* Gartner: IT will waste $100 billion on network overspending * How to avoid branch-office network overload * Identity federation getting dose of reality from Internet2 affiliate * Microsoft security chief Fathi is moved out * McGruff is on the network security job * Buzzblog: A business card with bite * Today on Layer 8
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This week: What Microsoft’s anti-piracy plan means for network managers, Force10 Networks brings its technology to the wiring closet, Array’s SSL innovation, Nielsen Ratings adapts to mobile video technology, and why Hanna, Alberta, is more advanced than your town. (11:46) Listen now.
Gartner: IT will waste $100 billion on network overspending
IT will waste an estimated $100 billion over the next five years by overspending on network products and services. That was the startling message delivered by Gartner analysts Mark Fabbi and Bob Hafner at a Gartner Symposium IT Expo presentation on network design. Click here for more.
How to avoid branch-office network overload
When it comes to consolidating infrastructure and centralizing services, enterprise network executives face a Catch-22 of sorts. As they work to reduce costs and complexity in data centers and corporate networks, many network executives find their efforts have introduced more expense, equipment and management woes at branch-office locations. A recent report addresses the challenges network executives face today and advises how over the course of a few years they could consolidate branch-office technologies with some planning. Click here for more.
Identity federation getting dose of reality from Internet2 affiliate
InCommon Federation, an identity hub that helps universities securely share resources, brought more schools and service providers to its fold this week and further strengthened its message that sharing identity is essential to securing distributed networks. Click here for more.
Microsoft security chief Fathi is moved out
Just seven months after being named as Microsoft’s security czar, Ben Fathi has set his sights on a new job. Starting in the next few weeks, Fathi will head up development of the core components of the Windows operating system, and the Security Technology Unit that he runs will be absorbed into the company’s Trustworthy Computing team, led by Scott Charney. Click here for more.
Who needs Symantec and McAfee? McGruff is on the network security job
McGruff is sick of Americans dogging it on cybercrime. The tough-talking crime dog, who has been fighting more traditional varieties of unlawfulness over the last 26 years (that’s 117 dog years), is at the heart of a new National Crime Prevention Council effort to get people “to protect their digital assets and real-world identities” by getting smarter about cyberspace. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: A business card with bite
Business cards rarely catch my attention. Of course, business cards rarely carry a cartoon drawing of a spiny, saber-toothed monster uttering the words: “After we get done eating flesh let’s talk about ‘the network.'” Click here for more.
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