Cisco, VMware take SDN battle to policy arena

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I've had several interesting conversations with attendees at recent Network World Wireless Infrastructure events regarding the future of enterprise-class wireless LAN systems. I've been theorizing that the advent (really a landslide at this point) of 802.11ac represents the last "big" advance in 802.11 standards, and, almost by definition, this implies a slowing in the rate of underlying innovation... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: SAS See the Possibilities Utilizing Data Visualization Regardless of size, today's businesses are bombarded with structured and unstructured data from a variety of sources. Take advantage of all this data with in-memory analytics and data visualization techniques, to get day-to-day insights for making better decisions. Learn more New federal rule requires banks to fight DDoS attacks Banks and financial institutions regulated by the federal government must now monitor for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their networks and have a plan in place to try and mitigate against such attacks, a federal regulatory body said this week. READ MORE Microsoft to start blocking adware that lacks easy uninstall Microsoft has toughened its criteria for classifying programs as adware and gave developers three months to conform with the new principles or risk having their programs blocked by the company's security products. READ MORE Watch a replica of Fenway Park being built using LEGOs Not everyone loves Fenway Park, never mind the Red Sox. 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