Networking World: Microsoft's new volume-licensing scheme could simplify buying, managing products

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December 02, 2013

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Microsoft's new volume-licensing scheme could simplify buying, managing products

Midsize companies should get ready this month as Microsoft introduces a new purchasing scheme that changes the way it deals with its volume licensing customers.

Issue highlights

1. Where we stand with SDN

2. Planning for SDN

3. What to look for in an SDN controller

4. Amazon's new delivery option: 30 minutes or less via flying drone

5. A Q&A with the Chair of the Open Networking Foundation's Migration Group

6. Bitcointalk.org warns passwords in danger after DNS attack

7. Amazon's new delivery option: 30 minutes or less via flying drone

8. The best new parody Twitter account to follow: Amazon Drones

9. Rumored Microsoft CEO plan is a very bad idea

10. Meet WISP, the wireless future of Internet service

11. Akamai acquiring anti-DDoS firm Prolexic for $370 million

12. Windows 8 uptake needle sticks as growth stalls

13. Free Mavericks sets OS X adoption record

14. The best new parody Twitter account to follow: Amazon Drones

15. DHS agent cites private medical history to deny Canadian entry into US

16. Products of the week 12.2.13

Where we stand with SDN

One gauge of industry progress on the software-defined networking front is the momentum of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), the user-lead group that is spelling out the core SDN standards and championing the cause. READ MORE

Planning for SDN

Software-defined networking (SDN) is the hottest thing going today, but there is considerable confusion surrounding everything from the definition of the term to the different architectures and technologies suppliers are putting forward. READ MORE

What to look for in an SDN controller

One of the key challenges confronting potential users of software-defined networking is discerning the specific value of particular SDN controllers. Controllers, after all, play critical role as the key arbiter between network applications and network infrastructure. READ MORE

Amazon's new delivery option: 30 minutes or less via flying drone

Amazon's new delivery option: 30 minutes or less via flying drone Called Prime Air, it will be powered by drones and will be ready from a technology standpoint as soon as necessary regulations are in place. From: Network World Videos Views: 6 0 ratings Time: 01:08 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

A Q&A with the Chair of the Open Networking Foundation's Migration Group

For 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, Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up via e-mail with the chair of the group, Justin Joubine Dustzadeh, CTO & VP of Technology Strategy, Networks, Huawei. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: AT&T

Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud

Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More

Bitcointalk.org warns passwords in danger after DNS attack

A popular Bitcoin discussion forum warned on Monday some user passwords may have been intercepted after the site's DNS (Domain Name System) registrar was breached. READ MORE

Amazon's new delivery option: 30 minutes or less via flying drone

Called Prime Air, it will be powered by drones and will be ready from a technology standpoint as soon as necessary regulations are in place. READ MORE

The best new parody Twitter account to follow: Amazon Drones

There's a lot of buzz in the tech and retailing world on this Cyber Monday about the latest invention from Amazon.com: Package-delivering drones that could be flying in a neighborhood near you. In a story on CBS's 60 Minutes, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled plans for Amazon Prime Air, which he called "octocopters." These electric-powered drones can deliver packages weighing less than 5 pounds... READ MORE

Rumored Microsoft CEO plan is a very bad idea

Ford CEO is the frontrunner for CEO, but his role at Microsoft might not be what we expected. READ MORE

Meet WISP, the wireless future of Internet service

The Internet connection we all rely on is about to change, now that WISP is coming to town. 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

Akamai acquiring anti-DDoS firm Prolexic for $370 million

Akamai Technologies today has agreed to acquire Prolexic Technologies, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation services company, for $370 million. READ MORE

Windows 8 uptake needle sticks as growth stalls

Windows 8's uptake stalled in November, while the now-aging Windows 7 continued to gain ground, a Web metrics company said Sunday. READ MORE

Free Mavericks sets OS X adoption record

Apple's Mavericks operating system set the OS X early-adoption record last month, with a third of all Macs running the new edition within weeks of its introduction. READ MORE

The best new parody Twitter account to follow: Amazon Drones

DHS agent cites private medical history to deny Canadian entry into US

How did the U.S. Department of Homeland Security get hold of "confidential" medical records that indicated a wheelchair-bound Canadian woman's "mental illness" episode, which was then used to refuse her entry into the United States? The case has sparked numerous heated online debates. READ MORE

Products of the week 12.2.13

Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as EiQ Networks and Catbird Networks 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.

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