Entitlement management: Access control on steroids Faced with looming regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Craig Shumard, chief information security officer for healthcare provider Cigna, knew he needed better tools for role-based access control. Technology's most (and least) reliable brands Note to tech companies: When you don't deliver on your promises, watch out. Customers have long memories--and they hold grudges. And if you wrong ... Mixx.com: Diary of a (pretty) early adopter You might not know it from meeting me, but I’m really cool. Or so say my dozen or so friends and followers at Mixx.com, the news/photo/video sharing Web site that some are calling the new Digg. What’s taking fixed-mobile convergence so long? Fixed-mobile convergence — the seamless switching between cellular and local networks for mobile users — has been hailed for more than three years as a potential boon for enterprise networks. Savvis unveils $45M network, data center upgrades During the last year, Savvis has spent $45 million upgrading its network and data center architecture with leading-edge Cisco platforms. Now the St. Louis-based service provider is rolling out new managed application and security offerings that take advantage of its Cisco-powered MPLS network. The mainframe’s new best friend: OpenSolaris There was a time not too long ago when IBM would have called out the National Guard to keep anyone other than IBM away from its mainframe technology. Not so much any more. The latest evidence: Last week Big Blue along with Sine Nomine Associates demonstrated Sun’s Solaris operating system running on the Big Iron. Specifically OpenSolaris was running on the mainframe's z/VM subsystem which allows more than 1,000 virtual images on a single hypervisor. Attackers target unpatched QuickTime flaw Attackers are trying to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software that could let them run code on a victim's computer ... LIVE CHAT Microsoft Certifications: Everything you need to know with Patrick Regan: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m., Tuesday Dec. 11 - Come ask certification and LAN networking guru Patrick Regan your questions about Microsoft certifications (or ask about Cisco or Linux training). Regan has penned over a dozen books including ExamCram 70-290 MCSA/MCSE, Acing the LINUX+ Certification, Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment and ExamCram 70-620 Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuration. But that's not all, Regan has also written the study guides for the A+ certification exams for Cisco Press and is currently writing an ExamCram on Windows Server 2008. When not writing books, Regan is a senior network engineer at Pacific Coast Companies supporting a large enterprise network and a celebrity blogger for Microsoft Subnet. BLOGS Buzzblog: Yikes! Has AT&T ever gone orange Back in September, AT&T announced – some might say threatened – that it would be ditching blue in favor of orange as its primary corporate color. Well, if you’ve been to the company’s homepage lately you know that they have followed through with a vengeance. Where once was blue you’ll see a sea of orange. However, enterprise customers – Mr. and Ms. Network World – have been spared the brunt of the orange assault. Today on Cisco Subnet How will Juniper's Hurricane-based Ethernet LAN switch affect Cisco's market? What's on offer to you as a Cisco employee? Cisco takes a back seat to the NFL and The New York Times at the Cisco Partner Velocity forum. Guest blogger Rus Healy tackles the value of certification from a certification candidate's point of view. Wipro forecasts $2B in sales thanks to Cisco, Microsoft support deals. Plus: Blogger Michael Morris asks: What good is a network architect without leadership skills? Today on Microsoft Subnet Microsoft makes another buy, the social networking site, WebFives. Plus, another list of great free tools for SharePoint, a new batch of December giveaways (training and books). And, VoIP security lessons Microsoft needs to learn. Today on Layer 8, where we would never think of putting strange objects in the microwave: At least one answer to the fuel crunch may be microwaving the dregs of the earth: old tires and tar-based sludge that ruins rivers. NEW: Win a copy of CCIE Voice Exam Quick Reference Sheets book: As a final exam preparation tool, the CCIE Voice Exam Quick Reference Sheets provides a concise review of all objectives on the new CCIE Voice written exam (350-030). We have 15 copies up for grabs. |
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