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Do enterprise security teams want "Big Data Security"? Please follow Network World's LinkedIn Today News page Network World Daily News PM February 27, 2013 Share this email 25 Most Beastly Robotic Animals What a zoo! These mechanical creatures run, crawl, swim and fly not much unlike the real things READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Do enterprise security teams want "Big Data Security"? 2. Please follow Network World's LinkedIn Today News page 3. Juniper's "device fingerprinting" security technology gets mixed reviews 4. INSIDER Cloud Computing Leads to Competitive Advantage for Healthcare Firm 5. It's an unstructured world and Rackspace wants to play in it 6. 9 Linux podcasts you should follow 7. Marissa Mayer: CEO of the year 1955 8. MWC2013: New sapphire glass for smartphones resists scratches, impacts 9. $15 Windows 8 upgrade ends Feb. 28 10. 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Juniper's "device fingerprinting" security technology gets mixed reviews Detection and blocking of security threats against organizations often is done through IP address-based methods and reputation services, but Juniper this week launched an effort to encourage security managers to abandon IP-based detection in favor of the "device fingerprinting" its security gear now supports to pinpoint devices used in online attacks. The idea is getting mixed reviews so far. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Enabling Efficient Data Center Monitoring Enabling Efficient Data Center Monitoring -- How IT Organizations See the Big Picture of Their Infrastructure Using AccelOps' Unified SIEM, Performance and Availability Monitoring Software. Read Now INSIDER Cloud Computing Leads to Competitive Advantage for Healthcare Firm A healthcare CIO moves aggressively to cloud computing so the IT staff is freed up to focus on IT innovations that advance the company's core mission. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Symantec Taking the Leap to Virtualization Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization offers dramatic benefits for midsize companies, including efficiency, cost savings, and increased reliability and performance. Read Now! It's an unstructured world and Rackspace wants to play in it Databases and the information in them used to be simple, but not any more. Not all data fits into neat spreadsheets and SQL databases. Hence, the rise of NoSQL databases to handle this mass of unstructured data. READ MORE 9 Linux podcasts you should follow There are a number of great websites that report on Linux-related news. But sometimes it's nice to listen to your news while driving to work...or playing in the background while getting some actual work done. For that, you need podcasts. But with so many out there, where do you start? With that question in mind, I present to you some of the best podcasts (both audio and video) that the Linux world... READ MORE Marissa Mayer: CEO of the year 1955 Think back to the mid 80s. Michael J. Fox starring in the hit movie "Back to the Future." His 1981 DeLorean, powered by the flux capacitor invented by the esteemed Dr. Emmett Brown, was sent back in time to Hill Valley on the date of November 5, 1955. What was going on in 1955? Well, we know George McFly was still in school. We also know that Goldie Wilson was thinking of running for Mayor of Hill... READ MORE MWC2013: New sapphire glass for smartphones resists scratches, impacts GT Advanced Technologies thinks that sapphire glass could prolong the life of cell phones and other devices and protect them from rough treatment. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb READ MORE $15 Windows 8 upgrade ends Feb. 28 Customers who purchased a Windows 7 PC from June 2012 through January 2013 have just two more days to submit their claims for a discounted copy of Windows 8, Microsoft said yesterday. 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