There’s good news, and not-so-good news. The good news is the number of people accessing the network over broadband continues to increase. The not-so-good news is that the term “broadband” is so broad that it’s difficult to tell how good the good news really is.
The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project conducted a survey of adults in the United States to determine what percentage have made the transition from archaic dial-up Internet access to more modern broadband connections. The results are that broadband access has climbed to 70 percent, while dial-up remains steady at three percent.
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August 29, 2013 at 7:14 am The New York Times, Twitter, and other major sites were knocked offline yesterday in an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). While there is certainly a political motivation to the hacks, there is an underlying lesson that all businesses should learn.
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August 29, 2013 at 1:13 am Martin Casado, VMware’s chief architect for networking and the driving force behind its NSX technology, spoke with Network Computing about his ambitious goals to reshape how networking is done, the origins of Nicira, and why energy and chaos are good.
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August 28, 2013 at 7:12 pm Mainframes were supposed to go the way of the dinosaur, but IBM’s zBC12 seeks to capitalize on growing demand for private clouds.
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August 28, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Are wearable computing devices the new big security threat?
That’s one question lingering after Lookout Security last month detailed an insidious hack attack against Google Glass: Just by getting Glass to “see” a malicious QR code, an attacker could force a connection to a malicious Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection, then eavesdrop on all communications. Admittedly, the attack wouldn’t have triggered a countdown to global doom, but it did highlight the automated, promiscuous network-connecting habits of mobile devices, Glass included.
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August 28, 2013 at 7:16 am VMware NSX brings virtualization to the network, including switching, firewalls and more. Are enterprise networks ready?
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August 28, 2013 at 1:13 am Skyera’s newest SSD appliance skyEagle boasts up to 250TB of storage. That gives Skyera the highest-density system on the market.
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August 27, 2013 at 7:12 pm Arista announced three new applications that streamline provisioning for virtual environments, expose network performance data and simplify network device upgrades.
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August 27, 2013 at 1:14 pm
VMware’s touted software-defined data center has taken a baby step closer to reality. At an early stage of development, its log file analysis system, vCenter Log File Insight, is getting a helping hand from its older and wiser partners.
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August 27, 2013 at 1:16 am Startup Cumulus Networks makes a compelling argument for separating network software and hardware, but the case isn’t closed.
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August 26, 2013 at 7:15 pm 