NSA’s weird alphabet soup of code names for secret spy programs, hacker tools

Extreme starts anew after Enterasys buy Microsoft to finally euthanize Windows RT Network World Daily News PM November 26, 2013 Share this email NSA's weird alphabet soup of code names for secret spy programs, hacker tools Documents leaked by Edward Snowden to the media have revealed the sometimes strange code names. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Extreme starts anew after Enterasys buy 2. Microsoft to finally euthanize Windows RT 3. Apple teases Black Friday deals on iPads, iPhones, Macs 4. 11 tech products we couldn't live without 5. HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says 6. How Lenovo Plans to Crack the Server Market 7. VMware adds more scale to Virtual SAN beta 8. Thanksgiving special: 8 tech developments to be sorta kinda thankful for 9. Commercializing open source software via Shareware 10. 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Click Here>> Learn More>> 11 tech products we couldn't live without READ MORE HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says Enterprises are expected to significantly ramp up their pursuit of internal private clouds within the next year and HP, Cisco and Microsoft have the strongest product offerings for those deployments, according to a new Wave report by research firm Forrester. READ MORE How Lenovo Plans to Crack the Server Market Known for its ThinkPad laptops, Lenovo is trying to find its way into the data center, despite the dominance of the Big 3: IBM, HP and Dell READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Fortinet High Performance Data Center Firewall Survey With Data Centers consolidating and virtualizing, the core infrastructure is upgrading to 10G, 40G and even 100G. The Firewall must keep pace with these changes otherwise it becomes a bottleneck. Does your Firewall have the horsepower to keep up? View now >> VMware adds more scale to Virtual SAN beta VMware has posted a new beta release of Virtual SAN (VSAN) that lets enterprises add more storage capacity and management features. READ MORE Thanksgiving special: 8 tech developments to be sorta kinda thankful for As Thanksgiving approaches, it's always useful to spend a few minutes appreciating some of the good stuff in the world of networking and beyond. But we don't want to be too, too Pollyanna-ish, do we? So here are a handful of things that we can all be thankful for, as long as we don't look too carefully. 1. Windows RT is going away READ MORE Commercializing open source software via Shareware Many software developers, like myself, have a difficult time finding the right balance between respecting the rights of the users of their software (such as releasing the source code under a license like the GPL) and earning a living developing that software. 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