Network specialists may get to play with lots of interesting new toys over the next few years, according to fresh research. Indeed, analysts at TechNavio believe the “global next generation network equipment market” will be worth $3.23 billion in 2014, signaling that all sorts of purchasing will take place.
Networks all over the world should now be facing less spam and a smaller threat of attack. The botnet known as Rustock has been taken down (and appears to be staying down) thanks to an investigation and series of raids orchestrated by Microsoft.
Network specialists who would prefer not to deal with or be viewed as the industry’s equivalent of used car salesmen (or at least that stereotype) might want to look at the way Juniper Networks does business. Today, the Ethisphere Institute named Juniper Networks one of the “2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies.”
There are plenty of ways to keep a network safe, and due to differences in price and scope, no solution is likely to act as a one-size-fits-all answer. Network professionals should perhaps know that the Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System was named the Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution at the 2011 SC Awards, however.
Keeping networks safe may soon become significantly easier thanks to fresh offerings from Cisco. Cisco has introduced new “context-aware” security solutions meant to keep everyone safe regardless of whether they use mobile technology, virtual working environments, or just about anything else.
While some people have trouble accepting it, it’s a simple fact that not everyone can be the best. Indeed, only one person or company can be the leader in any given field, with everything else following behind. But it is possible to learn from and/or work with the best, and in terms of IT and network services, Accent Computer Solutions recently topped one list.
I used to leech Internet access from a neighbor, but after they gave me grief about it, I set up my own wireless network and am paying for my own Internet. Good citizen, right? Problem is, every time I start up my trusty old MacBook it automatically picks my neighbor’s network and I have to explicitly switch it to use my own. Isn’t there some way to fix this annoying wifi network behavior??
When Nikki Craft woke up one morning recently and checked her websites, they were not working. In fact, all 20 of her high-traffic websites were down. After further investigation into the issue, she learned that the domain names had been suspended by the registrar due to invalid WHOIS data on the domain name WHOIS record–here web server was not down. Ms. Craft is among many domain name owners whose domain names have been suspended due to invalid WHOIS data.
Most companies devote a lot of energy towards not getting hacked, and that’s a smart thing to do. Having a backup plan – meaning an idea of how to act if hackers succeed in breaching a network – is a wise idea, too, though, and Gawker’s response to a hacking incident this weekend might represent a “teachable moment.”
The push for national broadband networks in countries around the world have reached new heights as the popularity and ubiquity of the Internet rises. Fiber optics promises to reach speeds impossible on copper lines, and many countries are proposing government subsidies to help spur the development of high-speed Internet connections to residential homes and businesses and hospitals of all sizes. Read More…