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Verizon calls New York City's report on FiOS failure a 'union tactic'
Verizon has refuted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's claims that it hasn't held up its end of a past-deadline deal to offer its FiOS service to city residents. Read More
WEBCAST: IBM
Use Analytics to Find the Insights Buried in Video
Join IXP and IBM in this webinar and learn how intelligent video analytics can be a force multiplier for police, security, and risk officers. Learn More
WEBCAST: IBM
Use Analytics to Find the Insights Buried in Video
Join IXP and IBM in this webinar and learn how intelligent video analytics can be a force multiplier for police, security, and risk officers. Learn More
Google opens up on its SDN
At this week’s Open Network Summit, Google spoke for the first time publicly about its custom data center network. For nearly a decade, we’ve been hearing, reading and writing about how Google was building its own switches and writing its own software to handle the tremendous traffic load on its search engine and applications because vendor offerings were either not up to the task, too expensive, or both.This week we found out how they did it. In a keynote presentation at ONS, Amin Vahdat, Google Fellow and Technical Lead for Networking, described the company’s data center network architecture, capabilities and capacity for a rapt audience thirsting for information on software-defined networking implementations and experiences.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Why your business should upgrade to 802.11AC Wave 2 Wi-Fi
If you're a fan of 70s music, particularly Canadian artists, you are probably familiar with the great singer Burton Cummings. In the late 70s he released a song called "My own way to rock" that started: "Revving up my engine, like a 747 mama, shiny, lanky, long and lean, and I'm mean." When Cummings wrote this song, I'm sure he was talking about the impact of digital transformation that would come 30 years later and how businesses need to be lean, mean, agile machines to leapfrog the competition.One of the important factors in being able to rev up the business engine is that things need to be done faster than ever before. Speed is an important component for the digitization of businesses, as now we need to get information, make decisions, and serve customers faster than ever before. This is particularly true for the wireless network, as it has become the foundation for new engagement models.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IDG Contributor Network: Speedier 5.4-Gigabit Wi-Fi routers coming this year
It seems like I was only just writing about the new, up-to-3.2 Gbps Wi-Fi routers, such as the drone look-alike D-Link DIR-890L.In fact, it was all of six-months ago, in my post, "Is it time to move to beamforming 802.11ac?"Well, that generation of wireless networking gear using beamforming and combining multiple bands, is about to be superseded. Microprocessor-maker Broadcom has launched new 5.4 Gbps-capable chips that will appear in routers later this year.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Proposed solutions for fixing Reserve Windows 10 problems
I’ve been bombarded in real life with reserve Windows 10 app problems and found out it’s not always as simple as looking for the icon on the right side of the taskbar. Some people with compatible PCs running genuine copies of Windows have run Windows Update only to have nothing new offered. Yet they still haven’t been notified by the Get Windows 10 app. So here are a few examples of what it took to get them that app.Maybe you shouldn’t be in a wild hurry to be among the first to download and install the officially released Windows 10, just in case there’s still “several bugs” needing fixed. Nevertheless, if you are chomping at the bit and you don’t have the Windows icon to reserve Windows 10:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems
Deliver Enterprise Mobility
This white paper reveals how Citrix XenMobile along with Citrix NetScaler helps solve key IT challenges around security of end user devices, scalability to cope with increasing growth of devices, visibility of the application and network traffic, and automation of configuring end user devices. Learn More
How to sell the Internet of Things to consumers
Despite the tech industry's best efforts over the past few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has only slowly begun to gain a foothold in consumer markets. Consumers do, however, still represent a massive opportunity for IoT, and the companies in this space will be paying close attention to consumer acceptance of the technology.Today, machine-to-machine company ThroughTek released results from its recent consumer survey on the IoT and smart home technology. The survey was conducted last month by research firm YouGov, and included 1,181 U.S. adults.See also: Smart home hacking is easier than you think Consumers appear to be growing more optimistic about the IoT in the near future. Thirty-one percent said they believe a "fully connected smart home" will be achievable in the next year, while 60% say it's possible within five years, according to the survey.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Apple Music effort may be thwarted by Indie labels
Slated to launch in late June, Apple Music represents Apple's attempt to once again reclaim the leadership position in digital music, a crown it has arguably lost with the recent rise of streaming sites such as Spotify and Pandora.When Apple Music launches, it will come with a free three month trial period. The thing is, Apple during this trial period will not be paying any royalties to music labels. In exchange for this temporary reprieve, Apple has agreed to pay music labels a higher royalty rate once the trial period expires. While this compromise works for some, not every one is on board.According to The Telegraph, Andy Heath, who currently serves as the head of UK Music, isn't keen on the idea at all, claiming that it will "literally put people out of business."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Duqu 2.0 attackers used legitimate digital certificate issued by Foxconn to sign driver
Should we still trust digital certificates as a reliable tool for computer code validation? Maybe not as Kaspersky Lab’s newest Duqu 2.0 analysis found that the attackers used stolen digital certificates issued to Foxconn to sneak their malware under security radar.Kaspersky Lab researchers said on Monday: The attackers created an unusual persistence module which they deploy on compromised networks. It serves a double function – it also supports a hidden C&C communication scheme. This organization-level persistence is achieved by a driver that is installed as a normal system service. On 64-bit systems, this implies a strict requirement for an Authenticode digital signature. We have seen two such persistence drivers deployed in the course of attacks.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
VMware takes on Microsoft in the identity management space
Microsoft and VMware seem to be continuing on their collision course, and this time it's VMware's turn to take a shot. The company on Monday launched a new cloud service that helps companies manage passwords and identities.VMware Identity Manager is being billed as ID as a Service (IDaaS) because it's offered as both a cloud service and on-premises. It combines several VMware acquisitions into one program that is equal parts Mobile Device Manager (MDM) and Active Directory.At its heart, VMware Identity Manager is a single sign-on product supporting cloud, remote, and on-premises users. The product is based on TriCipher technology acquired by VMware in 2010, which is now a part of its AirWatch mobile device management system, which was also an acquisition.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
WHITE PAPER: Vmware | CenturyLink
7 Critical Questions to Demystify DRaaS
This whitepaper is not a sermon on Disaster Recovery and why you need it. So what is this whitepaper? It is a guide with a goal to make you a well-informed DRaaS customer by helping you pose insightful yet practical questions to DRaaS vendors. View now
Apple Watch 2 details leak: FaceTime camera and more planned
Much like the iPhone, the Apple Watch is an iterative product, which is to say that Apple will undoubtedly add a slew of new and compelling features in future releases. So much in the same way that we might laugh at how limited the original iPhone's feature set was, so too will we wonder how we ever managed to survive with a first-gen Apple Watch.Looking ahead to the Apple Watch 2, Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac recently published an in-depth look at a number of features Apple is hoping to add to its next-gen wearable. Suffice it to say, the Apple Watch 2 is already looking like it will be a substantial improvement over its predecessor.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Attacking IT security firm was 'silly thing to do,' says Kaspersky
So the elevation of privilege patch MS15-061 that Microsoft issued yesterday and labeled as “important” should perhaps be considered “critical” since it was exploited as a zero-day by Duqu 2.0 attackers. Kaspersky Lab reported it to Microsoft and waited for the patch to be released before explaining how it was used against the company.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IDG Contributor Network: 'Tunable' smart windows adapt to brightness, opacity
If you thought your IT workload was about to increase dramatically with Internet-connected sensors sprouting in everyday objects, just wait until windows get in on the act. And I don't mean the Microsoft ones.Researchers at the University of Cincinnati, along with some from private companies, have developed second-generation smart window technology that uses a kind of e-ink to adapt for brightness, color temperatures, and opacity.They think the technology will allow for privacy while letting light in, and could act as a type of electronic blind.The technology isn't Internet-connected yet, but you can reckon it will be in time. So add windows to the Internet of Things (IoT).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Vote for the Xbox 360 games you want to play on your Xbox One
During Microsoft’s E3 keynote, the company announced Xbox One Backward Compatibility which will make playing Xbox 360 possible. Microsoft said, “With Xbox One backwards compatibility, we won't charge you to play the games you already own.” @Xbox If you didn’t sell or trade off your old Xbox 360 games, don’t count on all of them being backwards compatible on Xbox One. Microsoft said more than 100 games will be available at first, but “this fall, we’ll roll out back compat to everyone on Xbox One with support for a collection of Xbox 360 titles in digital and disc form. We will continue to release Xbox 360 titles on a regular basis and build a substantial catalog over time.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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