Cisco slashes stake in VCE joint venture with EMC/VMware

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11 ways to re-energize your IT career Why EMC acquired VCE from Cisco Network World Daily News AM October 22, 2014 Cisco slashes stake in VCE joint venture with EMC/VMware EMC confirmed on Wednesday that its VCE converged infrastructure joint venture with Cisco and VMware is heading into a new phase, with EMC taking control of the business and Cisco drastically cutting its stake in it. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 11 ways to re-energize your IT career 2. Why EMC acquired VCE from Cisco 3. Microsoft discloses zero-day flaw, publishes quick fix 4. Arista VP Gourlay leaves company 5. INSIDER Free and Cheap Ways to Learn About Network Administration 6. Get More Network World Newsletters! 7. Symantec sees rise in high-traffic DDoS attacks 8. Industry can head off IoT privacy rules, former US official says 9. Ford wants to keep drivers alert on the long road to autonomous cars 10. US Justice Dept. focuses new squad on cybercrime combat 11. 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It can be exploited if a user is coaxed into opening a malicious Office file containing an OLE (object linking and embedding) object. OLE can allow a user to edit a PowerPoint file from within a Word document, for example."At this time, we are aware of limited, targeted attacks that attempt to exploit the vulnerability through Microsoft PowerPoint," the company said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Turn to the Cloud for Website Availability & Protection Domain name system (DNS) protection is a key component to a comprehensive security plan. One of the most efficient ways to bolster DNS security is to deploy a cloud-based DNS infrastructure. This DNS Security eGuide, will review top cyber threats to DNS and identify five top reasons, along with guidance, on selecting a managed DNS service provider. Learn More>> Arista VP Gourlay leaves company Doug Gourlay has left Arista Networks. The vice president of systems engineering is said by Arista PR to be exploring "life beyond Arista" but will be a consultant to the company: Doug is a very talented executive and contributed greatly to Arista's success. We appreciate and thank him for his many contributions and respect his reasons to explore life beyond Arista. He will continue to serve as an executive consultant to the company.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE INSIDER Free and Cheap Ways to Learn About Network Administration These nine self-taught labs give you hands-on experience with various networking tasks -- and most don't cost anything. READ MORE Get More Network World Newsletters! We have a wide variety of newsletters to satisfy all sorts of IT pros READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Flexera Software Achieving Application Readiness Maturity Is your Application Readiness Process Ready for Change? Learn how to identify where you can make improvements, analyze the steps needed to move up in maturity, and prioritize which steps are most critical, resulting in faster and more reliable application delivery, lower costs and decreased risk. Learn More Symantec sees rise in high-traffic DDoS attacks A type of distributed denial-of-service attack, DNS amplification, has risen sharply, according to new research from Symantec.The security vendor said it saw a 183 percent increase in DNS (Domain Name System) amplification attacks from January through August, which abuse recursive DNS resolvers.Recursive DNS resolvers look up a domain name and return an IP address, which can be called into a browser.But these types of servers return a large amount of data. Attackers abuse them by making requests but substituting the IP address of their victims.That directs a large amount of data to the victims, consuming up to 50 times more bandwidth, making it an "amplification" attack.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Industry can head off IoT privacy rules, former US official says The Internet of Things is raising a host of concerns over the control of data that could lead to government regulation, but tech companies can rein in those worries on their own if they act fast, according to a former White House technology official.The kinds of information that connected devices can collect, such as health and fitness data, are more intimate than what consumers are used to sharing on the Web, said Nicole Wong, former U.S. Deputy CTO. 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