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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

About Wireless/Networking: Smart, Hackable and Not Your Own

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From Bradley Mitchell, your Guide to Wireless/Networking

A new piece in The Atlantic speculates on a not-too-distant future When Everything Works Like Your Cell Phone: "When a thing connects to the Internet, three things happen: it becomes smart, it becomes hackable, and it's no longer something you own."

Introduction to the Internet of Things

Some claim the Internet of Things will completely transform how computer networks are used for the next 10 or 100 years, while others believe IoT is hype that won't much impact the daily lives of most people.

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Introduction to Wireless Smart Meters

Many utility companies around the world have been busy installing a new generation of residential devices called smart meters. These units monitor a home’s energy (or water) use and are capable of communicating with other remote devices to share data and respond to commands. Smart meters often utilize wireless communication technologies that can be integrated with home computer networks.

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Home Networking for Internet TV

While home networks traditionally have just connected PCs, an array of consumer gadgets like smartphones, game consoles, and handhelds are also now commonly networked to each other and to the Internet. Watching televised video is one of the most popular usages of these connected consumer devices.

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Ways You Can Hide Your Public IP Address

If it were possible to somehow hide your public IP address, its Internet activity would become much more difficult to trace, improving your privacy online. Although you can't completely hide your tracks, there a few techniques that can help.

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Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud

	Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd: Our IP will help us win in the cloud \| Tibco goes to private equity firm for $4.3 billion
	Network World Data Center
	Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud Cisco on Monday said it is expanding on its Intercloud multi-cloud service provider initiative with another $1 billion investment, designed to lead to more products, data centers and partners. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coresite 4 Advantages of Multi-Tenant Data Centers Increasing demands on IT are forcing organizations to rethink their data center options. For many organizations, that means turning to the flexibility afforded them by outsourced cloud solutions, which can provide exponential cost savings. Learn More >> In this Issue Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd: Our IP will help us win in the cloud Tibco goes to private equity firm for $4.3 billion New products of the week 09.29.2014 Lenovo set to complete acquisition of IBM x86 server business Windows Server 2003 End of Support Loom Chambers again dashes EMC speculation Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Upsite Don't let your cooling capacity limit your IT deployment Is lack of cooling capacity hampering your efforts to deploy more IT equipment? You may have more capacity than you think. By understanding your Cooling Capacity Factor, you can work with facilities to find more capacity and increase IT load without adding more cooling units. Learn More! Our Cooling Capacity Factor methodology is based on primary research from 45 data centers worldwide. Download our free White Paper to learn the step-by-step approach to discuss with your facilities management team. Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd: Our IP will help us win in the cloud Hurd has something to sell customers at all levels of the cloud stack Read More Tibco goes to private equity firm for $4.3 billion Middleware firm Tibco announced earlier this month it was considering financial alternatives Read More WHITE PAPER: Masergy Communications Inc. An Integrated Approach to Managed Network Security For a growing number of organizations plagued by continuing security issues, the answer to the high cost, complexity and uncertainty surrounding network security is a managed security service built on a unified, behavioral-based security architecture that is integrated, modular, and centrally managed. Learn More New products of the week 09.29.2014 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as CA and Cisco Read More Lenovo set to complete acquisition of IBM x86 server business Lenovo is paying US$2.1 billion to buy IBM's x86 server business Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Countering Threats By Modeling "Normal" Website Behavior Check out this informative technology dossier to explore the ins and outs of using big data analysis and web-user profiling to protect your company against cyber threats. Read Now Windows Server 2003 End of Support Loom IT organizations must begin putting in place their migration plans now or risk major disruptions in 2015. Read More Chambers again dashes EMC speculation Recurring rumor is the only reliable component of this deal Read More Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip Cloud-scale switches based on Broadcom Tomahawk should emerge soon from vendors Read More
	SLIDESHOWS First Look: BlackBerry Passport The Passport is uniquely focused on being a device for work first and personal stuff second - take a look at how it's turned out. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. We invite you to participate by applying to be a contributor today. MOST-READ STORIES of 2014 1. IT skills that are in demand, and those that will be 2. Sorriest technology companies of 2014 3. Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud 4. 9 things to look for in Windows 9 5. 12 tips to tune your Wi-Fi network 6. iOS 8 tips and tricks you need to know 7. Marines put Microsoft Kinect to work, but not for gaming 8. Exclusive: Inside the NSA's private cloud 9. Rackspace rebooting its cloud servers too 10. iPhone 6: The phone for people who can't do math
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Comcast's latest comments on TWC merger show near-total divorce from reality

	IDG Contributor Network: Coca-Cola piloting free Wi-Fi at vending machines \| Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort
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	Comcast's latest comments on TWC merger show near-total divorce from reality The largest broadband provider in America's attempt to merge with the second-largest is a win for consumers, and will create a vibrant marketplace with more competition, not less - according, at least, to the largest broadband provider in America. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology 3 Key Ways WAN Optimization Saves If you wanted to break down innovation into a tidy equation, it might go something like this: Technology + Connectivity = Productivity. Productivity comes in two forms: user experience and infrastructure efficiency. Read Now In this Issue IDG Contributor Network: Coca-Cola piloting free Wi-Fi at vending machines Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort IDG Contributor Network: How new radio tech will solve the upcoming spectrum crunch Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip Oracle rolls out analytics cloud services Tim Berners-Lee wants Internet Magna Carta to guarantee netizens' privacy Ray Ozzie's Talko app stores calls in cloud, lets you search them : McAfee Needle in a Datastack Report The volume of security-related data today can make identifying a threat like looking for a needle in a haystack. Yet collecting more data also plays a transformational role in information security. Organizations need to learn how to harness and sift through this wealth of information to protect themselves from the threats they face every day. Learn more >> IDG Contributor Network: Coca-Cola piloting free Wi-Fi at vending machines Coca-Cola is experimenting with point-of-sale innovations in South Africa, including knowledge enhancing and Wi-Fi at its vending machines. Read More Networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe hails Ethernet-as-a-Service effort The Metro Ethernet Forum this week announced intentions to define parameters for Ethernet network-as-a-service (NaaS), an effort Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe hailed as "a new network paradigm." Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Top 5 Truths About Big Data Hype and Security Intelligence Big Data Security Analytics (BDSA) is the subject of exuberant predictions. However, a Gartner analyst points out that no available BDSA solutions come close to these forecasts. Nevertheless, the principles of Big Data are the key to advanced security intelligence. This white paper discusses the key tenets of Big Data. Learn more >> IDG Contributor Network: How new radio tech will solve the upcoming spectrum crunch A new kind of twisted radio wave can send 10 HD movies in one second. If this and other new radio technologies work in the real world, we could solve our upcoming 5G spectrum crunch. Read More Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip Cloud-scale switches based on Broadcom Tomahawk should emerge soon from vendors Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Future-proof your mobility strategy with Dell EMM Looking for ongoing ways to securely connect your mobile team to the resources they need today and in the future? Read this new white paper to learn how Dell Enterprise Mobility Management can help your IT team adapt as devices, operating systems and work habits constantly evolve. Learn more Oracle rolls out analytics cloud services Add big data and analytics to the businesses Oracle wants to dominate in the cloud.Oracle Analytics Cloud essentially forklifts the entirety of Oracle’s on-premises analytics software to its cloud platform. It includes a subscription BI (business intelligence) service that users “of all technical skill levels” can use, along with embedded analytics, reports, alerts and dashboards for Oracle’s SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications.Oracle detailed the new offerings, based on Oracle’s flagship Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition suite, Monday at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.Another component, Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise, serves up a cloud data warehouse coupled with prebuilt analytics applications. It’s compatible with both on-premises and SaaS applications, as well as third-party products, Oracle said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Tim Berners-Lee wants Internet Magna Carta to guarantee netizens' privacy Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago, warned that governments and corporations want control of the web and are threatening the freedom of the Internet. On Saturday, at the London Web We Want festival on the future of the Internet, Berners-Lee called for a bill of rights that would guarantee netizens’ privacy and keep the web independent. He again called for a global “Magna Carta” for the Internet. He gave a TED Talk about “A Magna Carta for the web” back in March, but yesterday Berners-Lee warned that corporations, as much as governments, want to control and abuse the open Internet. The idea to crowdsource a “Magna Carta” for the web is “based on principles such as privacy, net neutrality, free expression, affordable access and open and diverse infrastructure.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Ray Ozzie's Talko app stores calls in cloud, lets you search them Ray Ozzie – the father of Lotus Notes – has launched Talko, a smartphone app that records group phone calls, stores them and makes them searchable so group members can go back and listen to key parts of the call and lets participants shoot and insert photos into the call stream in real time. The company says the target for the free app and an associated for-pay cloud-storage service is corporate work groups that want to hold team discussions and be able to go back and determine exactly what was said. + Also on Network World: New virtual assistant challenges Siri, Cortana; Oracle to release a PaaS +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
	SLIDESHOWS First Look: BlackBerry Passport The Passport is uniquely focused on being a device for work first and personal stuff second - take a look at how it's turned out. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. We invite you to participate by applying to be a contributor today. MOST-READ STORIES of 2014 1. Exclusive: Inside the NSA's private cloud 2. Why Amazon is rebooting 10% of its cloud server 3. iOS 8 tips and tricks you need to know 4. What corporate security pros should do about Shellshock/Bash bug 5. iPhone 6: The phone for people who can't do math 6. 12 tips to tune your Wi-Fi network 7. 20 cool things you can do with a Raspberry Pi 8. 9 things to look for in Windows 9 9. With new OS, Microsoft will try to put Windows 8 era behind it 10. Why Cisco lost two key officials in data center, cloud
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Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud

	Microsoft will offer locally hosted cloud services in India \| Exclusive: Inside the NSA's private cloud
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	Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud Cisco is expanding on its Intercloud multi-cloud service provider initiative with another $1 billion investment, designed to lead to more products, data centers and partners. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudLink How to Encrypt Virtual Machines running in VMware vCloud Air Are you migrating critical workloads to the cloud, but concerned about data privacy and regulatory compliance? Are you looking for a solution to encrypt your VMs in the cloud that is simple to deploy and easy to manage? Learn how CloudLink® SecureVM running on vCloud® Air™ can help you move critical workloads to the cloud with ease and confidence. Register now and join VMware® and CloudLink product experts this Thurs., Oct 2 at 1 PM EDT. For a solution primer on CloudLink for vCloud Air, visit the CloudLink SecureVM listing on the VMware solution exchange. In this Issue Microsoft will offer locally hosted cloud services in India Exclusive: Inside the NSA's private cloud Rackspace rebooting its cloud servers too Intel encourages women to pursue cloud training Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd: Our IP will help us win in the cloud CloudFlare aims to simplify SSL encryption with free service Oracle rolls out analytics cloud services IT skills that are in demand, and those that will be Bitnami: Making it easy and efficient to test server apps on your desktop and in the cloud Why Amazon is rebooting 10% of its cloud servers RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: PC Connection Need to justify a storage refresh? Get SMART, get started. Storage modernization unlocks the full potential of your data center. It increases storage capacity, boosts performance, and reduces costs per gigabyte. Click to continue Microsoft will offer locally hosted cloud services in India Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wooed India's government and banks on Tuesday with an offer to host cloud services including Azure and Office 365 in the country. The Indian government has been pushing organizations to hold data locally, and Nadella's move could help drive business for the company from federal and state government customers, as well as banks. Read More Exclusive: Inside the NSA's private cloud National Security Agency is building its private cloud on commodity hardware, opens source software. Read More Rackspace rebooting its cloud servers too Rackspace is in the process of rebooting a substantial portion of its cloud servers before Oct. 1. Read More WHITE PAPER: Unify Five Reasons to Think Again about UC If unified communications is on your mind, you're probably looking for ways to leverage your current technology investment, flexible deployment options, global support capabilities, a vendor with a clear market vision, and expert advice. Look no further. Click here to learn how Unify can address all of your UC needs. Learn More Intel encourages women to pursue cloud training Aiming to make cloud computing and DevOps training more accessible to women, Intel is sponsoring the IC3 Cloud Scholars program. Read More Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd: Our IP will help us win in the cloud Hurd has something to sell customers at all levels of the cloud stack. Read More CloudFlare aims to simplify SSL encryption with free service Having encryption is critical to advancing a more secure future of the Internet, according to CloudFlare. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Countering Threats By Modeling "Normal" Website Behavior Check out this informative technology dossier to explore the ins and outs of using big data analysis and web-user profiling to protect your company against cyber threats. Read Now Oracle rolls out analytics cloud services Its Exalytics in-memory appliance also gets an upgrade. Read More IT skills that are in demand, and those that will be IT professionals seeking certifications in the coming months may get their best return with cloud and security-related certifications. Agile-related training won't hurt, either. Read More Bitnami: Making it easy and efficient to test server apps on your desktop and in the cloud Bitnami Stacks are server-based open source applications packaged to a consistent standard with all of the app's required libraries and dependencies, optimized for performance, and kept updated to the latest stable version. You can also deploy Bitnami Stacks directly to Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure (other platforms are promised). Read More Why Amazon is rebooting 10% of its cloud servers Amazon Web Services issued a blog post on Thursday providing some more details of why the company needs to reboot some of its cloud servers in the coming days. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS First Look: BlackBerry Passport The Passport is uniquely focused on being a device for work first and personal stuff second - take a look at how it's turned out. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. We invite you to participate by applying to be a contributor today. MOST-READ STORIES of 2014 1. Exclusive: Inside the NSA's private cloud 2. Why Amazon is rebooting 10% of its cloud server 3. iOS 8 tips and tricks you need to know 4. What corporate security pros should do about Shellshock/Bash bug 5. iPhone 6: The phone for people who can't do math 6. 12 tips to tune your Wi-Fi network 7. 20 cool things you can do with a Raspberry Pi 8. 9 things to look for in Windows 9 9. With new OS, Microsoft will try to put Windows 8 era behind it 10. Why Cisco lost two key officials in data center, cloud
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