How the cloud is blowing up the network

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	How the cloud is blowing up the network For networking folks, the good old days are fading away. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Free Trial: SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack Don't let network performance issues cripple your organization. The Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack enables you to quickly detect and solve critical issues, such as bandwidth hogs or underperforming devices. Download a FREE, fully-functional 30-day trial of the Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack today to monitor your network in real time. Don't let network performance issues cripple your organization. Download a FREE, fully-functional 30-day trial of the Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack from SolarWinds to monitor your network in real time. In this Issue 10 things that scare the bejeezus out of IT pros Researchers tout electricity storage technology that could recharge devices in minutes Why is the Obamacare Healthcare.gov website so sick? Autonomous Robots: The Army's Next Soldier? 4 ways metrics can improve security awareness programs That was fast: Beckett out, Lester in, all is well Best Chrome apps for managing data, clients, money, and more Eavesdropping made easy: Remote spying with WeMo Baby and an iPhone Even the tech-savvy are prone to compromise Apple quietly releases iOS 7.0.3, with new fixes and features Microsoft is testing its version of Google Glass, but it's not confident LinkedIn aims to make email more professional, with LinkedIn Intro First look: Apple iPad Air & more WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies IDC: I/O Optimization Boosts Virtualization Performance In this Tech Spotlight, IDC highlights the plague of unnecessary I/O in virtual environments, the need for software intelligence to remove it, the importance of I/O optimization at the top of the stack and why Condusiv should be considered as an alternative to hardware for performance. Read now! 10 things that scare the bejeezus out of IT pros If long hours and failed projects terrify you, these sentences will chill you to your core. Read More   Researchers tout electricity storage technology that could recharge devices in minutes Vanderbilt University researchers say they have come up with a way to store electricity on a silicon-based supercapacitor that would let mobile phones recharge in seconds and let them continue to operate for weeks without recharging. Read More   Why is the Obamacare Healthcare.gov website so sick? An apologetic Obama administration has had technical people working around the clock to address problems with its Healthcare.gov website, which has been unable to cope with visitor traffic since launching on Oct. 1. One vendor, Compuware, is also doling out some free insights into what's wrong with the Obamacare site after remotely running some of its own application-performance management (APM) tests. Read More   Autonomous Robots: The Army's Next Soldier? Autonomous Robots: The Army's Next Soldier? Here's a quick roundup of autonomous robots seen at a recent robotics demonstration in Fort Benning, Georgia. The U.S. Army is looking at how robots can help soldiers in the field. From: Network World Videos Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:54 More in Science & Technology Read More   4 ways metrics can improve security awareness programs Useful and legitimate metrics have long evaded the information security community as a whole. Without proper metrics, you cannot truly prove the value of a security program. This makes it difficult to justify increasing the budget and even maintaining the budget that you have. Read More   That was fast: Beckett out, Lester in, all is well Yesterday we brought you a decidedly trivial gripe about a large photo of former Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett still sullying a subway station near Fenway Park a full 14 months after the trade that sent Mr. Chicken-and-Beer to the Dodgers and sparked the local team's pennant-winning turnaround. Read More   Best Chrome apps for managing data, clients, money, and more Read More   Eavesdropping made easy: Remote spying with WeMo Baby and an iPhone When it comes to home automation, many people turn to Belkin WeMo because you can plug almost anything into the "smart" electrical switch and then remotely control it from a smartphone. Read More   Even the tech-savvy are prone to compromise The millennial generation, those of us who were born and raised alongside the Internet, should be wise enough to avoid account hijackings and other scams, but we're not. In fact, one out of four millennials have admitted to having at least once incident where an online account was hacked. Read More   Apple quietly releases iOS 7.0.3, with new fixes and features Along with new iPads, MacBook Pro notebooks and the donut-shaped Mac Pro announcements, Apple quietly released Tuesday an update for iOS 7, with a range of improvements and bug fixes. Read More   Microsoft is testing its version of Google Glass, but it's not confident Anonymous sources at Microsoft have reportedly told the Wall Street Journal that the company is testing eye-worn computing prototypes similar to Google's Glass device, and has already sought components for the devices from component makers in Asia. However, the same source deemed it necessary to tell the Wall Street Journal that "the device may never reach mass production," according to the report. ... 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