Cisco adds security to WAN optimization gear; Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Emerson Network Power Maui Computing Center Learn how Liebert technology ensures availability for U.S. DoD facility while providing the flexibility to add a new supercomputer. Network World Daily News: PM, 07/25/07 Cisco adds security, monitoring to WAN optimization gear Cisco is introducing encryption of data as it sits on disks within its Wide-Area Application Services gear, making it impossible for thieves to make sense of the data even if they steal the drives. Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft Novell swears Microsoft deal panning out; others resist getting chummy with Windows maker. Cisco airs server management appliance Cisco introduced an appliance that lets servers be provisioned off storage on the network. Manage Skyrocketing Storage The data on your network is growing at a rapid pace that's only going to increase. Download Network World's latest Executive Guide and get the practical, real-world advice and insider information you need to best manage and meet your storage demands and industry regulations. Click here to download. MySpace hosting 29,000 sex offenders News Corp.'s popular MySpace.com social networking site hosted Web pages for at least 29,000 known sex offenders as of July 2007, North Carolina's Attorney General said Tuesday. Wireless USB makes a splash Cables connecting USB devices to PCs may soon disappear thanks to Wireless USB, a short-range wireless communications technology developed by nonprofit USB Implementers Forum Inc. (USB-IF), which also developed the USB 2.0 standard. Intel claims breakthrough with 40Gbps optical component Intel researchers are a step closer to creating chips that transmit data at high speeds using light instead of electrons, but products based on the technology appear to remain over the horizon. HP service helps keep data centers cool HP is getting more detailed in how it analyzes the energy-efficiency of its customers' data centers.

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