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	OpFlex: Another example of Cisco being Cisco Why do customers pay a premium for Cisco? My research shows that Cisco owns about 75% of switching share but only about 55% of port share, showing Cisco's obvious revenue per port advantage over everyone else. Why does this discrepancy exist? I know some of you will disagree with this, but in general, customers pay up for Cisco infrastructure because it does more stuff faster than competitive products.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Are Agents Necessary for Accurate Monitoring? Being proactive in managing network performance means not only tracking the network and applications, but obtaining a view of the underlying infrastructure health. Selecting the best method for your team requires an understanding of the options and the ability to choose the solution that integrates well with your existing resources. Learn More In this Issue The New Cybersecurity Technology Reality, the Whole Is Greater than the Sum of its Parts Top Initiatives in I.T. Operations for 2014/2015 Windows XP: Goodbye and Good Riddance The government as whopping UFO skeptic Forget physical access as now remote USB attacks can blue screen Windows servers North Korean leader plays Homefront on Xbox to practice taking over US FBI: Elaborate $1 million Verizon iPhone, iPad fraud busted Cisco's Intercloud strategy is no threat to its channel partners Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Endless 1% Edition WHITE PAPER: CDW 3 Steps for Enterprise Mobility Success Having a mobile strategy is as essential as having a business plan or mission statement. A mobile strategy communicates to stakeholders, IT and customers the vision of where the organization intends to go and why. View Now The New Cybersecurity Technology Reality, the Whole Is Greater than the Sum of its Parts I wrote a blog last week about new integrated anti-malware technology last week in response to Palo Alto Network's acquisition of Cyvera. In fact, this integrated technology model isn't limited to anti-malware but is becoming the new reality across the cybersecurity life cycle of risk management, incident prevention, incident detection, and incident response. Read More Top Initiatives in I.T. Operations for 2014/2015 Read More Windows XP: Goodbye and Good Riddance There has been much written recently about the end of support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. There are concerns about security vulnerabilities that will be used after Microsoft stops patching the operating system. However, if your organizations is still using Windows XP 13 years after its initial release, you have some more serious issues to address. The hardware XP computers have could not... Read More WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Straight Talk about the Cloud Are you looking to understand how feasible the cloud really is to meet your specific requirements for backup and disaster recovery? Learn where the cloud is and is not a good fit by downloading Straight Talk About the Cloud for Data Backup & Disaster Recovery. Learn More The government as whopping UFO skeptic A newly released response to public UFO sighting only increases the notion that the military - which was often forced into looking into "flying saucer" sightings - was exceptionally skeptical about such reports. Read More Forget physical access as now remote USB attacks can blue screen Windows servers NCC Group Research Director Andy Davis likes to test USB host security; over the years, Davis has "identified over 100 bugs covering all the major operating systems." He said most vendors typically respond with "Thank you for the bug, but as you need physical access to plug in your rogue device, the impact is actually quite low." Yet Davis continued researching USB security, giving presentations such... Read More North Korean leader plays Homefront on Xbox to practice taking over US When Microsoft created Xbox and later Kinect, do you suppose the company thought its products would be used for war in a context other than gaming? Before we jump to South Korea using Kinect sensors to watch for invading enemies, let's look at how North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is using his Xbox to practice "strategizing all-out nuclear war against the US." Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS Sustainable Data Governance You've hooked them on the idea of data governance. Now, how do you keep them interested? As hard as it is to get started, keeping your data governance program warm over the long term is the greatest challenge. Creating a sustainable governance practice means transcending the pilot phase to become "business as usual." Learn more FBI: Elaborate $1 million Verizon iPhone, iPad fraud busted The FBI said a man admitted he ripped off more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless using an elaborate scheme that involved misappropriating corporate purchasing accounts and bribing Federal Express drivers. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said Stephen Gunn of Chicago, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge in Newark federal court to an indictment charging him with... Read More Cisco's Intercloud strategy is no threat to its channel partners By far, the biggest news last week from Cisco's channel event, Partner Summit, was the Intercloud announcement, where the company outlined its vision for a world of interconnected, federated clouds. Read More Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Endless 1% Edition No. 37 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series, collected from your finer Internet sites, grinds my gears, too. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": And if you'd like me to consider one that you've found - or created - please feel free to send it to me at buzz@nww.com. Read More
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