Are your cloud services secure?

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	Are your cloud services secure? Cloud computing and virtualization are rapidly changing the normal mode of operations for most companies. But this move also means that techniques used to secure your corporate information assets must evolve drastically. In particular, there is no longer a physical "perimeter" to guard. Instead, the information is distributed, and the security must be likewise distributed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Security Capabilities in a Modern Wi-Fi solution Security of a wireless network ranks as one of the largest concerns of IT when planning to roll out a wireless LAN. This whitepaper will help the network administrator understand the security capabilities in a modern Wi-Fi solution and how the WLAN integrates with other security devices in the network. Read now! In this Issue FCC: Consumers get half of advertised broadband speed Can you guess the vendor who did the funny math? What is the 'Smart Grid'? Cisco's European spin SP Ops: The Cisco Cert for Operations WHITE PAPER: Qwest Security Strategies for Converged Networks Convergence enables tremendous productivity gains and efficiencies, but merging previously disparate networks and applications can pose significant security risks. To prepare, IT organizations need to assess potential risks and take a holistic approach to building security into the network infrastructure. Read Now. FCC: Consumers get half of advertised broadband speed The actual download speeds that consumers get are about half of those promised by service providers, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Read More WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs Employee Web Use and Misuse: This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring and URL filtering together while insuring security with anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. Read Now Can you guess the vendor who did the funny math? Douglas Gourlay: "In the world of misrepresenting the performance capabilities of a product the networking industry has seen some real gems. Maybe I should recap some of my favorites, a few of which I may have even contributed to before becoming a reformed statistician... But even as much as I would just love to make liberal sport out of the ne'er-do-wells I think this would be much more fun as a guessing game. In the 'Comments Section' below please post your guesses." Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed IT Platform to Optimize and Consolidate In this report, Forrester investigates the reasons why you should consider WAN optimization solutions as the best way to gain better IT performance, cost savings, and greater flexibility for your business. And it's also a smart network improvement investment over the long-term. Get the facts about WAN optimization in this study. Read now! What is the 'Smart Grid'? "Smart Grid" is the name for a vision of what the electrical power grid should look like, where the grid itself uses modern networking technology to allow different parts of the grid to communicate. Read More Cisco's European spin What a difference a week makes. Just when Chris Dedicoat, Cisco's European operations chief, assured everyone that Cisco wasn't impacted by Europe's debt crisis, the company went into that four to five week swoon that dampened its Q4 and prospects for Q1, 2011, and sent the stock and the markets tumbling. Read More SP Ops: The Cisco Cert for Operations Over the course of the last 9 months, Cisco has announced and rolled out a whole new CCNA/CCNP/CCIE track called SP Ops (short for Service Provider Operations). Read More
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