Networking World: Review: Software-based NAS offers free/low-cost storage

FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage

10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch

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November 25, 2013

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Review: Software-based NAS offers free/low-cost storage

Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we're reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment — whether it's a PC, server, virtual machine, or in the cloud.

Issue highlights

1. FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage

2. 10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch

3. Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping?

4. Review: Plantronics Voyager Legend CS Bluetooth Headset System and Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e

5. One million Xbox One consoles sold but Microsoft's cloud choked on launch day

6. Did Satoshi Nakamoto transfer 1,000 bitcoins to the Silk Road?

7. Google Glass is about to get a lot more useful -- and it has nothing to do with technology

8. 12 jobs getting the biggest raises in 2014

9. How Microsoft's MDM strategy embraced Android and iOS

10. Review: iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini won't knock your socks off

11. Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds

New Video: How to Configure NetFlow v9 on a Cisco Router

Networks can grow fast—really fast. This rapid growth leads to increased network traffic, more endpoints, and new IPs consuming bandwidth. Key to a complete understanding of network behavior at your growing organization is the ability to collect and analyze NetFlow data in your routers. SolarWinds new video shows you how, in less than 5 minutes! Looking to enable Flexible NetFlow on your Cisco routers? In less than 5 minutes, SolarWinds lead Sales Engineer demonstrates how to enable NetFlow v9 on Cisco routers with custom flow records. Watch the short how to video now!

FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage

Anyone who dreads hearing one end of a loud phone call all the way from Anchorage to Miami, take heart: The plan to allow cellphones on planes could fail in more ways than an overbooked flight at a snowbound airport on Christmas Eve. READ MORE

10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch

Cisco's introduction of the Insieme Networks product line and strategy was the most anticipated networking announcement in almost two years. It represents Cisco's response to the software-defined networking trend pervading the industry, and threatening Cisco's dominance and profits. While not a watershed moment – Insieme didn't change Cisco's modus operandii, as explained below -- Insieme is nonetheless one of the most important events and product introductions in Cisco's history. Here are 10 things we learned or have yet to learn from the Insieme launch: READ MORE

Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping?

When Unisys CISO John Frymier came in to work on Friday, Sept. 6, the phones were ringing, and continued to ring all day. Customers were panicking over the news headlines of the day before. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: CDW

Managing Essential tools for greater productivity

People are interacting with software from the moment they wake up (hearing an alarm on a smartphone) to the time they relax in the evening (reading or shopping online). And in between, software affects virtually every work function in some way, whether in the executive suite or on the shipping dock. Read Now

Review: Plantronics Voyager Legend CS Bluetooth Headset System and Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e

Here are two new devices that can help improve audio quality for voice calls, whether you're in the office or out on the road. READ MORE

One million Xbox One consoles sold but Microsoft's cloud choked on launch day

Microsoft launched Xbox One game consoles in 13 countries, selling over one million consoles within 24 hours, making Xbox One the biggest launch in Xbox history. In the first 24 hours, Microsoft reported that Xbox One gamers killed over 60 million zombies in "Dead Rising 3," and drove more than 3.6 million miles in "Forza Motorsport 5." READ MORE

Did Satoshi Nakamoto transfer 1,000 bitcoins to the Silk Road?

Two computer scientists in Israel say a bitcoin transaction now worth more than US$1 million suggests a possible link between a creator of the virtual currency and Ross William Ulbricht, the 29-year-old accused of running the Silk Road underground online marketplace. READ MORE

WEBCAST: IBM

Fighting Fraud Videos: IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager

Short videos about IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager (IIM) for Fraud. IIM optimizes the investigation of fraud for customers across many industries in both the commercial and public sector space. Learn More.

Google Glass is about to get a lot more useful -- and it has nothing to do with technology

In my very first TechWatch post for Network World, I took Samsung and other smartwatch makers to task for creating supremely ugly devices that only the geekiest of the geeky would actually wear in public. Well, it now appears that Google, at least, got the message and is trying to do something about it for its Google Glass augmented reality glasses. Google and VSP get cozy READ MORE

12 jobs getting the biggest raises in 2014

The average salary for newly hired IT pros is expected to increase 5.6% in the coming year READ MORE

How Microsoft's MDM strategy embraced Android and iOS

Microsoft is quietly embracing multi-platform mobile devices. Windows Azure Mobile Services does an equally good job providing back-end services for mobile apps developed for Windows, Android, and iOS. And last month it announced support for Android and iOS in its unified management environment for PCs. These developments prove that when Microsoft has a good reason, it can be platform agnostic. Read... READ MORE

Review: iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini won't knock your socks off

The best tablets on the market nonetheless feel more like interim upgrades than milestone devices worth ditching older models for READ MORE

Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive

They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM

Maximizing Enterprise Resource Planning ROI

In this paper, we highlight the common reasons why midsize companies often do not realize significant ROI with their ERP system implementations and suggest solutions for getting the most value from their applications. Learn More.

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20 hottest tech toys for the holidays

Cool Yule Tools 2013: Our Tester Elf-approved picks for awesome gadgety goodness.

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