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	Federal government solicits telework feedback Although telework participation is slowly increasing among federal employees, many of the current roadblocks are the same obstacles we've heard about in the past. Read More SPONSOR: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Cisco's video network for Winter Olympics will be all-HD, all-IP Debate swirls around ICANN plan to fast-track new top-level domains Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches 40/100G Ethernet transceiver market to reach half billion in 4 years The case for virtualized WAN optimization controllers Technology comes to the rescue in Haiti DARPA wants crowdsourcing applications to fly small satellites SPONSOR: Qwest Network Managed Services: A Cost-Effective Approach to Complexity The new era of networked applications and interconnected business processes yields heightened efficiency and productivity for enterprises. However, these benefits can be realized only with properly managed, scalable networks. Outsourcing network management tasks to a third party allows companies to save time and drive substantially lower total cost of ownership. Learn more! Cisco's video network for Winter Olympics will be all-HD, all-IP The Olympic Winter Games are coming soon, and NBC will be using Cisco's gear to bring it to your living room in high definition. Read More Debate swirls around ICANN plan to fast-track new top-level domains A controversial plan to introduce hundreds of new top-level domains into the Internet has reached a crossroads: The plan will either be accelerated or delayed based on public comments due at the end of January. Read More SPONSOR: Zscaler How Hackers are Targeting Enterprise Users via Web 2.0 Browser Exploits Securing enterprise servers with firewalls and intrusion detection is critical, but the most common threats are executed on thousands of mobile end users through the Web. Lean how to protect your clients with more than desktop anti-virus/anti-spyware and HIPS. Learn more! Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the data center, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new IEEE Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualized IT nerve centers. Read More 40/100G Ethernet transceiver market to reach half billion in 4 years The market for 40G and 100G Ethernet transceivers will reach $545 million in revenues by 2014, with about two-thirds coming from 40G Ethernet products, according to market research firm CIR. Read More SPONSOR: HP Shifting Role of Network Managers Webcast - More and more network managers are tasked with ensuring optimal application performance 24/7. No one wants to be in a position where end users are the first to notice application degradation. This webcast addresses the shifting role of network managers and provides best practices on fault and performance management. View today! The case for virtualized WAN optimization controllers Whereas previous newsletters discussed virtualized servers and virtualized desktops, this newsletter will discuss virtualized WAN optimization controllers. Read More Technology comes to the rescue in Haiti International aid workers are scrambling to rebuild communications in Haiti following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, while people outside the country are using high-tech means to raise money for relief. Read More DARPA wants crowdsourcing applications to fly small satellites Seems like the folks at DARPA were bitten by the crowd-sourcing bug. The military research outfit is looking to groups "numbering in the hundreds, to thousands, to possibly millions of people worldwide" to develop crowd-sourcing algorithms to discover new applications for experimental satellites that operate inside the International Space Station. Read More
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