Network World WAN Alert

Jan 26, 2016

Hottest Enterprise Networking & IT Startups of 2016

Running timeline of mainly enterprise networking and computing startups that have received funding in 2016 Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	Will new accounting rule slow adoption of cloud computing?

•	Riverbed acquires Ocedo, accelerates its SD-WAN timeline

•	Despite rhetoric, DoJ, NSA still seek backdoors

•	IT salaries, job market hit a speed bump

•	First light-based chip could signal revolution for fiber networks

•	Cisco fixes critical flaws in digital encoder, unified computing manager and security appliance

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2015 Threat Report

Your data is crucial. It's impractical to completely "lock it down" and yet its open use threatens your organization's very existence. Forcepoint™ recognizes the delicate balance between security awareness and business enablement. Read More ▶

Will new accounting rule slow adoption of cloud computing?

Yes, says one buyer, who can no longer write-off upfront project fees that can run into the millions Read More ▶

Riverbed acquires Ocedo, accelerates its SD-WAN timeline

Riverbed announced this week that it has acquired german company Ocedo, a move that will help Riverbed gain momentum in the SD-WAN market. Read More ▶

Despite rhetoric, DoJ, NSA still seek backdoors

Department of Justice and NSA chiefs say they don't want backdoors to decrypt private communications, but there's no way to do that without backdoors. Read More ▶

IT salaries, job market hit a speed bump

Janco Associates survey finds a mere 1.39 percent increase in salaries and waning demand for IT professionals in the past year Read More ▶

First light-based chip could signal revolution for fiber networks

A processor that uses light to communicate with other microprocessors has been fabricated for the first time. It could be the evolution of fiber networks. Read More ▶

Cisco fixes critical flaws in digital encoder, unified computing manager and security appliance

Cisco released security updates to fix a hard-coded root password in its Modular Encoding Platform D9036 and a vulnerable CGI script in the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager and the Cisco Firepower 9000 Series appliances. Read More ▶

White Paper: Forcepoint

2016 Security Predictions

Are you prepared for security to mean "you can" as opposed to "you can't?" Cybersecurity within organizations now goes far beyond the essential everyday cost of doing business. Read More ▶

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6.	Verizon vows to build the first 5G network in the US
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9.	Unpatched TRENDnet IP cameras still provide a real-time Peeping Tom paradise
10.	Is Cisco keeping up its social responsibility efforts under new CEO Chuck Robbins?