Sunday, May 13, 2012

10 Must-Read Network World stories for the weekend

  CTIA 2012: A non-stop spectrum beg-a-thon | HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost
 
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Who are tech's highest paid CEOs?
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CTIA 2012: A non-stop spectrum beg-a-thon
No one will ever say that America's wireless carriers are too proud to beg. This year's CTIA wireless tradeshow in New Orleans seemed less like an industry gathering at times and more like an infomercial dedicated to forcing the government's hand to free up more spectrum. Start with CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent, who dedicated the vast majority of his introductory keynote address to discussing the challenges carriers will face if they don't get fresh spectrum to use within the next few years. Read More

HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost
HP says it has all of the necessary orchestration tools for its software defined networking strategy - the big question is, will it build its own controller? Read More

How to fight back against privacy pirates
Have you Googled yourself lately? Is the information about you accurate or full of inconsistencies, both of which can be devastating? Read More


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Hot Products at Interop 2012
RIM's upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system is intended to be as secure, if not more so, than the OS running on RIM's current crop of BlackBerry devices. Mobile security could become a major selling point for the new platform, for enterprises, carriers and end users alike. Essentially, RIM is blending security elements from its BlackBerry heritage with the security architecture of the new OS, which is based on the QNX Neutrino real-time operating system, acquired when RIM bought QNX Software Systems in 2010. While RIM has not revealed BlackBerry 10 security in detail, Scott Totzke, RIM's senior vice president, BlackBerry security, talked about the topic generally during a briefing at last week's BlackBerry World conference. Read More

VMware: Virtualize the rest of the data center
The server has been virtualized, now it's time for the rest of the data center - including the network - to catch up. That's the message form VMware at this year's Interop, as the company seeks to ensure it remains a major enterprise IT player while the software-defined networking trend continues to gain momentum. Read More

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Next-generation firewalls claim to identify application-layer attacks and enforce application-specific policies while delivering top-notch performance, even with advanced security features turned on. Read More


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Next-Generation Security for Enterprise Networks
Since the concept of a 'next-generation firewall' was introduced several years ago by Gartner, many network security vendors have introduced their own next-generation firewalls to address this product category - but with varying results. View Now

Cisco nemesis Huawei to demo 96-port 100G Ethernet switch
Huawei, Cisco's toughest competitor in networking, will debut its entry into enterprise data center switching at this week's Interop 2012 conference in Las Vegas. Read More

BlackBerry 10 OS will have multi-layered security model
RIM's upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system is intended to be as secure, if not more so, than the OS running on RIM's current crop of BlackBerry devices. Mobile security could become a major selling point for the new platform, for enterprises, carriers and end users alike. Read More

How Jobs-as-FDR film was made... and Chaplin 'cameo' wasn't
Rather than use a voice impressionist, Steve Jobs insisted on delivering his FDR speech himself in a long-lost Apple film called "1944," which was posted here last week and has since gone viral to generally cheery reviews ... with the notable exception being jeers for Jobs' attempt to sound like FDR. Read More

 
 
 

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