How IETF plans to protect web from NSA snooping

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	How IETF plans to protect web from NSA snooping Speaking at the UN's recent Internet Governance Forum in Bali, Indonesia, IETF chair Jari Arkko laid out a plan to protect the U.S. Internet from the NSA's surveillance efforts. Read More   WEBCAST: Oracle Innovation in Financial Services Date: November 20th, 2013 Time: 1 PM This presentation will review the role IT should play in innovation. How financial services organizations are finding ways to rebalance their IT portfolio. Learn More In this Issue Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 Why IBM is phasing out SmartCloud Enterprise in favor of SoftLayer FAA sets electronics free on flights – mostly Making sense of the Internet of Things Monster bosses: Be very afraid 5 IT Outsourcing Tips in the Wake of Infosys's Visa Fraud Settlement Microsoft Kinect turns sign language into spoken language in real time Advanced Firewalls, part 2 Experts weigh in with wish lists for Android 4.4 KitKat security Fake social media ID duped security-aware IT guys Dunkin' Brands Uses Analytics to Predict Global Threats Red Hat launches new initiative to drive OpenStack into the enterprise Silent Circle, Lavabit unite for 'Dark Mail' encrypted email project ObserveIT is like a surveillance camera for your IT systems Lenovo hopes long battery and Ashton Kutcher will help sell tablets WHITE PAPER: CDW The Power of PaaS At a time when budgets are especially tight, organizations may find it hard to justify investments in the latest programming tools and testing platforms. Platform as a service (PaaS) solutions provide a viable option Read Now Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 We've updated our collection of cool, scary and fun pumpkin carvings from around the web, with social media and other topics trending hot. Read More   Why IBM is phasing out SmartCloud Enterprise in favor of SoftLayer News broke today that IBM will be phasing out SmartCloud Enterprise and migrating customers over to SoftLayer, which is an IaaS company Big Blue purchased over the summer. [: IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to SoftLayer ] Read More   FAA sets electronics free on flights – mostly After years of debate the Federal Aviation Administration today said airline passengers can by the end of the year use portable electronic devices during all phases of a commercial airline flight. Read More   Making sense of the Internet of Things This week, Cisco hosted the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum in Barcelona, Spain. The event had a little under 800 attendees, which I thought was a great turnout for a first year event. There was a very diverse set of vendors at the event, ranging from traditional IT companies like Cisco, Oracle and SAP to a number of companies that IT people have likely never heard of, such as Grundfos, QnetiQ... Read More   Monster bosses: Be very afraid Even the best bosses can occasionally take on some of the traits of these monsters. Read More   5 IT Outsourcing Tips in the Wake of Infosys's Visa Fraud Settlement   Following the Infosys visa fraud $34 million settlement, IT outsourcing customers should take these five steps to protect themselves. Here's a look at what outsourcing customers need to do. Read More   Microsoft Kinect turns sign language into spoken language in real time Microsoft has had its unsung products before, but the Kinect may prove its best worst product. By that I mean it's a great piece of hardware that the company can't seem to sell to anyone but gamers. There has been an SDK on the market for some time to make Windows-based Kinect apps, but we rarely hear of any great success stories, and that's a shame. The latest bit of genius comes from the folks at... Read More   Advanced Firewalls, part 2 The firewall has served as a primary barrier between a company's IT assets and the outside world for many years. In our last video, we examined some of the major advancements that have been incorporated into advanced firewalls over the last few years, including more granular application and user-level controls. These controls allow firewalls to more effectively restrict unnecessary or risky application... Read More   Experts weigh in with wish lists for Android 4.4 KitKat security With Android 4.4 KitKat, Google has an opportunity to show that when it comes to security, the next version of the mobile operating system is ready for business. While we don't know whether Google will take up the challenge, security experts provided Wednesday their wish lists of enterprise-pleasing features. Read More   Fake social media ID duped security-aware IT guys Security experts used fake Facebook and LinkedIn profiles pretending to represent a smart, attractive young woman to penetrate the defenses of a U.S. government agency with a high level of cybersecurity awareness, as part of an exercise that shows how effective social engineering attacks can be, even against technically sophisticated organizations. Read More   Dunkin' Brands Uses Analytics to Predict Global Threats The coffee-and-doughnuts chain operates in 60 countries, so it uses a threat-assessment tool to keep employees safe during international conflicts. Read More   Red Hat launches new initiative to drive OpenStack into the enterprise Open source technology provider Red Hat today announced a new initiative designed to boost the adoption of OpenStack in the enterprise. Read More   Silent Circle, Lavabit unite for 'Dark Mail' encrypted email project Two privacy-focused email providers have launched the Dark Mail Alliance, a project to engineer an email system with robust defenses against spying. Read More   ObserveIT is like a surveillance camera for your IT systems Companies use surveillance cameras to record what is happening in physical locations. Now take that concept and apply it to IT systems. ObserveIT records the user interface actions that occur when someone is accessing your systems or applications. The result is a detailed audit trail that shows precisely who did what in both video and transcript format. Read More   Lenovo hopes long battery and Ashton Kutcher will help sell tablets   Lenovo hopes long battery and Ashton Kutcher will help sell tablets Lenovo is claiming that its new Yoga tablets will offer 18 hours of battery life when browsing the web, which would be the longest when compared to other tablets. 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Halloween Bonus newsletter: Graveyards, pumpkins & horror stories

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	Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 | Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web
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	5 IT security horror stories (and 5 solutions) When it comes to security, your employees may be your weakest link. While policies and training can go a long way toward helping your employees keep devices and data safe, sometimes technology is the answer. Read More In this Issue Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web 2013 tech industry graveyard Google's Graveyard: 13 products Google killed off in 2013 Microsoft's Graveyard: 16 products that Microsoft has killed World's craziest Halloween coffins Best Halloween musical light shows Zombies Are Scary for Halloween, Scarier for Mobile IT Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web Happy Halloween! Marissa Mayer reportedly just bought a funeral home Tech-or-treat: What 13 tech companies might be handing out this Halloween That's no poltergeist invading your privacy: Spooky spying hacks make homes seem haunted Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 We've updated our collection of cool, scary and fun pumpkin carvings from around the web, with social media and other topics trending hot. Read More Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web With Halloween only a few weeks away, it's time to start planning a really cool Halloween costume rather than running out on Oct. 30 and picking up some toilet paper or putting a sheet over your head. We've scoured the Web to find a bunch of techie, geeky or nerdy costume ideas that others have tried before to get you inspired. Read More 2013 tech industry graveyard Google, Microsoft and Yahoo among those reading products their last rites Read More Google's Graveyard: 13 products Google killed off in 2013 Google giveth (including Google Death) and Google taketh away. This year, the company has sent a host of well-known and more obscure offerings to their demise. But don't worry, the company still has dozens of new and old products in its portfolio. Here's a look back at the ones killed off this year. Read More Microsoft's Graveyard: 16 products that Microsoft has killed Some were killed off, others folded into new products. Either way, no product lives forever. Read More World's craziest Halloween coffins From KISS caskets to lions and airplanes, a plethora of burial boxes populate the world Read More Best Halloween musical light shows Techies wire up spooky home light shows to scare/entertain the neighborhood. Read More Zombies Are Scary for Halloween, Scarier for Mobile IT If you're talking about movies or Halloween costumes, zombies are scary fun. However, when the term for the undead refers to company-owned or BYOD mobile phones, CIOs are looking at the potential for frightening amounts of buried expenses. Read More Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web A snapshot of Apple devotion expressed via carved vegetation. Read More Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web A glimpse at open source fandom depicted in Halloween pumpkin carvings. Read More Happy Halloween! Marissa Mayer reportedly just bought a funeral home Here's one way to celebrate the ghostly holiday: Buy a funeral home. Read More Tech-or-treat: What 13 tech companies might be handing out this Halloween Here's what trick-or-treaters could expect to get if these technology companies turned on their porch lights this Halloween Read More That's no poltergeist invading your privacy: Spooky spying hacks make homes seem haunted Back in the day, 1990s and early 2000s, you didn't hear too much about remote administration tools (RAT), so victims of early RATs like Back Orifice, Netbus or Sub7 would often freak out when the CD-tray would open or close on its own, music files would play for no reason, emails would be snatched from thin air, or files, icons, the clock and task manager would disappear. Read More
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Google Nexus 5 probably doesn't deserve all this hype

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IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to newly acquired SoftLayer cloud Juniper switches architectures: What you need to know Network World Daily News PM October 31, 2013 Share this email Google Nexus 5 probably doesn't deserve all this hype This was starting to get a bit silly. Google had been teasing its new Nexus 5 for so long that it hardly even qualified as teasing any more. It was more like cruel mockery. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to newly acquired SoftLayer cloud 2. Juniper switches architectures: What you need to know 3. Cisco, NetApp stock FlexPod 4. 19 Apple rumors that were just wrong 5. 2013 Google Graveyard 6. FAA sets electronics free on flights – mostly 7. Apple's iPad Air competes with laptops for mass market computing 8. New app gives church's iOS users secure access to corporate files 9. Microsoft Kinect turns sign language into spoken language in real time 10. Dell's CIO and CMO: Can't we all just get along? 11. 3 Highlights with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 12. INSIDER Collisions likely over PCI 3.0 13. 5 World Problems Too Big for Big Data WHITE PAPER: Aerohive 10 Requirements for Optimizing Your Network for Mobility Today the vast majority of work and communication is conducted on mobile & wireless devices & users rarely even consider using a wired network unless it's a last resort. This paper looks at how this mentality requires IT operations to architect an access network specifically with "mobile first" in mind. Read now IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to newly acquired SoftLayer cloud IBM has informed its customers that it will be phasing out its SmartCloud Enterprise cloud computing platform and is offering free migration of workloads to SoftLayer's cloud, which IBM recently purchased. READ MORE Juniper switches architectures: What you need to know A breakdown of MetaFabric, the latest architecture from Juniper. READ MORE Cisco, NetApp stock FlexPod Cisco and NetApp have expanded their three year FlexPod partnership to address disaster recovery, scalable cloud infrastructure, orchestration and automation, and multi-hypervisor support. READ MORE 19 Apple rumors that were just wrong Some of the rumors about Apple over the years were just ridiculous. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CDW Cloud Storage and Backup The proliferation of cloud computing options has begun to change the way storage is thought about, procured and used. IT managers and departments need to think through how cloud options might fit into and complement their onsite data infrastructures. Read Now 2013 Google Graveyard One of the great things about Google is that it supplies us with a seemingly never ending list of products, many of them free. One of the most maddening things about the company, though, is that every once in a while it kills off a favorite. Here's a look back at more than a dozen products killed off by Google in 2013. READ MORE FAA sets electronics free on flights – mostly After years of debate the Federal Aviation Administration today said airline passengers can by the end of the year use portable electronic devices during all phases of a commercial airline flight. READ MORE Apple's iPad Air competes with laptops for mass market computing Some analysts and pundits have begun calling Apple's iPad Air a PC replacement, raising the stakes in the tablet vs. laptop war. READ MORE New app gives church's iOS users secure access to corporate files Egnyte today released iOS and Android apps that let mobile employees work not only with files stored in the vendor's cloud file sharing service, but also now with private files behind a corporate firewall. READ MORE WEBCAST: Oracle Innovation in Financial Services Date: November 20th, 2013 Time: 1 PM This presentation will review the role IT should play in innovation. How financial services organizations are finding ways to rebalance their IT portfolio. Learn More Microsoft Kinect turns sign language into spoken language in real time New Kinect technology eliminates the need for a sign language interpreter, in some cases. READ MORE Dell's CIO and CMO: Can't we all just get along? At a small lunch with reporters yesterday in San Francisco, Dell's CIO Adriana Karaboutis and CMO Karen Quintos shared their thoughts on the rising battles between the two functions at many companies. READ MORE 3 Highlights with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 With any server operating system upgrade, IT is always looking for the hooks that help motivate the upgrade process and deliver additional value. READ MORE INSIDER Collisions likely over PCI 3.0 New standards are meant to 'help' merchants, but experts say they are more about protecting credit card companies READ MORE 5 World Problems Too Big for Big Data Despite advances in computing power, storage and analytics technology, some challenges are still too big for big data. Here's a look at five such problems -- and what it will take to solve them. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Good APM Practices Get Results According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More. SLIDESHOWS 10 most powerful network management companies Our look at the biggest players in the network management, um, world. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. Raspberry Pi as a Network Monitoring Node 2. Cisco to release free standard software to boost Web videconferencing 3. Prosecutor in Aaron Swartz case targeted by 'swatting' 4. Monster bosses: Be very afraid 5. Report: NSA breaks into Yahoo, Google data center links 6. Mozilla releases 10 patches, five critical, for Firefox 7. Coast Guard spills the beans on Google's mystery barges 8. Fake social media ID duped security-aware IT guys 9. 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