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	FIRST LOOK: Gigabit Wi-Fi adapters New 802.11ac USB-based adapters allow users to speed up Wi-Fi links on existing devices Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Web Site Performance for the Speed of Business IT organizations must look beyond raw network speed to increase website performance and deliver the superior online user experiences that drive business. Web performance is a multi-layered problem, encompassing reliability, scalability and mobile reach as well as speed. Learn More In this Issue Anonymous engineers claim BT gives spies backdoors to customer data Inside Dropbox's plans for enterprise domination US NSA debates amnesty for Edward Snowden Attackers exploited ColdFusion vulnerability to install Microsoft IIS malware Using SDN to Create a Packet Monitoring System Avaya builds massive Wi-Fi net for 2014Winter Olympics 2013 computer crime blotter Lulzy Christmas: Hackers buy presents for the poor with gov't officials' credit cards Coming in 2014: MacBooks as fast as data center servers Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis Microsoft era ending at Juniper WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks 7 Principles to Improve Web Site Availability Users hate to wait so when your web site doesn't respond the way visitors expect, your business suffers. This guide offers strategies for scaling your web infrastructure to meet web availability and performance SLAs, enhancing both speed and performance (there is a difference), and delivering superior user experience on any device, in any location. Learn More Anonymous engineers claim BT gives spies backdoors to customer data Carrier BT provides the British intelligence agency GCHQ and its American counterpart the NSA with direct access to customer data through the Internet modems it supplies, claims a 50-page document posted anonymously on the Cryptome site today. Read More Inside Dropbox's plans for enterprise domination Last week, Dropbox announced a deal calling for Dell's global sales team to sell its Dropbox for Business cloud-based storage and file-sharing services, with or without Dell Data Protection encryption, and for Dell to pre-install Dropbox on all its PC and tablets. Read More US NSA debates amnesty for Edward Snowden The person running a U.S. National Security Agency task force to assess the damage of the leaks by Edward Snowden told a TV network that granting him amnesty is "worth having a conversation about." Read More Attackers exploited ColdFusion vulnerability to install Microsoft IIS malware Attackers exploited a vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion to install data-stealing malware that works as a module for Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software. Read More Using SDN to Create a Packet Monitoring System Because of the limitations of SPAN/monitor ports on switches, organizations have turned to using taps and packet monitoring switches. These solutions can be expensive which has lead companies to look for alternatives. Establishing a packet monitoring system is one of the use cases for Software-Defined Networking (SDN). This solution uses lowe Read More Avaya builds massive Wi-Fi net for 2014Winter Olympics BYOD for 30,000 people creates extraordinary demands on the network Read More 2013 computer crime blotter Prisons around the world this year made way for techie criminals alongside the more garden variety murderers, thieves and schemers. Read More Lulzy Christmas: Hackers buy presents for the poor with gov't officials' credit cards While there's nothing quite like the warm and fuzzy feeling of giving gifts to the less fortunate, TeamBerserk hacktivists are donating "thoughtful gifts" that are paid for with credit cards belonging to naughty government officials, politicians and corporations. Read More Coming in 2014: MacBooks as fast as data center servers DRAMeXchange expects second-generation PCIe to replace SATA III in servers and higher-end laptops as the interface of choice for manufacturers, including Apple. Read More Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis Sensing a growing interest in big data-style analysis, software provider Revolution Analytics has updated its flagship package of R statistical functions so it can be run with the Hadoop data processing platform. Read More Microsoft era ending at Juniper So it appears the Microsoft-style software emphasis and strategy for growth at Juniper is ending. With this week's sudden resignation of software chief Bob Muglia and the year-end retirement of CEO and fellow Microsoft alum Kevin Johnson, it's back to the hardware future at Juniper. Read More
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