| Is US-CERT Ready for a Cyber Attack?
While other people peruse light or trashy novels on the beach, I spent the summer reading through government reports on cybersecurity. I was reviewing an GAO report from June 25 titled, when I came across some rather shocking declarations buried in the report. Cisco UCS, Nexus 1000 virtual switches power VMworld labs but suffer glitches
A year after introducing the Nexus 1000 virtual switch, Cisco is using that switch and its unified computing system servers as a proving point at VMworld in San Francisco. A Cisco-based implementation that taps into both EMC and NetApp SANs is powering the show's lab sessions. However, the setup performed so poorly in its first two days that many users were left unable to access the labs, they said. Has US been unfairly torched over the electronic waste disposal issue?
Is it possible the US has been unfairly torched over the issue of electronic waste disposal?According to a study released this week more computers discarded by consumers in the United States are getting a second life in developing countries, or at least in Peru, than previously reported. ACLU lawsuit says student's cell phone was illegally searched
A middle school honor student who was expelled after authorities searched his cell phone and found evidence of what they claimed were "gang-related activities" now has a lawyer: the American Civil Liberties Union. Why a two hour Gmail outage doesn't mean the cloud stinks for the enterprise
Yesterday's Gmail outage was caused by overloaded servers and a misconfiguration of networking gear, reports IDG News Service. The outage caused an I-told-you-so effect from IT professionals who worry that the cloud is nowhere near ready as a prime time, production environment. But I beg to differ. Outages occur, even e-mail outages, even on private infrastructure. Dell and Brocade confirm, detail wide-ranging deal
Dell and Brocade confirmed their expanded OEM relationship this week and detailed a broad agenda that includes Dell offering end-to-end computing, networking and storage products to global data centers. The Wacky World of WiFi
In honor of the 802.11n WiFi standard getting close to arriving after wandering through the desert for 40 years, let's look at wireless. Our focus today is on helping you WiFi better, even if it means doing less WiFi. AT&T opens device certification lab
AT&T opened up a wireless device certification lab to help put developers and manufacturers on a fast track to getting their devices running on AT&T's network. iPhone app tracks swine flu, other disease outbreaks
A free iPhone app called "Outbreaks Near Me" is designed to help users track and report oubreaks of swine flu and other infectious diseases. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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