12 hot security start-ups to watch

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	12 hot security start-ups to watch Going into 2014, a whirlwind of security start-ups are looking to have an impact on the enterprise world. Most of these new ventures are focused on securing data in the cloud and on mobile devices. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Illumio, for example, founded earlier this year, is only hinting about what it will be doing in cloud security. But already it's the darling of Silicon Valley investors, pulling in over $42 million from backer Andreesen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Formation 8 and others. Read More WEBCAST: Internap Big Data and Bare-Metal Cloud The Big Data hype meter is at an all-time high. But getting caught up in the hype can be a bit dangerous for your big data applications if you don't consider how to get the highest disk I/O. Hear why you may be disappointed in your application performance without the right infrastructure in place. View Now In this Issue Cisco competitors say Nexus 9000 brings closed hardware to an open software game Why Extreme Networks is going after big data Who supports Cisco's ACI, and why? US intelligence wants to radically advance facial recognition software 6 Tips to Help CIOs Manage Shadow IT Cruise line plans 11ac network upgrades for stem-to-stern Wi-Fi NASA: Kepler's most excellent space discoveries Don't expect data on P2P networks to be private, judge rules Red Hat launches new initiative to drive OpenStack into the enterprise All about beamforming, the faster Wi-Fi you didn't know you needed WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation An Effective Strategy for Storing Unstructured Data Unstructured data is growing, and IT professionals are feeling the pressure from the business to store even more data and make it accessible 24/7, according to a recent IDG Research survey. Organizations clearly need new approaches to store and manage unstructured data more effectively and within their IT budgets. One option: tiered storage. View now Cisco competitors say Nexus 9000 brings closed hardware to an open software game Cisco's network competitors VMware, Arista and HP predictably found holes in this week's launch of the Insieme Networks product line and strategy. Read More Why Extreme Networks is going after big data Extreme Networks puts big data in its crosshairs with its new Summit X770 top-of-rack switch. Read More Who supports Cisco's ACI, and why? Breaking down Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure and why it's gained so much early support from the company's data center partners. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Transition to the 3rd Platform for Enterprise Applications The tech industry is in the midst of a major transition brought about by the combination of four forces. Since the lifetime of an application software package in a business is significant, application buyers need to consider support for the 3rd Platform. Learn more US intelligence wants to radically advance facial recognition software Identifying people from video streams or boatloads of images can be a daunting task for humans and computers. But a 4-year development program set to start in April 2014 known as Janus aims to develop software and algorithms that erase those problems and could radically alter the facial recognition world as we know it. Read More 6 Tips to Help CIOs Manage Shadow IT IT, mobile and security experts offer advice on how to minimize the risks associated with third-party apps and services as well as with employees using their mobile devices in the workplace. Read More Cruise line plans 11ac network upgrades for stem-to-stern Wi-Fi People sign up for cruise ships to get away from it all. But not quite all: Passengers still want Wi-Fi access for the growing number of mobile devices they lug with them on vacation for staying in touch, web surfing, music, photos and video. Cruise line Royal Caribbean is turning to 802.11ac to optimize their Wi-Fi connectivity for this mobile data deluge. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> NASA: Kepler's most excellent space discoveries NASA's Kepler space telescope continues to amaze Read More Don't expect data on P2P networks to be private, judge rules There can be no expectation of privacy in data exposed to the Internet over a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, a federal judge in Vermont ruled in a case involving three men charged with possession of child pornography. Read More Red Hat launches new initiative to drive OpenStack into the enterprise Open source technology provider Red Hat today announced a new initiative designed to boost the adoption of OpenStack in the enterprise. Read More All about beamforming, the faster Wi-Fi you didn't know you needed Beamforming is one of those concepts that seem so simple that you wonder why no one thought of it before. Instead of broadcasting a signal to a wide area, hoping to reach your target, why not concentrate the signal and aim it directly at the target? Read More
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