http://www.networkworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/22/9/feed en http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/hacker-takes-aim-homeland-posts-proof-hacking?source=nww_rss What would make you nibble, take the bait, and open an email? Because you think you know the sender is trusted, or because it appears to be related to something that happened in real time in our physical world like an earthquake or a hurricane? Read more LANs / WANs Network Management Security Software Security breach cyber mayhem cyber warfare cybersecurity DHS digital attack destroys hardware in real world hack Infrastructure Joe Weiss Online Trust Alliance SCADA spear phishing Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:21:57 +0000 Ms. Smith 79211 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/assessment-fcc%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cmeasuring-broadband-america?source=nww_rss Based on NetForecast's analysis of the test methodology underlying the FCC's Measuring Broadband America report and our experience evaluating alternative consumer broadband performance measurement methodologies, we conclude that the SamKnows consumer premises measurement boxes used produce high-quality test results. That said, however, some of the test servers introduced data inconsistencies and errors,... LANs / WANs Service Providers Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:18:13 +0000 Sevcik and Wetzel 79178 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/us-snapshot-broadband-world-finds-disparity-a?source=nww_rss Almost seven of 10 households in the United States subscribe to broadband service while 68% of American households used broadband Internet in 2010, up from 64% in 2009 and only 3% of households still rely on dial-up access to the Internet in 2010, down from 5 percent in 2009. Those were but a few of the interesting facts found in a snapshot of broadband use in the US released this week by the Department... E-commerce General discussions LANs / WANs Security Wireless / Mobile Broadband broadband service dial-up access Internet Access US Census bureau Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:36:39 +0000 Layer 8 79154 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/despite-internet-outage-social-media-users-fi?source=nww_rss RIM really can't win these days, taking the early hits for today's Internet outage that appears to have stemmed from router problems and issues within backbone provider Level 3's network, not within the BlackBerry network itself. But BlackBerry customers have last month's big outage still fresh in mind. Read more LANs / WANs Disaster Recovery BGP BlackBerry Comcast Internet outage Juniper routers Level3 outage RIM RIM outage Time Warner Cable Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:38:50 +0000 Alpha Doggs 79127 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/social-network-ericssons-version?source=nww_rss Speakers from Flickr, SoundCloud, Wired magazine, etc., pontificate about the state of the networked world in a short film from Ericsson. Read more LANs / WANs Network Management ccm Ericsson Flickr Khan Academy multiplayer gaming SoundCloud TED conferences Wired magazine Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:51:58 +0000 Alpha Doggs 79115 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/first-impressions-fios?source=nww_rss OK, OK, this is a wireless and mobile blog, but, let's face it, without good Internet access, all that wireless stuff is just a bunch of radios with no place to go. Indeed, having backhaul to the rest of the world is ultimately why we use wireless in the first place. Read more LANs / WANs Network Management DHCP FiOS funky features router Verizon Wireless LAN Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:50:57 +0000 Craig Mathias 79110 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/openflow-merchant-silicon-and-future-networki?source=nww_rss 2011 has been one of the most exciting years for networking I can remember.  Innovations made popular this year will prove to bring more value to enterprise networking consumers than anything in recent memory. Not only are we transitioning to cloud architectures and highly automated systems management, but new trends promise to do for the networking industry what x86 and the PC clone did for the compute... Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Network Management LAN & WAN Cisco Merchant silicon Open Network Foundation OpenFlow software defined networking Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:45:40 +0000 Art Fewell 79104 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/conversation-bill-burns-ceo-spirent-communica?source=nww_rss This week we are chatting with Bill Burns the CEO of Spirent Communications in our executive conversation. I would like to thank my most favorite Global Public Relations Manager for Spirent Communications Sailaja Tennati, for working on this interview for me over the last few months.    Where is the market when it comes to your product technology and where do you still see growth? Read more Data Center E-commerce Google LANs / WANs Network Management Software LAN & WAN bill burns executive conversations Larry Chaffin spirent communications Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:40:42 +0000 Larry Chaffin 79073 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/open-networking-summit-2011-day-3-recap-why-c?source=nww_rss   Read more Cisco Data Center General discussions Google LANs / WANs Microsoft Network Management Outsourcing Security LAN & WAN Cisco cloud computing networking Open Networking Foundation Open Networking Summit OpenFlow software defined networking Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:55:35 +0000 Art Fewell 79001 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/conversation-ceo-ixia-atul-bhatnagar?source=nww_rss I have started our CEO conversations back up again after a short break. Today we are going to talk to the CEO of Ixia Atul Bhatnagar.  What is the state of the appliance testing market and do you still see growth?  Read more Data Center General discussions LANs / WANs Network Management Outsourcing Software VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile LAN & WAN Atul Bhatnagar ceo Ixia Larry Chaffin Pluto Networks Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:56:08 +0000 Larry Chaffin 78998 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/open-networking-summit-day-2-cisco-says-we-se?source=nww_rss I have to say that after an amazing Day 2 at the Open Networking Summit, I am convinced that OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are not only here to stay, but they will define the future of networking. I speak to a lot of enterprises about Software Defined Networking, and outside of the academic and development communities; it is still a new and somewhat unfamiliar term. Read more Cisco Data Center Google LANs / WANs Microsoft Network Management Security LAN & WAN Big Switch Networks Cisco Nicira nox Open Networking Foundation Open Networking Summit OpenFlow Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:36:15 +0000 Art Fewell 78975 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/open-networking-summit-day-1-recap?source=nww_rss Tech industry leaders converged on Stanford University today to kick off the 2011 Open Networking Summit. It has been a big year for Open Networking, and the sell-out crowd at Stanford attests to the rising popularity and influence of the Open Networking Foundation. Today, the meetings were broken out into two separate tracks, a technical track, and a managerial track focused on use cases and value... Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Network Management LAN & WAN Open Networking Foundation Open Networking Summit OpenFlow Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:34:46 +0000 Art Fewell 78963 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/gartner-10-key-it-trends-2012?source=nww_rss ORLANDO -- If you had to pick 10 technology-related trends that will impact your enterprise infrastructure in the coming year, Gartner says you'd do well to start with virtualization and move to other issues such as social media influence, energy issues and flat networks to name a few. Read more Data Center General discussions LANs / WANs Microsoft Software Virtualization consumerization Gartner iPad software Tablet virtualization Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:07:11 +0000 Layer 8 78961 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-video-game-lets-you-build-run-complex-sp?source=nww_rss NASA this week rolled out a video game that lets would-be network executives design and build a giant virtual ground and space communications system that would keep astronauts in orbit and scientists on the ground in touch. Read more General discussions LANs / WANs Security Software LAN & WAN Deep Space Network NASA Network Engineer network executive space Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:19:40 +0000 Layer 8 78912 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cisco-losing-thought-leadership-networking-in?source=nww_rss If you work in networking, you've gotta have love for Cisco. Like most of us, I first learned about networking through Cisco, and attaining the CCIE certification would prove to be the basis for launching my career.  Cisco's brand in networking is analogous to what the brands Xerox and Polaroid were to their respective industries; like what IBM was to the mainframe and minicomputer industry. Read... Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Network Management LAN & WAN Cisco Sytems cloud networking Open Networking Summit OpenFlow openstack Software-Defined Networking Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:13:33 +0000 Art Fewell 78901 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/new-cisco-waas-appliances-game-changer?source=nww_rss Everyone has been waiting to see my reaction to the next generation Cisco WAAS appliances that were announced at Interop. Could these be the game changers that Cisco needs to compete with Riverbed and also stop losing deals to Blue Coat and Certeon? Well they are really pretty boxes, they have a lot of memory and a very big WAN card. But they are not what the doctor called for, sorry Cisco. Read... Cisco Data Center General discussions LANs / WANs Network Management Data Center Cisco Cisco WAAS Interop Riverbed Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:48:01 +0000 Larry Chaffin 78877 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/vmware-networking-exec-leaves-vmware-openflow?source=nww_rss Howie Xu has been at VMware since he co-invented and helped to launch the vSwitch. After leading the development efforts for VMware's networking for much of the past 9 years, Howie joined OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks. I had the chance to sit down with Howie to discuss his new role as VP of Engineering for Big Switch Networks, why he left VMware, and his take on the future of networking. Read... Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Network Management Security Data Center Big Switch Networks Howie Xu OpenFlow VMware vSwitch Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:20:18 +0000 Art Fewell 78784 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/virtualize-or-not-virtualize-question-adcs?source=nww_rss Without sounding sarcastic, the primary benefit of a virtual application delivery controller (ADC) is that, well, it’s virtual. It requires no hardware to deploy making it low cost. It’s mobile so the ADC can be moved from one location to another in real time and it can be self provisioned by anyone, including an application developer. But virtual ADCs have their drawbacks, too. Read more LANs / WANs Ethernet Switch Application Delivery Controllers Cisco Sytems Citrix F5 Layer 4-7 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:20:51 +0000 Zeus Kerravala 78777 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/internet2-revs-fall-member-meeting?source=nww_rss Advanced networking consortium Internet2 is readying for its Oct. 3-6 Fall Member Meeting to take place in Raleigh, N.C., where researchers will highlight the latest advances in using broadband networking to advance research, education and more. For those who can't attend in person, much of the event will be netcast. Read more LANs / WANs LAN & WAN GENI Internet2 XSEDE Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:59:31 +0000 Alpha Doggs 78753 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cisco-6500-series-retired-veteran-or-re-disco?source=nww_rss Tried and true isn't a descriptor awarded lightly. It's earned only after emerging battle-hardened from the front lines. It doesn't matter if you're the only survivor of the super-soldier program, or the flagship switch in the armada that is Cisco - history speaks for itself. For just a moment let's take a quick look at that history. Read more Cisco LANs / WANs LAN & WAN Catalyst 6500 switches Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:46:32 +0000 Frank Kobuszewski 78752 at http://www.networkworld.com/community