Gartner analyst’s advice to customers of shuttering Nirvanix: PANIC!

	Why is Cisco Getting into Security Services? | Microsoft warns of IE zero day in the wild, all IE versions vulnerable
	Network World Network Architecture				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Gartner analyst's advice to customers of shuttering Nirvanix: PANIC! Often industry analysts provide sound, guarded advice about what the best strategy for an enterprise IT shop is: 'Here are your options, and these are the pros and cons.' Perhaps highlighting the importance of the situation, Gartner cloud research Kyle Hilgendorf had much more pointed advice for customers of Nirvanix, which – according to media reports – is shutting down and has advised clients... Read More WHITE PAPER: CDNetworks Dynamic Web Acceleration Delivering web applications over the Internet and ensuring reasonable response times for users around the globe is a significant challenge. Find out how Dynamic Web Acceleration can accelerate highly dynamic and interactive web applications aimed at a global audience. Learn more. In this Issue Why is Cisco Getting into Security Services? Microsoft warns of IE zero day in the wild, all IE versions vulnerable KVM vendor creating open source hypervisor specifically for cloud workloads DARPA hunts airplane-like spacecraft that can go Mach 10 MIT team says space weather has taken out satellites Computer science major ranks No. 8 for salary potential IBM hopes to Power cloud, analytics with $1 billion Linux investment Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI WEBCAST: CDNetworks Reaching China with Your Website & Cloud Application Reaching customers and employees with cloud applications when they are located in emerging markets (such as Russia, Indonesia, Brazil and China) poses a major challenge. Learn how a CDN can help you not only deliver a fast download of your website and web applications even in China, but can also help you manage content and regulatory issues. View Now Why is Cisco Getting into Security Services? Last week, Cisco announced that it was forming a services group to deliver professional and managed security services. The company also announced that hiring of Bryan Palma as Senior VP and GM to lead this new group. Palma comes to Cisco from Boeing where he held the title of VP of cyber and security solutions. Read More Microsoft warns of IE zero day in the wild, all IE versions vulnerable Microsoft is warning of a zero-day exploit targeting Internet Explorer. On Tuesday, the company posted a security advisory stating "Microsoft is investigating public reports of a vulnerability in all supported versions of Internet Explorer. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More KVM vendor creating open source hypervisor specifically for cloud workloads Dor Laor and Avi Kivity know a thing or two about virtualization, hypervisors and operating systems. And Laor says there are big problems with all three. Read More DARPA hunts airplane-like spacecraft that can go Mach 10 The idea is cool enough - build a reusable aircraft-like system that could easily and relatively cheaply launch satellites into orbit. The kinks will be that the system need do that for somewhere in the $5 million per launch range and oh yeah, go well over Mach 10. Read More WHITE PAPER: Airwatch Mobile Application Management The AirWatch® Mobile Application Management (MAM) solution addresses the challenge of acquiring, securing, distributing, and tracking mobile applications. View Now MIT team says space weather has taken out satellites Bad space weather -- everything form solar flares, geomagnetic storms and electromagnetic radiation has wreaked havoc on a number of satellites over the years and much more needs to be done to protect these systems that provide so much of our communications systems. Read More Computer science major ranks No. 8 for salary potential PayScale ranked 129 college majors based on earning potential. Engineering, math, science and technology fields dominated the rankings. Read More IBM hopes to Power cloud, analytics with $1 billion Linux investment IBM will invest $1 billion to promote Linux development over the next five years as it tries to adapt Power mainframes and servers to handle cloud and big data applications in distributed computing environments. Read More Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI VCE, the data center-focused joint venture formed by Cisco and EMC/VMware, this week rolled out converged infrastructure systems designed to support the latest technology from the founding companies as well as specialized offerings for Oracle and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS The Android naming quiz The upcoming version of Android is called KitKat, but how well do you know the earlier release names? 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. Chart shows iOS 7 release times on city-by-city basis 2. 16 IT skills in high demand in 2013 3. Lily Collins could be mortally dangerous to your computer 4. Today's iOS 7 downloads an unprecedented challenge for IT 5. HP rolls out next-gen firewall line, threat-detection servicey 6. The 7 best new features in iOS 7 7. 5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner 8. Computer science major ranks No. 8 for salary potential 9. Super-fast Wifi: Cisco, Ubiquiti access points top out at nearly 400Mbps 10. Top 20 colleges for computer science majors, based on earning potential
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_network_architecture_alert as networking.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2013 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **