Can you manage an iPhone like a BlackBerry? Users love the iPhone, but IT does not. The biggest complaints: The iPhone can't be managed for security and access policies like a BlackBerry can. Lesson from Iran: Controlling Internet Use Is a Slippery Slope There was an ominous juxtaposition of two articles about controlling Internet use in the June 17th issue of Wall Street Journal. One article described how the Iranian government is using deep packet inspection to spy on and limit its citizens' Internet use -- and the other described how the UK is about to mandate the use of deep packet inspection to identify and crack down on piracy. 1 Year anniversary: Did the CCNA Specializations Become Valuable? wanted to review Cisco's biggest cert announcement at Networkers 2008, which was the introduction of the CCNA Voice, CCNA Wireless, and CCNA Security certifications. And the overriding question is this: have these certs become accepted and perceived as valuable? iPhone's new 'phone home' feature helps owner nail thief An iPhone 3G owner who was in Chicago for a convention used Apple's new "Find My iPhone" location service to pinpoint, then confront, the thief who made off with his phone. Microsoft limits Morro beta downloads to first 75K When Microsoft releases the beta of its freebie basic security program at noon ET today, Windows Essential Security (formerly code-named "Morro"), it will cap the number of downloads to 75,000, Microsoft says. Nokia in Deal for Intel Chips. Netbook On the Way? Intel and Nokia are expected this morning to announce a deal that will bring Atom processors to the manufacturer of the world's best-selling family of mobile devices. VMPS: Put a Fork in it VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS) was a technology that, at a point in time, provided a way for organizations to control access to their networks. A few organizations embraced it and after a few years they found it to be an albatross around their neck. However, getting away from VMPS was not so easy and the longer they delay, the harder the breakup becomes. 'Enterprise Facebook' enjoys major adoption If large companies are looking for evidence that a social networking strategy can work, Booz Allen Hamilton may have given them some. Simply Continuous launches disaster recovery service Start-up Simply Continuous targets mid-sized enterprises with backup and recovery services. What's your weather? Americans see 300 billion forecasts each year One way or another nine out of 10 adult Americans get weather forecasts an average of more than three times each day, adding up to 300 billion forecasts each year. And not only that, most people were satisfied with weather forecasts and had fairly high confidence in forecasts with a lead time of one to two days, despite appearances to the contrary. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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