Cisco-Sourcefire union raises product overlap questions

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	Cisco-Sourcefire union raises product overlap questions Industry watchers are bullish about the $2.7 billion Cisco buyout of security company Sourcefire announced today, but they have plenty of questions about how these competitors in intrusion-detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) and next-generation firewalls (NGFW) will sort out significant product overlap. Read More In this Issue How Cisco's Sourcefire acquisition impacts its security prospects 10 competitors Cisco couldn't kill off Bill Gates's return may save Microsoft, but it's not likely Apple reportedly testing larger-screened iPhones and iPads Chase, American Express, Office 365 vulnerable to cookie replay attacks How ambitious is Canonical's $32 million Ubuntu Edge crowd-funding campaign? Leave it to baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams to create the best infographic ever Wireless may replace phone lines in Sandy-ravaged areas of N.Y., N.J. TV station using DMCA to yank 'fake pilot names' clip off YouTube WHITE PAPER: Tripwire So Much Data, So Little Control It used to be that all you had to do to protect your company's intellectual property and customer information was lock the file drawers and, later, put layers of defenses around the data center. Learn More How Cisco's Sourcefire acquisition impacts its security prospects Cisco CEO John Chambers has identified security as an area for improvement for Cisco, and the Sourcefire acquisition is a strong step in that direction. Read More 10 competitors Cisco couldn't kill off Cisco CEO John Chambers loves to talk about the companies that have tried to compete with Cisco and failed, but some companies actually thrived in the era of Cisco dominance. Read More Bill Gates's return may save Microsoft, but it's not likely An article speculating about whether Bill Gates will come to Microsoft's rescue has people talking, but it's not something we should expect. Read More Apple reportedly testing larger-screened iPhones and iPads Apple executives have long spoken ill of devices with larger screens, but recent reports suggest that the company may be changing its tune. Read More Chase, American Express, Office 365 vulnerable to cookie replay attacks A few weeks ago, a cookie-sharing vulnerability was shown to affect a handful of major web services. Now, some banking services are showing the same vulnerability. Read More How ambitious is Canonical's $32 million Ubuntu Edge crowd-funding campaign? Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has launched a crowd-funding project to build the ultimate, cutting-edge phone and PC convergence device: Ubuntu Edge. There's a lot going on there. Let's break this down, piece-by-piece. Read More Leave it to baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams to create the best infographic ever We're inundated daily with infographics from companies attempting to wow us with their capabilities, warn us of impending IT security doom and blow us away with the growth of markets such as mobile and social media. Read More Wireless may replace phone lines in Sandy-ravaged areas of N.Y., N.J. Hurricane Sandy devastated coastal areas in New Jersey and New York last October and left some Verizon Communications customers without copper phone lines. Read More TV station using DMCA to yank 'fake pilot names' clip off YouTube San Francisco TV station KTVU is using copyright law to demand that YouTube remove video clips showing its bamboozled news anchor reading fictitious names of Asiana Airlines pilots after the recent crash. And it's possible that "The Colbert Report" is also feeling the heat. Read More
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