find fixes to the underlying problems, and protect yourself while those fixes are being implemented. Learn More>> More Alarming Data on the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Network security skills and staffing continues to lag at enterprise organizations. Time to sound the alarm? Read More Why Cisco lost two key officials in data center, cloud Company too slow to respond or not committed enough to newer networking trends Read More
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