* Cisco to acquire IronPort Systems for $830 million * Imperva identifies AJAX flaw * Major League Baseball hits a Web site home run * AT&T pledges net neutrality to seal BellSouth deal * Dzubeck on the year ahead: What’s hot for 2007 * Buzzblog: Thumbs up for EMC Information Calendar
Cisco to acquire IronPort Systems for $830 million
Cisco Thursday said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire IronPort Systems, a maker of messaging and Web security appliances, for $830 million in cash and stock. Click here for more.
Imperva identifies AJAX flaw
Security vendor Imperva has identified a vulnerability in AJAX, which it says an attacker could use to compromise an application based on the Web scripting components that make up AJAX. Click here for details.
Major League Baseball hits a Web site home run
Among Ryan Nelson’s nightmare scenarios is when a major league baseball team pinch-hits for the lead-off batter in an inning. That simple act has mighty repercussions when you’re the director of operations for Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), which runs the MLB.com Web sites where millions of fans track games pitch by pitch. Click here for more.
AT&T pledges net neutrality to seal BellSouth deal
AT&T finally completed its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth after receiving long-delayed FCC approval in late December. But the deal didn’t get the final nod without a lot of concessions from AT&T – concessions that have implications for enterprise customers and the industry at large. Click here for answers to some common questions surrounding the deal and potential fallout.
Dzubeck on the year ahead: What’s hot for 2007
Looking even a year ahead into the network future can be a daunting task. For example, three years ago at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Bill Gates, then Microsoft’s chairman, boldly predicted the problem of spam on the Internet would be solved by 2006. Recent studies, however, indicate worldwide spam traffic doubled in 2006 and now accounts for nine of 10 e-mail messages sent on the Internet. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: Thumbs up for EMC Information Calendar
If you’re going to send gifts to journalists or bloggers (or journalist/bloggers) don’t be ham-handed like Microsoft – be artful like EMC. Click here for more.
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