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As we close out the year and look at some of the, shall we say more interesting, stories of the year we find quite tech collection. Everything from NASA’s poop challenge and the most significant advances in Ethernet’s illustrious history to the rise of robot doctor overlords. Take a look at 30 of the years weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories. Read More ▶ |
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| White Paper: Fortinet, Inc. The volume of threats is increasing, and cybercriminals are enhancing their techniques every day. Companies struggle to proactively see the threats that are coming, knowing when they have been breached and reacting quickly to minimize the threat. Download this whitepaper to learn about 12 different advanced malware techniques being used today and how sandboxing is an incredible tool that can help. Read More ▶ | Interesting posts this week from a few Cisco executives taking a look forward into what should be a very interesting networking world in 2017. +More on Network World: 5 enterprise technologies that will shake things up in 2017+ First up was Cisco’s Jeff Reed, Senior Vice President Enterprise Infrastructure and Solutions Group who had a blog on the top 10 list for future 2017 network trends. Read More ▶ |
| CEO Jerry Kennelly details beyond-WAN-optimization strategy that broadens Riverbed’s assault on top network rivals. Read More ▶ |
| | Diverse applications in new and traditional industry verticals expand the Ethernet family Read More ▶ |
| Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov – one year after taking over from long-time leader Mark Templeton – is working to show how all the company’s pieces play together in making Citrix the focal point of the ‘workspace of the future’ for nimble enterprises. Read More ▶ |
| Google, Microsoft, HP, T-Mobile, Facebook and pretty much every other big name in tech was forced to issue a public apology or more during the year, as public relations pros earned their money (or not) to salvage their employer or client’s reputation – for the time being. Read More ▶ |
| Nmap 7.40 has new scripts that give IT administrators improved network mapping and port scanning capabilities Read More ▶ |
| So what technologies are going to change this scenario back in favor of IT? The new security AAA: Automation, analytics and artificial intelligence say proponents. When it comes to automation, security platforms will devise and execute controls based on newly detected threats and do it without human intervention. That reduces the time between a compromise and the time the threat is neutralized – reducing the time window when attackers can do damage. Read More ▶ |
| White Paper: Fortinet, Inc. With the rise of BYOD, cloud-based services, and IoT, network boundaries are expanding and becoming increasingly difficult to secure. The enterprise perimeter is often penetrated and once inside, malware can move through the network, launching a devastating attack. In this research note by Gartner, learn how to implement better network segmentation to reduce or eliminate threats from spreading throughout your network. Read More ▶ | 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 ▶ | SLIDESHOWS 2016: The year of tech products nobody wanted Read More ▶ | Most-Read Stories |
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