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Network World Data Center Alert Feb 02, 2016 Microsoft tests underwater data center Microsoft is testing an underwater data center with an eye to reducing data latency for the many users who live close to the sea and also to enable rapid deployment of a data center in as little as 90 days. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Take Microsoft's underwater data centers with a grain of salt • 2016's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries • Cisco patches authentication, denial-of-service, NTP flaws in many products • EVP Patel leaving Cisco • Data center outages increasingly caused by DDoS • 5 tips for securing your AWS cloud • Facebook to set up second data center in Europe • Linaro provides go-to Linux-based software stack for ARM servers • VMware, Cisco SDNs Bring Home the Bacon White Paper: Panduit Corp. Capacity Management Via DCIM: Real-Time Data Center Intelligence Pays Off Panduit SmartZone data center infrastructure management solutions provide granular data center information and comprehensive capacity management capabilities in order to help you avoid stranded capacity. Read More ▶ Take Microsoft's underwater data centers with a grain of salt Microsoft is testing underwater data centers and could be in over its head. Read More ▶ 2016's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries A look back at the most memorable tech-related happenings of 1991. Read More ▶ Cisco patches authentication, denial-of-service, NTP flaws in many products Cisco Systems has released security patches for flaws affecting a wide range of products, including for a critical vulnerability in its RV220W wireless network security firewalls. Read More ▶ EVP Patel leaving Cisco 19-year vet, head of company's 26,000 engineers, leaving in second half of 2016 Read More ▶ Data center outages increasingly caused by DDoS UPS failure is still main cause of data center outages, says a report. However, cybercrime and human error is closing in on UPS's heels. DDoS-caused outages are up from 2% in 2010 to 22% now. Read More ▶ 5 tips for securing your AWS cloud Despite public cloud being as popular as ever, questions like, 'is it more secure than my data center?' still remain. Here are five tips from Amazon's own best security practices. Read More ▶ Facebook to set up second data center in Europe Facebook is setting up a data center in Clonee, Ireland, which will be its sixth in the world and its second outside the U.S. Read More ▶ Linaro provides go-to Linux-based software stack for ARM servers Linaro is pushing a new open-source Software Reference Platform that will provide easy access to firmware and common software tools for easy integration of ARM servers in data centers. Read More ▶ VMware, Cisco SDNs Bring Home the Bacon Both play key roles in food processor SugarCreek's data centers Read More ▶ Case Study: Panduit Corp. CyrusOne Case Study Learn how Panduit SmartZone DCIM Solutions helped CyrusOne increase operational efficiencies and save energy by implementing an automated monitoring system at their Austin, TX Data Center II site. 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 26 of the craziest and scariest things the TSA has found on travelers 15 big data and analytics companies to watch Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. EVP Patel leaving Cisco 2. 19 free cloud storage options 3. An interactive graphical history of large data breaches 4. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 5. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 6. VMware, Cisco SDNs Bring Home the Bacon 7. Forget Super Bowl 50: Let's crown the cabling Installer of the Year! 8. Despite layoffs, VMware has a big bet on this one cloud innovation 9. US lab develops gigantic turbine blades to capture vast wind energy 10. U.S. carriers stay tight-lipped on LTE-U deployments

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