Cisco responds to VMware's NSX launch, allegiances

10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 VMware CTO Casado on network virtualization, security and competition with Cisco Network World Daily News PM August 29, 2013 Share this email Cisco responds to VMware's NSX launch, allegiances Cisco has responded to the groundswell of momentum and support around the introduction of VMware's NSX network virtualization platform this week with a laundry list of the limitations of software-only based network virtualization. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 2. VMware CTO Casado on network virtualization, security and competition with Cisco 3. FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network 4. INSIDER Cloud Helps Financial Company Spin Up a New IT Operation 5. New York Times hack highlights weakness in registrar security 6. Mini-rant: Life was better when we had video stores 7. Vodafone confirms talks on selling its Verizon Wireless stake 8. 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That will be the job of Martin Casado, CTO of networking and security at VMware which this week launched NSX, the company's over-arching network virtualization package. Casado was one of the creators of OpenFlow, the protocol that spawned the software defined networking (SDN) movement. READ MORE FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network An Atlanta medical testing laboratory had billing information for more than 9,000 customers land on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has alleged. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BlackBerry Trade up to devices that are built for business The BlackBerry® Smartphone Trade Up Program makes it easy for you to empower your employees with BlackBerry® 10. Trade in your used BlackBerry® smartphones or other mobile devices to receive cash back to use towards a new BlackBerry 10 device. Plus, you'll feel confident that your old devices will be securely wiped and responsibly recycled. Learn more about the BlackBerry Smartphone Trade Up Program and request a quote. INSIDER Cloud Helps Financial Company Spin Up a New IT Operation Another company acquired about 75 percent of Lincoln Trust, along with its technology, which left the CTO with a pressing need for a new technology platforma(c). READ MORE New York Times hack highlights weakness in registrar security Because registrars are the equivalent of a hacker jackpot, they have to be more vigilant about the security of their customers, experts say READ MORE Mini-rant: Life was better when we had video stores Anyone who thinks our world of entertainment is better with 20 different Internet streaming options as opposed to a video store is deluding themselves. Retailers like Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video (the one I used to visit regularly has turned into a Verizon Wireless store) have all vanished because people started to watch Internet streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, etc. ... 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The answers may surprise you (and are definitely cute, when it comes to pets) READ MORE Amazon Web Services improves GovCloud management Users of Amazon Web Services' GovCloud can now take advantage of CloudFormation, which aims to make it easier to manage more complex environments. READ MORE Why Microsoft's Next CEO Will Fail Steve Ballmer isn't necessarily a bad CEO. After all, Microsoft's on strong financial footing. But Ballmer made enough bad product decisions--Zune, Kin, Vista and perhaps Surface--to suggest that Microsoft employees, swayed by a forced-ranking employee rating system, told him what he wanted to hear, not what he needed to hear. If that culture doesn't change, Ballmer's replacement will fare even worse than he did. 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