IBM and Cisco will make Watson into a virtual workmate

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Network World Virtualization Alert Jul 04, 2016 IBM and Cisco will make Watson into a virtual workmate Watson might schedule your meetings someday if a partnership between IBM and Cisco Systems bears the fruit they're hoping to grow. In the meantime, the companies hope to save employees from some of the meaningless tasks they have to carry out just to work with their colleagues. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Apstra comes out of stealth, solves the multi-vendor SDN challenge • The case for WAN acceleration as NFV • The allure of free storage with FormationOne • Cloud computing slows energy demand, U.S. says • Firmware exploit can defeat new Windows security features on Lenovo ThinkPads • Quick look: Cisco Tetration Analytics • Is network fabric heading down the same path as 'software defined' and 'stacking'? • Y Combinator wants to build a tech city, too • Reports of Google building a phone are preposterous eBook: Sqrrl Cyber Threat Hunting eBook: What Security Execs Need To Know Cyber threat hunting is the proactive, iterative search for advanced cyber threats that have evaded your other defenses. In this ebook you will learn about threat hunting benefits, frameworks, and best practices. Read More ▶ Apstra comes out of stealth, solves the multi-vendor SDN challenge Apstra's vendor-agnostic, data center management system delivers on the vision of software-defined networking (SDN) without the associated risks. Read More ▶ The case for WAN acceleration as NFV WAN optimization might not be ideal as a service, but it is suited for network function virtualization. Read More ▶ The allure of free storage with FormationOne Virtual Storage Recapture allows enterprises to recapture unused storage in their virtualized server environments. Read More ▶ Cloud computing slows energy demand, U.S. says In recent years, power usage at data centers grew at an unsustainable rate, soaring 24% from 2005 to 2010. But a shift to virtualization, cloud computing and improved data center management is reducing energy demand. Read More ▶ Firmware exploit can defeat new Windows security features on Lenovo ThinkPads A newly released UEFI exploit for Lenovo ThinkPad laptops could disable low-level Windows security features like Secure Boot, Virtual Secure Mode and Credential Guard. Read More ▶ Quick look: Cisco Tetration Analytics The system promises to give IT managers a deeper understanding of their data center resources as well as simplify operational reliability, application migrations to SDN and the cloud as well as security montoring. Read More ▶ Is network fabric heading down the same path as 'software defined' and 'stacking'? Vendors are stretching the definition of a fabric, which has the potential to cause confusion and slow down both SDN and fabric deployments. Read More ▶ Y Combinator wants to build a tech city, too Forget wearables, virtual reality and driverless cars. The hottest new tech product is entire cities. Y Combinator is the latest to explore creating a city. Read More ▶ Reports of Google building a phone are preposterous Google's Daydream virtual reality platform and DARPA, not a phone, have everything to do with the company's future. Read More ▶ White Paper: Sqrrl Threat Hunting Platform White Paper Threat Hunting Platforms are new critical tool for Security Operations Centers. This whitepaper describes what a Threat Hunting Platform is and how it complements your existing SIEM deployment. 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 The 10 most powerful supercomputers in the world 20 highest paid tech CEOs Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. Chuck Robbins sets Cisco up to take off 2. 30 days in a terminal: Day 10 — The experiment is over 3. Microsoft ends its deceptive Windows 10 upgrades 4. Apple sued for $10 billion for 'stealing' his iPhone invention from 1992 5. Latest iPhone 7 rumor shows Apple is getting serious about storage 6. 19 free cloud storage options 7. Kaspersky: Ransomware that encrypts is booming 8. 11 ways to fight off ransomware 9. Terrorism database of 2.2 million people leaked 10. Avaya's edge network adapter is an IoT onramp

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