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	Is Yahoo's telework ban shortsighted or savvy? Employee morale will plummet, key people will quit, and efforts to enhance collaboration will backfire, critics said of CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to end telecommuting at Yahoo. But not all data comes to the same conclusions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 4 Ways WAN Optimization Can Benefit Your Organization WAN optimization has evolved into a complete system that optimizes traffic across a broad range of most popular applications while providing deep visibility into performance. Read Now In this Issue What is so infinitely cool about Mars? F5 tries to stay ahead of the curve with moves into security and beyond iPhone 6 concept designs keep popping up Artificial aurora lights-up arctic skies Corning says flexible glass won't hit the mainstream for another 3 years Carnegie Mellon gets $6M for security software to protect vehicles from hackers How to survive inevitable cloud failures Sergey Brin says that using a smartphone is "emasculating" Samsung's Knox should have Apple worried about the enterprise Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters 25 Most Beastly Robotic Animals What is so infinitely cool about Mars? Interest in exploring the Red Planet is at an all-time high -- from millionaire private space-goers to world-wide space programs and scientists Read More F5 tries to stay ahead of the curve with moves into security and beyond F5 Networks is best known for its high-end network management hardware, especially its BIG-IP line of load balancers. Those offerings have fueled annual revenue growth from $525 million to more than $1.3 billion since 2007, even in the face of the recent recession. Read More iPhone 6 concept designs keep popping up While it might seem as though Apple pumps out a new iPhone or iPad every other month, the pace isn't fast enough for some. As a result, a steady stream of iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 concept images and videos continues to materialize, including a couple of new ones that envision Apple's latest designs looking more and more like some of Samsung's products. Read More Artificial aurora lights-up arctic skies It did not light up the sky like real aurora borealis can but researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory said they have created an artificial version that can be used to explore ionospheric occurrences and their impact on communications, navigation and space weather. Read More Corning says flexible glass won't hit the mainstream for another 3 years Despite a lot of flurry of rumors relaying that Apple is currently hard at work on an iWatch device featuring a curved piece of glass, a recent report from Bloomberg suggests that the iWatch may not be a reality anytime soon. According to Corning, the company that currently manufactures the Gorilla Glass that is used on the iPhone and other products, it will at least another three years before companies... Read More Carnegie Mellon gets $6M for security software to protect vehicles from hackers Keeping hacker cyber-nastiness away from manned or unmanned ground vehicles is the idea behind a 4.5-year, $6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Carnegie Mellon University. The project is part of DARPA's High-Assurance Cyber Military System (HACMS) program launched last year to produce ultra secure software systems to protect important networked assetsfrom hacks,... Read More How to survive inevitable cloud failures Few people are as thoroughly engulfed in the mishmash of online-only services collectively dubbed "the cloud" as I am. Being a modern, always-mobile technology writer, I've arranged my workflow to be completely independent of my physical location. I need the ability toA plop down in front of any computer in the world, and suffer from minimal disruption. Read More Sergey Brin says that using a smartphone is "emasculating" Google is planning to release its Google Glasses to the mass market later this year. Google hasn't yet talked pricing details, but with the glasses costing $1,500 for those accepted into Google's Explorer program, you can bet that they won't be cheap. Read More Samsung's Knox should have Apple worried about the enterprise Samsung's Knox, the secure enterprise enhancements to its Android devices, is not unique, but it is brilliant nevertheless. Market dominance, control over mobile hardware, and Android's open source model made this a straightforward development for Samsung that should pay dividends. It could even create a contagion of secure Android products from other Android device manufacturers. Read More Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters Just saying the term in certain circles evokes a collective cringe. "Patent trolls," or non-practicing entities who hold onto patents solely for the purpose of suing anyone who dares to create something that even slightly violates them, take advantage of what many agree is a broken patent system. They not only stifle innovation; they sit back and profit off the roadblocks to innovation that they created.... Read More 25 Most Beastly Robotic Animals What a zoo! These mechanical creatures run, crawl, swim and fly not much unlike the real things Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 tech company social media bloopers Social media blunders are nothing new, and the technology industry is not immune to them. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. Sergey Brin says using a smartphone is 'emasculating' 2. Microsoft's Secure Boot, Red Hat request ignites Linus Torvalds' NSFW flame war 3. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the period ending Feb. 27 9. The best office apps for your iPad, round 5 4. 25 most beastly robotic animals 5. 10 network virtualization, SDN and data center companies to watch 6. Juniper Networks tried to sell enterprise assets: report 7. Forrester: 70% of 'private clouds' aren't really clouds at all 8. 9 Linux podcasts you should follow 10. Marissa Mayer: CEO of the year 1955
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Google privacy chief blasts Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign at RSA Conference

The Best BlackBerry 10 Apps Sandia Lab lays claim to world's largest fiber optic local area network Network World Daily News PM February 28, 2013 Share this email Google privacy chief blasts Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign at RSA Conference You know people are sensitive about their online privacy when Microsoft seeks advantage over Google by running TV ads that claim anyone using services like gmail gets "scroogled" because Google sells keyword and behavior data to marketers. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The Best BlackBerry 10 Apps 2. Sandia Lab lays claim to world's largest fiber optic local area network 3. EMC touts VMAX Cloud Edition storage offering 4. RSA: IT security managers skeptical on Big Data Security proposition 5. Cisco joins top 5 server vendors for the first time, IDC says 6. Top 10 security startups at RSA 7. Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters 8. Azure outage births free cert monitoring software 9. INSIDER How Arista Networks got out in front of the SDN craze 10. What is so infinitely cool about Mars? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BlackBerry BlackBerry for business. Built to keep your business moving. Help employees make the most of business opportunities with BlackBerry smartphones powered by BlackBerry® 10. BlackBerry 10 features & apps work together seamlessly to deliver the ultimate end user experience. With BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10, easily deploy, manage, secure & control BYOD & corporate devices to truly mobilize your business. Learn more about BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 > The Best BlackBerry 10 Apps Looking for the best BlackBerry 10 apps that will be available on launch day in the United States Look no further. CIO.com's Al Sacco spotlights 20 of the best early BlackBerry 10 apps, including apps for social networking, image and video editing, cloud storage, audio, sports and more. READ MORE Sandia Lab lays claim to world's largest fiber optic local area network Sandia National Laboratories said today it has completed over 90% of what it calls the largest fiber optical local area network in the world. READ MORE EMC touts VMAX Cloud Edition storage offering There's an increasingly competitive market for cloud storage options that are managed by providers but hosted on customer sites, providing the security of a behind-the-firewall storage option with the convenience of a managed hardware appliance. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel On the Fast Track to Data The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now! RSA: IT security managers skeptical on Big Data Security proposition While "Big Data Security" is now the industry buzzword and defines a way to get enterprise customers into a new method of threat detection based on mining massive amounts of security-event and business data to pinpoint threats, the response from a few IT shops seems to be"thanks, but no thanks." READ MORE Cisco joins top 5 server vendors for the first time, IDC says Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu and Oracle in a tie for fourth place, research firm IDC said on Wednesday. READ MORE Top 10 security startups at RSA READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Escape Lotus Notes With the Salesforce Platform, you can develop and deploy mobile, secure, scalable apps faster than ever. You'll get real-time reporting, visual work-flow, and with automatic feature upgrades, your apps will always have the latest innovations. Read Now! Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters Just saying the term in certain circles evokes a collective cringe. "Patent trolls," or non-practicing entities who hold onto patents solely for the purpose of suing anyone who dares to create something that even slightly violates them, take advantage of what many agree is a broken patent system. They not only stifle innovation; they sit back and profit off the roadblocks to innovation that they created.... READ MORE Azure outage births free cert monitoring software A certificate snafu grounded Microsoft's Azure cloud last weekend for more than a day, prompting one company to create a free service to help certificate administrators avoid similar mistakes. READ MORE INSIDER How Arista Networks got out in front of the SDN craze n this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about the reality and hype around SDN, and why the data center requires a different network than your father's general-purpose Cisco net. She also explored how her work at Cisco shaped Arista's strategy, and shared insights on how Arista's partnerships with VMware and Cloudera are making it easier to move to cloud and embrace big data, respectively. READ MORE What is so infinitely cool about Mars? Interest in exploring the Red Planet is at an all-time high -- from millionaire private space-goers to world-wide space programs and scientists READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions from IBM IBM provides consulting, implementation and application management services for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a comprehensive solution that helps midsize and larger organizations easily create and maintain a 360 view of their customers from first contact through purchase and post-sales. Learn More. SLIDESHOWS 10 tech company social media bloopers Social media blunders are nothing new, and the technology industry is not immune to them. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. 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