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Network World Net Optimization Alert Jan 28, 2016 VMware, Cisco SDNs bring home the bacon Both play key roles in food processor SugarCreek's data centers Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Security startup wages continuous war games against networks • Look out, Cisco: Major telcos join Facebook's open hardware push • Comcast rolls out Wi-Fi management toolset • Less porn-surfing corporate bosses, more execs taking phishing bait to infect networks • Despite layoffs, VMware has a big bet on this one cloud innovation • Want to be the first to have 5G? Better move to Stockholm • Network outage or not, Microsoft's Surface tablet took a loss on Patriots sideline • The real reason Microsoft open sourced .NET • AI is coming to factories as IBM works with IoT startup Wi-Next White Paper: Cohesity 451 Research: With $70m in VC, Cohesity Plans to Upend Data Protection...and More Cohesity Has a Strong Engineering Pedigree, Plenty of VC Backing, and a Vision That Goes Well Beyond Data Protection. Read More ▶ Security startup wages continuous war games against networks Startup SafeBreach automatically assesses corporate networks to find out whether they offer up enough security loopholes for real-world attacks to succeed. Read More ▶ Look out, Cisco: Major telcos join Facebook's open hardware push Big telcos including Verizon and AT&T have joined a Facebook-led project to build low-cost computing hardware, posing a fresh challenge for network vendors like Cisco and Juniper. Read More ▶ Comcast rolls out Wi-Fi management toolset Comcast's new WiFi Pro service, the company announced today, attempts to build advanced network monitoring and management features into a product designed for small business and branch office use. Read More ▶ Less porn-surfing corporate bosses, more execs taking phishing bait to infect networks Malware analysts in the U.S. say there are less infections caused by porn-surfing bosses than two years ago, but more executives clicking on phishing links and infecting networks. 62% "personally guarantee" the safety of their company's customer data. Read More ▶ Despite layoffs, VMware has a big bet on this one cloud innovation VMware is in the midst of turbulent times: It announced 800 layoffs this week and the departure of its CFO; the merger of its parent company EMC with Dell is hanging over its head; its vCloud Air public cloud has had fits and starts. But CEO Pat Gelsinger is banking on this one network virtualization feature to help turn the company's fortunes around. Read More ▶ Want to be the first to have 5G? Better move to Stockholm Ericsson and Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera announced they will roll out the world's first 5G networks in Stockholm, Sweden, and Tallinn, Estonia. Read More ▶ Network outage or not, Microsoft's Surface tablet took a loss on Patriots sideline At the AFC Championship game between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, CBS sports publicly announced that Microsoft's Surface tablets stopped working briefly. Although Microsoft claims it was due to an issue with the network, its tablet will still take the blame. Read More ▶ The real reason Microsoft open sourced .NET DevOps, microservices, and the shift to containers and lightweight computing environments explain a lot about Microsoft's position on .NET, open source and Nano Server. Read More ▶ AI is coming to factories as IBM works with IoT startup Wi-Next Internet of Things startup Wi-Next will add IBM analytics to its systems for industrial quality control and predictive maintenance. Read More ▶ White Paper: Cohesity Cohesity: Bringing Order to Data Chaos Cohesity is the Only Comprehensive Solution for Secondary Data Management on the Market. 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 9 Linux distros to watch in 2016 15 big data and analytics companies to watch Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. 2016's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries 2. Despite layoffs, VMware has a big bet on this one cloud innovation 3. Don't apologize for keeping your landline 4. Look out, Cisco: Major telcos join Facebook's open hardware push 5. 19 free cloud storage options 6. VMware, Cisco SDNs bring home the bacon 7. Say hello to The Matrix: DARPA looks to link brains and computers 8. All your old-tech passwords belong to us, for just $17 9. Forget Super Bowl 50: Let's crown the cabling Installer of the Year! 10. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac

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