* Chambers talks of changing Cisco's software model * Advocates defend telecommuting against backlash * Worm lures victims with 'Naked World Cup' * An Rx for security * X86 factor shakes up server market * Buzzblog: 'Mac vs. PC' ads miss the mark * Today on Layer 8
Chambers talks of changing Cisco’s software model
Enterprise network professionals can expect changes in how Cisco sells the software that runs its routers and switches over the next few years, the company’s CEO told reporters at Cisco’s Networkers customer conference this week. In a broadly focused roundtable discussion with the members of the media, John Chambers said Cisco will reexamine how it sells the IOS and other software images that run the company’s routers and switches, as Cisco looks to offer more flexibility to customers and possibly boost its own bottom line by how it sells software. Click here for more.
Advocates defend telecommuting against backlash
When a Department of Veterans Affairs analyst lost a laptop to burglars, some pointed the finger at telework. The analyst whose laptop was stolen from his house was not a teleworker, just someone who took work home with him. But because the burglary occurred at home, people have assumed the analyst was a telecommuter, and by association, assumed that teleworking puts sensitive data at greater risk of theft or loss. Click here for more.
Worm lures victims with ‘Naked World Cup’
Soccer purists can breathe a sigh of relief. There is no Naked World Cup. IT professionals, on the other hand, may want to be a little more vigilant, as a new e-mail worm is on the loose that preys on the intense worldwide interest in the international sporting event. Click here for more.
An Rx for security
Passwords for network security are out and faces are in at ParadigmHealth, which is adopting a Web-based authentication method that requires users to remember images of nine faces to gain access to patient records. Click here for more.
X86 factor shakes up server market
When Curt Schumacher began working at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange nearly a quarter century ago, the question of what hardware platforms to use to support the business was relatively simple. Today IT executives have many more questions to answer before making a buying decision. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: ‘Mac vs. PC’ ads miss the mark
Paul McNamara writes: Those new “Mac” vs. “PC” television commercials may be engaging, but they fail on a more basic level in that we’re too likely to end up rooting for the wrong character. A viewer is as likely as not to come away wanting to smack “Mac” as to buy one. Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, where we were really looking forward to the Naked World Cup:
Tourists trapped in Apple NYC store; workplaces laying down cell phone rules, bans; Boston e-mails crime alerts to residents; and Trek fans use digital video, Web, to produce new shows; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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