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Cisco, others pushing 2.5G, 5G Ethernet
Cisco and three other vendors have formed an alliance to promote the development of 2.5 and 5 Gigabit Ethernet technology for enterprise networks. Read More
WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Integrating Mobility with Unified Access
Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More
WHITE PAPER: SevenTablets
Mitigating Your Biggest Mobile Strategy Risk: User Rejection
Did you know eight out of ten apps are downloaded, used once, and deleted? User rejection is the greatest risk to your mobile strategy. This white paper outlines how to mitigate this risk by planning a user-friendly experience that balances responsiveness, intuitiveness, and functionality. Learn More
Hackers reportedly target unclassified White House network
Hackers targeted an unclassified White House network in recent weeks but did not damage any systems, according to news reports.The intrusion, however, resulted in temporary disruptions in regular services while cybersecurity teams moved to contain it, according to The Washington Post, which quoted White House officials speaking on condition of anonymity.The "activity of concern" was found in the unclassified Executive Office of the President (EOP) network. There is no evidence to date that the classified network was also breached, according to the report.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Google gets its 'spagger' on
A post yesterday addressed an unusual failure on the part of Google to provide me with a definition for a word – slang, actually -- with which I was thoroughly unfamiliar: spagger.Turns out, no thanks to Google, that it's shorthand for "spaghetti dinner."The post ended with me noting: "Someone needs to tell Google."Someone – or more likely, something – did so. As you can see, yesterday's post is now the No. 2 result delivered for a search on spagger, right below the Urban Dictionary's definition, which was not applicable to my quest.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft 'almost' wraps up largest layoff sweep in its history
The company just went through another round of job cuts Read More
US Navy, Energy Dept. team to develop wave energy devices
With an eye toward helping jump-start a nascent industry the US Navy and Department of Energy today said they would spend $10 million to test two deep-water wave energy devices. The devices fall under what's known as advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology which converts the energy of waves, tides, rivers, and ocean currents into clean, renewable electricity that can be used by homes and businesses.[RELATED: 10 hot energy projects that could electrify the world] "A total of $10 million has been made available for these in-water tests to collect important performance, reliability, and cost data from innovative wave energy conversion devices that are in the late stages of technology development," the DOE stated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
BlackBerry promises a blast from the past with BlackBerry Classic
A top row of navigation keys! A trackpad! The BlackBerry is back, baby, with the BlackBerry Classic!Well, that's how BlackBerry hopes you'll react, anyway, with the announcement of the BlackBerry Classic on the company's website on Tuesday. Chief executive John Chen promised the "things you remember about BlackBerry that made you better are better than ever with BlackBerry Classic".+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD Quick look: The interesting rise and quick fall of Blackberry +"Innovation is a word that gets used too often and carelessly. Innovation is not about blowing up what works to make something new – it's about taking what works and making it better," Chen wrote in a blog post. "In that sense, BlackBerry Classic represents the kind of innovation BlackBerry – and you – strive toward every day."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Get to know Voxis, the cybercrime platform for evading fraud detection
The black hat hackers who exploit network security flaws to steal credit card data turn around sell that data on underground electronic black markets. Criminals, often referred to as bad actors, buy the card data and monetize it with fake ecommerce transactions.Standing in the way are the fraud detection systems, which prevent the bad actors from simply spraying large amounts of card data at the credit card gateways. These fraud detection systems are designed to look for transactions that resemble human behavior, and to block those that appear to come from automated systems created to monetize large amounts of stolen credit card data. For cybercriminals, a new platform called Voxis works around the detection systems. Andrew Komarov, CEO of IntelCrawler who reported the Voxis platform on the company's blog, explained:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Ruckus hopes to raise a rumpus in the small-business Wi-Fi market
Very small businesses—on the order of 1 to 10 employees—don't have IT departments to manage their network infrastructure. Responsibility for tech support typically rests with that one employee who has just enough tech savvy to get by. And when you're talking sole proprietorship, that person is often you, the proprietor. So you buy consumer networking gear because it's inexpensive, it's widely available, and it's easy to install.Ruckus thinks it has a better solution for you. It's introducing an all-new series of Wi-Fi products under the Xclaim brand that it says will bridge the gap between complex, high-priced enterprise network equipment and simple, low-cost consumer gear.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Stealthy malware uses Gmail drafts as command and control to steal data
Back in August, Germany's anti-malware solutions provider G Data Software identified stealthy malware that had gone undetected since 2012. They dubbed the remote administration tool (RAT) as Win32.Trojan.IcoScript.A and remarked that it was particularly nasty due to the way it abused webmail for its command and control (C&C) communications. Although IcoScript was using Yahoo email, G Data predicted that it could just as easily abuse Facebook, LinkedIn or Gmail. And now a variant of that malware is using Gmail drafts that open in invisible Internet Explorer windows and act as the command and control to steal data.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Best Halloween musical light shows
Techies wire up spooky home light shows to scare/entertain the neighborhood. Read More
Open source and free software graveyard, 2014
We've tossed in a couple of freeware offerings that are no more as well Read More
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