New switch upgrades Cisco high-end server-to-storage computing
Cisco is introducing a gateway switch that boosts the performance of applications that rely on interactions between InfiniBand-clustered servers and network-attached storage- and Fibre Channel-based storage devices.
NAC’s dirty little secrets revealed by early adopters
NAC early adopters say the security technology is much more than endpoint scanning.
Whaling: Latest e-mail scam targets executives
With targeted phishing attacks on the rise, it’s no surprise that cybercriminals are doing their research and aiming at those with the most to lose – executives.
House passes bill to streamline VoIP 911 service
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to streamline VOIP providers’ connections to emergency dialing 911 networks.
How Cox Communications joined the teleworking revolution
The popularity of teleworking is based on a simple premise posed by an obvious question: Why should someone have to drive to an office to talk on the phone and use a computer for work if they have a computer and a phone at home?
Leopard mauls competition, takes half Japan retail marketLatest Leopard apps updates
Apple’s new Leopard operating system took a sizable bite of the Japanese retail operating system market during October. Plus:
HP puts supercomputer in a ‘Shorty’
HP has revealed its take on the “personal supercomputing” trend on Tuesday in the form of the Cluster Platform Workgroup System, based on the recently introduced BladeSystem c3000.
Palm-print biometrics aid Atlanta police
The Police Department of Atlanta, which makes 63,000 arrests per year, is getting a new kind of weapon to catch criminals: a workflow-based biometrics system that can scan palm prints in addition to fingerprints.
Female IT workers push for flexible workplaces
Top level management must endorse flexibility and facilitate unique work-life balances to attract women to IT, according to female IT managers.
PODCAST
The FTP Threat
Every week, the news is filled with stories of yet another breach of data with millions more identities being stolen by hackers. A lot of attention is given to newer Web 2.0 applications with unproven security track records. But one company is trying to shine the light on another potential hole with a long history on the ‘Net: FTP. Network World’s Jason Meserve talks with Proginet Senior VP Arne Johnson about FTP, its potential risk to corporate data and what you can do to better protect your organization’s data. (9:37)
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Today on Cisco Subnetgives ShoreTel thumbs up over Cisco. Where is David to Cisco’s Goliath? Top CCIE recruiter attracts large crowd at Second Life Cisco job fair. Cisco, Oracle: Get ready for an encore. UC battle brewing: Cisco vs. Avaya. PE routers on customer premises: What about password recovery?
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Buzzblog: 5 reasons ‘virtual marriage’ won’t happen
A Gartner analyst insists that “virtual marriage” with full real-life legal rights and responsibilities — even between people who have never met in person — will be a reality by 2015. In reality, the notion is a non-starter. Here’s why.
Today on Layer 8 we examine the difference between what’s hot and just brain-fryingly scorching:
Boeing said Wednesday it had completed a developmental heat shield designed to protect future NASA astronauts from extreme heat during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere following lunar and low-Earth orbit missions.
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