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TOP STORY Solid State Disk's True Cost IT pros focus on SSD's hefty startup costs, but you must consider other costs when evaluating the storage technology.
VMware Vs. The Old School: Data Center Management Battle With vCenter Operations Suite 5, VMware takes steps to manage the burgeoning virtual machine environment in a more advanced manner than traditional management tool vendors can.
DOWNLOAD DARK READING'S JANUARY 23rd DIGITAL ISSUE The right forensic tools in the right hands are just a start. The new 'Digital Detectives' issue of Dark Reading shows you how to better apply the lessons they teach.
TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM: 5 Innovations IBM Says Will Change Your Life Mind-reading PCs, people-powered generators, and an end to passwords could all become realities within the next five years, according to Big Blue.
Megaupload Closure Forces Cloud Storage Questions In the wake of Megaupload, security experts warn businesses that rely on cyberlockers to include service loss in their disaster and continuity planning.
Microsoft Xbox 720 Details Trickle Out? Microsoft's upcoming entertainment and cloud services platform console could run seven times faster and dish up Blu-Ray. But gamers may not like rumored restrictions.
FROM THE NETWORK COMPUTING BLOG: VMware Simplifies, Automates Virtual/Cloud Management By Chris Talbot VMware is expanding its management portfolio with vCenter Operations Management Suite by integrating with VMware vCenter Capacity IQ and VMware vCenter Configuration Manager for improved performance, capacity and configuration management. VMware revamped its virtualization management suite last October adding the VMware vFabric Application Management and VMware IT Business Management tools. The new enhancements focuse on embedding and integrating management tools into the platform streamlining processes and applying analytics so customers can achieve better economics with their cloud computing deployments.
Enterasys Addresses Wired-Wireless Pain By Robert Mullins Network equipment vendor Enterasys is tackling the growing problem of managing wired and wireless devices with the latest addition to its suite of fabric network management technology, the OneFabric Edge Architecture. The combined wired-wireless management fabric relieves a number of network management headaches, especially in situations where the wired network is often managed by one vendor and the wireless network by another, says the company.
Sourcefire Uses Big Data Analytics To Stop Malware By Robert Mullins Cyber security vendor Sourcefire's latest product uses big data analytics methods to search data to discover patterns in malware attacks and intervene to stop them. The release of FireAMP comes the same week that Cisco Systems released its 4Q11 Global Threat Report that details how pervasive the malware threat is to networks. Cisco reports that in the fourth quarter, enterprise users experienced an average of 339 web malware encounters per month and for all of 2011, the average was 362 per month. Cisco also reports that 20,141 unique web malware hosts were encountered per month in 2011, up from 14,217 in 2010.
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6 security companies to watch This group of security companies includes several that want to capitalize on technology ideas that were originally devised to serve communities of special interest but could now take on a wider cybersecurity role. Fixmo, for example, has its roots in the National Security Agency where its mobile security makes it possible to run critical applications in sandboxes that are insulated from the rest of the machine, making them less likely to fall victim to malware that might have infected the device. Read More
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Control the Cloud Like You Do Your Own Infrastructure Industry analyst Robin Layland joins Alan Murphy from F5 Networks and Greg Smith from Citrix to explore how an ADC can allow you to control your applications running in the cloud as effectively as you control them when they are running in your data center. Learn More
Security roundup: The triumph of hactivists, the sorrow of Symantec It was another busy week for hactivists attacking the online targets of their ire. This time, hackers under the banner AntiSec appeared to have hacked the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. government's online security website, in protest against the much-railed-against legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as well as other bills regarding intellectual protection. Similarly, the group Anonymous is believed to be behind the distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday that brought down the European Parliament's website in what is thought to be retaliation for European support for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site the week before. Anonymous also opposes a treaty being ratified in Europe now called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That deals with infringement of intellectual property rights. Read More
Centralized Virtual Desktop Eases PC Procurement As CVD technology matures, it will become increasingly applicable to greater parts of organizations and a greater breadth of industry verticals beyond the typical healthcare, finance, government, and education verticals that dominate the CVD market today. Learn More
Dying Jobs kept letter from Gates at his bedside Shortly before Steve Jobs died in October, he received a letter from longtime business adversary Bill Gates that moved him so much that he kept it by his bedside, according to the Apple founder's widow, as relayed by Gates to a British interviewer. Read More
MacIT: IT groups grapple with managing fast-growing iOS devices Apple recently has improved its mobile device management features, but IT groups are discovering a new set of challenges when they start to move to larger numbers of iOS devices, MacIT conference attendees are confirming this week. Read More
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New eBook: A Colocation Buyer's Guide Whether you're determining if colocation is the right fit for your business or you are currently in the process of selecting a colocation provider, you'll find this eBook an essential must read for making the right decision for your business. Learn More
Hacking stunt: Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio Encryption keys on smartphones can be stolen via a technique using radio waves, says one of the world's foremost crypto experts, Paul Kocher, whose firm Cryptography Research will demonstrate the hacking stunt with several types of smartphones at the upcoming RSA Conference in San Francisco next month. Read More
CloudPassage launches new security product for public clouds CloudPassage is launching a new security product for virtual servers in public clouds such as Amazon Web Services that it says takes care of the all-important need for security when using services from infrastructure providers. Read More
How to Prevent Thumb Drive Security Disasters Small USB flash drives can cause big security headaches. Learn how four very different organizations have managed to balance the need to allow employees to transfer files for legitimate business purposes with the need to prevent data leaks. Read More
Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution. Read More
New leaders emerging in WAN optimization market In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver Peak one of the leaders in its magic quadrant for the WAN optimization market. Read More
SLIDESHOWS
2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Network World's 6th annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" this time includes the births of pioneering companies such as UUNet and NEXTEL; technologies like OS/2 and SPARC; television classics topped by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the first "Simpsons" shorts; disposable contact lenses; the first naked-eye supernova in four centuries; and, who could possibly forget The Woodstock of Physics?
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6 security companies to watch This group of security companies includes several that want to capitalize on technology ideas that were originally devised to serve communities of special interest but could now take on a wider cybersecurity role. Fixmo, for example, has its roots in the National Security Agency where its mobile security makes it possible to run critical applications in sandboxes that are insulated from the rest of the machine, making them less likely to fall victim to malware that might have infected the device. Read More
WEBCAST: HP, Microsoft & Intel
Database Consolidation and Building Your Private Cloud Please join guest speaker IDC Analyst Carl Olofson as he discusses Enterprise Data Center challenges and why database consolidation is important and necessary. And hear from HP expert Joe Sullivan, who will discuss the HP Database Consolidation Appliance and how it addresses enterprise industry challenges. Learn more
CloudPassage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fastest-growing cloud computing sectors. However, cloud providers usage agreements squarely make the user responsible for protecting servers, applications and data. CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers. Read More
Can cloud-based collaborative data-sharing be secure enough for defense systems? Though wariness about the perceived lack of security in cloud-based services is often voiced, there are some situations where the opposite is the case. Some businesses mindful of security say the cloud services that are important to them have done a lot of work to meet their expectations about security. Read More
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First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More
The ADC in the Cloud Challenge The cloud era has arrived. The cloud will very likely play a role in your network. It can be a cost-effective way to handle peak loads, seasonal variations in traffic and new application growth. Senior management has seen the ads and is pushing your enterprise to at least explore, if not join, the cloud movement. What do you do? Learn More
Teleconferencing vendors defend product security features Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms. Read More
U.S. government online security website hacked Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation. Read More
Do you need a cyberumbrella? If your company were hit with a cyberattack today, would it be able to foot the bill? The entire bill, including costs from regulatory fines, potential lawsuits, damage to your organizations' brand, and hardware and software repair, recovery and protection? Read More
SLIDESHOWS
2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Network World's 6th annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" this time includes the births of pioneering companies such as UUNet and NEXTEL; technologies like OS/2 and SPARC; television classics topped by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the first "Simpsons" shorts; disposable contact lenses; the first naked-eye supernova in four centuries; and, who could possibly forget The Woodstock of Physics?
CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here.
