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	IBM X series servers now pack Flash into speedy DIMM slots The next generation of IBM's X-series servers will be able to accommodate solid-state Flash drives clipped into their DIMM memory slots, potentially improving the response times of fast-paced enterprise applications. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fortinet Key Security Considerations for the Data Center As a result of virtualization, bandwidth-consuming applications, and the deployment of 40GbE and soon 100GbE, your Data Center firewall security will need to support throughput over 100Gbps to prevent it from becoming a bottleneck. John Grady, in an IDC Analyst Connection answers key questions regarding protecting the heart of the Enterprise Read IDC Analyst Connection, Protecting the Heart of the Enterprise: Key Security Considerations for the DataCenter In this Issue Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers Top 25 most commonly used and worst passwords of 2013 Savvis is now CenturyLink Technology Solutions I wrote the Macworld Networking Bible and it was good Mysterious networking error stifles Internet access in China Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Don't Touch Edition Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. An ROI Analysis of Virtualized WAN Optimization Software The Enterprise Strategy Group discusses how data center consolidation, virtualization, and cloud architectures are on the rise; however IT budgets are not increasing. This poses a unique challenge: How do you crease a flexible and agile environment without increasing the cost? Learn more >> Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies Start-up Aorato comes out of stealth mode today with what it calls a firewall designed to protect Microsoft Active Directory shops. Read More Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers Backed by a lineup of elite investors, start-up Shape Security comes out of stealth mode today by announcing technology it calls Shapeshifter that is said to prevent cyber-criminals from successfully attacking and compromising websites. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Future-Proofing Your Data Center Storage Learn how investing in increased flexibility and automation can provide additional agility for businesses to respond to new opportunities quickly. Learn More Top 25 most commonly used and worst passwords of 2013 All the website breaches and endless warnings about the use of weak passwords finally soaked in and resulted in a change to the most commonly-used and worst password on the Internet, which was "password". But before you get too excited about netizens embracing better cybersecurity habits, know that "123456" is #1 and "password" fell to #2 on the list of top 25 worst passwords of 2013. Read More Savvis is now CenturyLink Technology Solutions Telecommunications giant CentruyLink is rebranding its data hosting offering from Savvis - which is the name of the company it bought to enter the cloud market in 2011 - to CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the company announced today. CenturyLink is looking to make a splash in the public cloud market, attempting to leverage its nationwide network fabric to connect data centers around the country and... Read More WEBCAST: Egnyte Consider Hybrid Approach to File-Sharing Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now! I wrote the Macworld Networking Bible and it was good My first Mac was a Mac 512K from the early 1980s, probably 1985. It replaced my Heathkit CP/M system, and when I went on business trips, that thing -- and an external hard drive, what a luxury -- traveled with me all over the country in a huge padded case. Read More Mysterious networking error stifles Internet access in China A networking error in China briefly crippled Internet access to many local sites in the country, as the nation's user traffic was strangely redirected to an IP address located in the U.S. Read More Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Don't Touch Edition No. 29 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series, gleaned from the Internet, expresses a frustration that I'm guessing is experienced more by the childless than by parents. I've long given up on and accepted the finger smudges. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": 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
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