Thursday, October 31, 2013

Microsoft cybersecurity report warns users about the evils of clinging to XP

Juniper unveils new fabric switch, architecture | Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products

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Microsoft cybersecurity report warns users about the evils of clinging to XP
After analyzing online security threats encountered across the globe from January to June 2013, on more than 1 billion systems, Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report volume 15 is broken down into "in-depth perspectives" on vulnerabilities, exploits, malware, email threats, malicious websites, cloud security and best tips for mitigating risk. Read More


WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility
Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >>

WEBCAST: HP

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Juniper unveils new fabric switch, architecture
Juniper Networks this week unveiled a new top-of-rack data center access switch, as well as a new fabric architecture that features that switch along with the company's MX edge router and SRX security platforms. Read More

Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products
Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used by some of them. Read More


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Enterprise software revenue growth suggests recovery under way, IDC says
The global enterprise software market expanded by 5.5 percent year over year during the first half of 2013 to US$179 billion, a result that suggests a tentative rebound from economic turmoil in Europe, according to analyst firm IDC. Read More

Quality is eating software
By Lorinda Brandon, Quality Evangelist By now, we've all heard Marc Andreesen's statement that "Software is Eating the World," and most of us recognize that we live this every day. Our daily lives are powered by software in ways we don't even stop to think about anymore. Read More


WEBCAST: Egnyte

Consider Hybrid Approach to File-Sharing
Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now!

First look (and listen): Firefox 25
Firefox's new support for HTML5's web audio feature steals the show Read More

Web app security best practices and the people who love them
When a website is attacked, the results can be devastating to an organization -- both financially and from a brand perspective. Given modern society's ever-increasing reliance on the Web, the impact of a breach and the associated costs are going up, and fast. Adding more "robust" firewalls or allocating more budget to anti-virus protection is not the answer. It's still an important step, sure, but these controls provide nearly zero protection against today's web-based attacks. Read More

NASA: On millions of teeny-tiny copper hairs and orbital debris
Imagine 500 million short copper wires - no longer than the tip of your index finger -- floating in space creating what amounts to an antenna belt that could be used to send messages and conduct other space communications research. That would describe the 1960s era Project Space Needles or Project West Ford as it was sometimes called that NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last undertook... Read More

Cloud-based SMB network startup adds app store for services
Startup Pertino plans to flesh out its cloud-based network service with additional services such as security and deep-packet inspection, which it will sell through an online app store. Read More


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