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WatchGuard introduces next-generation firewall
WatchGuard unveiled its most powerful security appliance, the XTM 2050. This next-generation firewall (NGFW) providessecurity for large organizations and data centres that …
Majority not prepared for IPv6 transition
88% of business networks were not fully ready for a change to IPv6, with two thirds (66.1%) saying their networks are only 0-20% ready, despite the fact that the last blocks …
Internet interconnection ecosystem resilience
The Internet has so far been extremely resilient. But will this last? A systemic failure of the Internet would cause significant problems for several sectors like energy, …
Network access control system PacketFence 2.2 released
PacketFence is a free and open source network access control (NAC) system. It can be used to effectively secure networks – from small to very large heterogeneous …
Network metering and forensics tool Trisul gets new UI
Trisul is a Linux based application that passively listens to network traffic and tracks a number of traffic metrics across all layers. It correlates these traffic metrics …
Video: Inside the new Facebook data center
Facebook recently opened its new data center in Oregon and journalists were able to visit the Prineville facility. The videos below, recorded by Data Center Knowledge, take …
Secure access for any device with Cisco
Cisco introduced new security, management, and video solutions to its Borderless Networks portfolio to help information technology departments more efficiently manage the …
IPv6 for Enterprise Networks
The February news that the last batch of IPv4 addresses has been distributed has resounded across the Internet as a final wake up call. It made everybody aware of the fact …
IEEE launches 40Gb/s ethernet optical interface standard
IEEE announced the ratification of IEEE 802.3bgTM-2011, 40Gb/s Ethernet Single-mode fiber optical interface, a new standard enabling 40 Gb/s serial Ethernet interfaces to be …
Network security blunders: Tales from the field
We’ve all made one in our career, I’m talking about that blunder you thought you would be fired for. My first blunder was rebooting all the campus router pairs at …
Hacking Unified Communications security
A fundamental shift in the IT security world has taken place. It is the common thread running through these real-world case studies: 1. An enterprise telecoms manager at a …
Metrics and measurements in network and service resilience
Business and governments are all reliant on secure networks, but how do you measure the resilience of these networks? The European Network and Information Security Agency …
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