| Network World Daily News AM | | | Greetings from Santa Clara, Calif., where the annual DEMO startup show is winding down. For the past two days, we've heard from 41 startups launching new products upon the world. Will one of these be the next big thing? Perhaps. While launching a product at a show like DEMO seems like a hard prospect, the hard work continues for these startups as they grow their business. | | | Issue highlights 1. Don't trust the NSA? China-based Huawei says, 'Trust us' 2. Yes, indeed, Yahoo has that Y3K problem under control 3. Google Glass dominates wearable tech session at DEMO Fall 2013 4. Jokes aside, some IT managers say there's no option other than BlackBerry for security 5. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 18 6. Programmers at Juniper -- not Google or Facebook -- rake in the most dough 7. Cisco says controversial NIST crypto – potential NSA backdoor -- 'not invoked' in products 8. 10 old-school IT principles that still rule 9. Cisco raises Catalyst switch prices by up to 67% 10. Special Report: Planning for SDN 11. 20 must-see products at DEMO 2013 | | RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DameWare®, part of the SolarWinds® Family DameWare Remote Support Software allows you to control Mac OS X, Linux and Windows machines - without leaving your desk! Manage multiple Active Directory sites, export Windows configs, and troubleshoot computers from the same software console. DRS also includes DameWare Mobile for iOS® and Android® devices. Easy to afford. Simple to use. It's so affordable – why not just try it? Download a fully functional, free 14-day trial today and discover why thousands of system administrators use DameWare to remotely support all of the computers on their networks! | | What a difference a year makes. READ MORE | | As a regular user of Yahoo! Fantasy Sports, I would like to thank the company's developers for their diligence and foresight as displayed in their most recent software release, version 5.3.1. Oh, sure, they could have procrastinated until the very last minute, which - according to this handy countdown clock - won't be for a spell yet. READ MORE | | Despite the uncertainty regarding when Google Glass will be made available to the public, entrepreneurs are betting their livelihood on the head-worn device. READ MORE | | WEBCAST: Solutionary, Inc. This webcast will identify the pros and cons of an on-premise SIEM and an MSSP approach, as well as provide an overview of financial, operational and organizational considerations that purchasers of security solutions may wish to consider. Learn More. | | BlackBerry's financial troubles may be funny to some, but not to the iT shops at thousands of government and enterprise organizations that rely on BlackBerry's highly touted security to keep their data safe. READ MORE | | Nine million new iPhone buyers can't be right. They should have waited until January or June or September 2014 for the big-screened iPhone 6. READ MORE | | What a lucrative profession coding can be -- the best paid software engineers have an average base salary of nearly US$160,000, and they work at Juniper Networks, according to a recent survey. READ MORE | | WHITE PAPER: Infosim Inc. This Whitepaper dives into 27 comprehensive best practices in areas such as network discovery, inventory, device configuration backup, policy compliance, configuration change management, reporting, and vulnerability lifecycle management for large networks. Learn more >> | | Controversial crypto technology known as Dual EC DRBG, thought to be a backdoor for the National Security Agency, ended up in some Cisco products as part of their code libraries. But Cisco says they cannot be used because it chose other crypto as an operational default which can't be changed. READ MORE | | These graybeard IT tenets still reign -- when applied in their modernized guise READ MORE | | Cisco is raising the price on older generation Catalyst switches in an effort to prod users into buying newer gear. READ MORE | | The Software Defined Networking movement is in its awkward adolescence, changing shape as it grows. In this Network World Spotlight special digital issue we catch you up on the status of the movement and begin to lay out how you get there from here, examining basic planning, what to look for in an SDN controller, and discussing what the Open Networking Foundation hopes to achieve with its new Migration Group. Contents include: * Where we stand. A look at where the SDN movement stands today, understanding the different approaches emerging, and analyzing likely steps forward. * Planning for SDN. No reasonable person would claim to know how SDN and network virtualization will evolve over the next several years, but there is no doubt these emerging technologies will have a significant impact. You need to plan now for how you will evaluate and possibly implement these new approaches to networking. * What to look for in an SDN controller. If you are going to centralize control of your network in an SDN controller, you better know how to differentiate one from another. A look at core considerations to examine. * Q&A: Chair of the Open Network Foundation's Migration Group An inside look at the goals, expectations and plans of the ONF's recently created Migration Group and how it hopes to help companies make the transition to SDN. Down the special report here. READ MORE | | DEMO Fall 2013 kicks off this week, giving more than 40 startups and entrepreneurs the chance to introduce their products to the world. READ MORE | | WHITE PAPER: AT&T Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful, and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information. Learn More | | | | | | | | |
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