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- What is NAC?
- Internal threats to a network are even more prevalent than external ones. Simon Khalaf of Vernier Networks explains how the five phases of NAC, or Network Access Control, can prevent such attacks.
- Tags: Network, Vernier Networks, NAC, Networking
- Whiteboards 2006-12-19
- Best Practices for Enterprise Network Security
- Enterprises continue to invest heavily in perimeter security. Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Servers IDS, Intrusion Prevention Servers IPS, Virtual Private Networks VPNs, and other security products continue to be widely deployed. But even as perimeter defenses become more sophisticated, network security becomes more problematic, as users adopt new applications, communications channels,...
- Tags: Enterprise Network, Best Practice, Vernier Networks, Security
- White papers 2006-04-19
- Vernier Networks Case Study: Grant Macewan College
- Grant MacEwan College is Alberta's largest and fastest-growing college, serving over 40,000 full- and part-time students. To ensure they stay ahead of the constant threats to their network while continuing to offer students and faculty unlimited availability of their academic network, ITS required innovative technology solutions to authenticate users, and...
- Tags: Network, Vernier Networks, Grant MacEwan College, Networking
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- Vernier Networks Case Study: Texas A&M University - Kingsville, TX
- Founded in 1925, Texas A&M University-Kingsville TAMUK grew out of the teacher college or "Normal school" movement that swept Texas and the nation in the early 1900s, and is the oldest continuously operating public. Providing one of the best eLearning facilities in the region, the University network required unsurpassed wired,...
- Tags: Texas A&M University, Vernier Networks, Remote Access, Intrusion Prevention, E-learning, Telecommunications, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Vernier Networks Case Study: Cazenovia College
- Founded in 1824, Cazenovia College is a small, independent baccalaureate college devoted to developing educated, involved, and productive citizens through a range of professionally oriented programs. Cazenovia College needed a security solution that would give the students and faculty the convenient network access and reliable service they expect, while providing...
- Tags: Network, Vernier Networks, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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- Cisco's Chambers sees collaboration fueling productivity gains; Web 2.0 as new enterprise engine?
- Cisco CEO John Chambers said Tuesday that there will be an "instant replay" in technology-led productivity gains in the current downturn just like the U.S. saw in the mid-1990s. The difference this time around: In the mid-90s those productivity gains were based on big enterprise resource planning...
- Tags: John Chambers, Web, Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Facebook: Is there a Moore's Law for sharing?
- Love it or hate it, that new look to Facebook - the one that everyone has been up in arms over - stems from our increasingly comfortable attitude about sharing tidbits of information about our personal lives. Admit it. The old site was getting cluttered with all of those shared...
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge
- Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet, according to a new report from Forrester. Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet. According to a new...
- Tags: Software, Web, CIO, Tool, Web 2.0, Productivity, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Management, Forrester, budget, Jo Best, Silicon.com
- News items 2008-10-13
- FCC: Free wireless spectrum won't harm T-Mobile
- Back in May, the FCC was to vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to...
- Tags: FCC, T-Mobile, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Response to financial crisis may mean more IT work ahead
- Governments all across the world are responding to the current financial crisis with a range of nationalization initiatives, and increased support of various parts of the financial services industry through guarantees and pumping in increased liquidity. You know what it means when there's more government involvement with...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Industry, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Management, Government, Finance, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Wireless soil sensors to help farmers
- A research team at Iowa State University ISU is developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming while minimizing environmental impacts. ISU says that 'the prototype sensors are designed to collect and send data about soil moisture -- and eventually soil temperature and nutrient content -- while working completely underground.' According...
- Tags: Iowa State University, Sensor, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for now.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's more focused on growing the social networking site than he is in finding a way to monetize it - at least for now. In a Q&A interview with German blog Netzökonom, Zuckerberg has basically given himself and the company three years to come up...
- Tags: Revenue, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Laptops with mobile WiMax now available
- Laptops with mobile WiMax now availableWimax,wireless,mobile,This Wimax thing is getting interesting,Devices are rolling out,Networks are being built,And consumers don't know how much this will benefit the way they play.WOW World of wimax.RE: Laptops with mobile WiMax now availableWOW,World of wimax,IT just keeps getting better. Keep up the good work manufacturing...
- Tags: Notebooks, mobile-WiMax, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.Great NewsI've been reading a of articles about wimax and the buzz is all the same...excitement. This is evidence enough for me that it's time to buy a new laptop :)No information?Coverage where? Fixed or Mobile? Reception distance?ANSWERS:Coverage...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- DriverScanner 2009 (exe)
- DriverScanner is a simple and reliable tool with which to update system drivers, releasing improved functionality and increasing operability with networks and hardware. It identifies drivers to be updated and delivers the tools to download and install those drivers. It also allows you to backup your drivers so that if...
- Tags: Driver, Uniblue Systems, DriverScanner, Productivity, Backups
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.
- Finally! WiMax is officially here. I know this because executives pulled out the big scissors - in this case, hedge clippers - to the cut the symbolic copper wire instead of a ribbon to signify the end of the wired Internet. Whenever there's a ribbon cutting, you know its official....
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Feds try to tackle data sprawl
- With the federal government holding data in over 3,000 different programs and databases, how can they get a grip on sprawling duplication and out-of-date data? At a conference hosted by the Information Technology Association of America, the Office of Science and Technology Policy outlined a vision to tackle the problem,...
- Tags: Data, Executive Branch, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Digital Web Business News: Weekly Report - Oct. 8, 2008
- There are an incredible amount of startups and established companies who are releasing tools and practices for digital Web strategies for businesses on a weekly basis. Since I cannot cover them all I have set out to prepare a weekly snapshot of digital Web news that impacts businesses of all...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, News, Brainshark, LotusJump, Search, Marketing Research, Ruby On Rails, Open Source, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Smart grid tech player Silver Spring receives a cool $75M
- Despite the ongoing financial meltdown, people still are throwing money around for greentech/cleantech companies. For now, at least. Silver Spring Networks, which develops Smart Grid technology, said it has received an additional $75 million in funding intended for global expansion. The investment round was led by Kleiner...
- Tags: Financial, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Investment, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Financing Startups, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
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