Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cisco reorgs again, folds net management into new cloud group

Celebrating the birthplace of the Internet in pictures | Illinois water authority hack: Threat has been looming for years

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Cisco reorgs again, folds net management into new cloud group
Even though it completed the bulk of a major restructuring earlier this year, Cisco continues to tweak its internal organizational structure, combining its network management group into a larger cloud and systems management technology group, according to an internal Cisco memo. Read More


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Celebrating the birthplace of the Internet in pictures
Nov. 21 is the 42nd anniversary of the first permanent ARPANET link; the Internet's beginning Read More

Illinois water authority hack: Threat has been looming for years
While nobody's willing to say whether a burned out pump at an Illinois water authority is the result of a cyberattack, the big issue remains that nobody can say that it wasn't, according to experts. Read More

Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying'
You know the old line: "Look up (whatever) in the dictionary and you'll see (whomever's) picture next to it." Well, try that on Wikipedia -- and no matter who or what you look up -- the first picture you'll see is of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Read More


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Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or the Future?
This paper surveys cloud computing today: What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What are its payoffs and pitfalls? Read More

Black Friday teaser: Hold off on those Apple buys until Nov. 25
You might think almighty Apple can get away without ever lowering its prices, given its dominant share of the tablet and music player market, not to mention its legions of fans. But the company says it will join the Black Friday fray along with everyone else on Nov. 25. Read More

Exascale now a global race for tech
The international competition to build an exascale supercomputer is gaining steam. Peter Beckman, a top computer scientist at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, explains why the effort is important. Read More

Facebook takes credit for shrinking degrees of separation between people around the world
Citing what it calls the largest social networking studies ever, Facebook says the common notion of six degrees of separation between people knowing other people has become outdated. Read More


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Business Software Alliance withdraws support for Stop Online Piracy Act
The United States' Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would allow domain names seizures by U.S. authorities on copyright 'infringing' websites, has taken another blow as a leading proponent does a U-turn on supporting it. Read More

Lose An Android Phone? It's Good To Have A Plan B
Losing your phone, especially if it is still fairly new can be an expensive and traumatizing event. The first thing on your mind is all of the personal information you have on that phone. Next, what is it going to cost me to replace it? What a pain in the butt. But it doesn't have to be that way if you have Plan B. Read More

Measuring IPv6 Growth
People have debated the rate of adoption of IPv6 for years. Many people estimate the worldwide use of IPv6 through their own knot-hole view of the Internet. It is difficult to determine the amount of IPv6 traffic on the Internet because it depends on where you measure. The estimates and measurements have varied widely, but one thing is consistent; the amount of IPv6 Internet traffic is increasing. IPv6... Read More

2011 Gift Guide: Indiana Shaw and the Office of Doom
As part of the Network World holiday gift guide (2011 Cool Yule Tools), we present the adventures of Keith "Indiana" Shaw as he searches for tech treasures in the Office of Doom. Read More

Android's Success Makes It a Malware Magnet
Since July there has been a 472 percent increase in spyware and viruses targeting Android. It's popularity and open system attract hackers who make problems for enterprise mobile security efforts. Read More



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