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Facebook networking chief: No more secret ASIC commands

Posted October 4, 2013 - 4:53 pm

Facebook's head of network operations has great expectations for software defined networking (SDN), though he may not be relying on commercial hardware vendors to bring SDN to the social networking giant's own infrastructure.
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6 must-have free downloads for your network

Posted October 4, 2013 - 2:51 pm

If you've got a small or medium-sized network and you need to manage it yourself, you're not alone. I've rounded up size great free network tools that make it much easier to handle and troubleshoot your network.
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Containerization Options: How to Choose the Best DLP Solution for Your Organization

Posted October 4, 2013 - 12:45 pm

This webcast outlines a framework for making the right choice when it comes to containerization approaches, along with the pros and cons of the five key Data Leak Prevention solutions.
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Turns out pretty much everybody is cheating on Android benchmarking tests

Posted October 4, 2013 - 12:00 pm

Shameful stuff from some of the biggest names, plus further skullduggery from Samsung, possible specs for the Nexus 5.
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10 tidbits from Twitter's IPO filing

Posted October 3, 2013 - 9:26 pm

Twitter made its IPO documents public Thursday and in the process revealed some juicy information about the company, like how much money it makes (or loses) and how much its executives get paid. Here are a few of the details we learned about Twitter today.
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Twitter IPO reveals a company that's growing fast but losing money

Posted October 3, 2013 - 6:17 pm

Twitter has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering, revealing a fast-growing company but one that lost money in each of the past three years.
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Next generation of carrier systems going virtual

Posted October 3, 2013 - 5:53 pm

The latest version of Nokia Siemens Networks software for running mobile carriers is virtualized, pointing toward a future of fully cloud-based systems that could help operators run even more efficiently and roll out new services more quickly.
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Mozilla unmasks security flaw in Persona, warns other OpenID implementers

Posted October 3, 2013 - 12:57 pm

A vulnerability found recently in an OpenID-based feature of the Mozilla Persona online identity management service prompted the company to advise Web developers to check their OpenID implementations for similar issues.
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Verizon's next cloud services emphasize performance, granular billing

Posted October 3, 2013 - 12:22 pm

Verizon is extending its suite of cloud services to offer a new IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) option, called Verizon Cloud Compute, as well as a new storage-as-a-service, Verizon Cloud Storage, that the company says offer finer granularity in pricing and stricter quality of service metrics than its competitors.
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Cisco/Insieme ushering in hardware-defined networks

Posted October 3, 2013 - 12:14 pm

Cisco is adamant that its upcoming Application Centric Infrastructure launch is not about SDNs.
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Start-up Netskope keeps watch on enterprise cloud usage

Posted October 3, 2013 - 12:11 pm

Start-up Netskope comes out of stealth mode today in unveiling its security service intended to help enterprises monitor how employees are using cloud-based applications, such as Salesforce.com, while also giving IT managers the ability to block data transfers or receive alerts.
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Why cloud computing is more than OpEx and CapEx

Posted October 3, 2013 - 11:52 am

The "pay-per-use" model forces an understanding of the real costs of offering IT resources.
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Samsung invests $4M in wireless charging firm

Posted October 3, 2013 - 11:45 am

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Division also signs agreement with PowerbyProxi to jointly develop new charging devices.
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Learn How 8x8's VoIP Phone Solutions Meet Tomorrow's Small Business Challenge

Posted October 3, 2013 - 11:00 am
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4 simpler alternatives to Google Analytics

Posted October 3, 2013 - 10:32 am

Google doesn't have a monopoly on monitoring website traffic. Here are four other analytics tools worth checking out.
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Don't live in fear of your cloud storage provider going under

Posted October 3, 2013 - 9:12 am

The closure of cloud storage provider Nirvanix sent a chill through the cloud storage industry and its customers, but is it really a big deal?
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US demanded access to encryption keys of email provider Lavabit

Posted October 2, 2013 - 11:27 pm

The U.S. government demanded from email service provider Lavabit access to all user communications and a copy of the encryption keys used to secure web, instant message and email traffic for its investigation into several Lavabit user accounts, according to a post on the Facebook page of founder Ladar Levison.
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Faded satellite star LightSquared headed for auction block in November

Posted October 2, 2013 - 9:42 pm

The long saga of satellite operator LightSquared's quest to become a cellular carrier may come to an end soon with an auction for the company's assets scheduled for late November.
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Google buys Flutter, a gesture recognition startup

Posted October 2, 2013 - 8:37 pm

Google has acquired Flutter, a gesture recognition company whose technology lets people control music and movies on their desktop by waving their hands.
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Bluetooth Smart going into wireless device chargers

Posted October 2, 2013 - 8:33 pm

Mobile devices will be able to talk to wireless charging platforms through a partnership between the Alliance for Wireless Power and the backers of Bluetooth.
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New 'white spaces' research from Microsoft and China makes it easier to find vacant spectrum

Posted October 2, 2013 - 2:04 pm

Identifying and using vacant "white space" spectrum for Wi-Fi may get simpler, more efficient, and cheaper thanks to a new project by Microsoft and a team of Chinese researchers.
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US DOJ opposes company requests to publish surveillance statistics

Posted October 2, 2013 - 1:40 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice has opposed requests by Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other companies to publish the number of surveillance requests they receive from the U.S. National Security Agency and other agencies.
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Box pages developers, asks them to give healthcare industry a shot of innovation

Posted October 2, 2013 - 12:38 pm

To inject variety, volume and quality into health applications, Box has teamed up with Dignity Health and The Social+Capital Partnership on a developer contest.
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HP says open sourcing SDNs is wrong

Posted October 2, 2013 - 11:47 am

Vendors such as Juniper Networks that are open sourcing their SDN controllers are pursuing a wrongheaded strategy that misses the point of the technology, HP officials said this week.
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Yahoo concerned that release of redacted FISA papers may mislead

Posted October 2, 2013 - 12:25 am

Yahoo has asked that it be allowed to review declassified documents of a secret court about a dispute over data collection between the Internet company and the government, as the release of the redacted documents could mislead the public.
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