Amazon Is Paying You to Buy a Dash Button Today – Prime Day Deal Alert

For Prime Day only (today), Amazon has discounted its series of Dash buttons down from $4.99 to just $0.99, and will credit you $4.99 after the first time you use it. The Dash button is a simple gadget. Just hook it up to a frequently ordered product, and the next time you need to order it, just press the button. Amazon will send you a notification that the order is being processed, which gives you a chance to cancel it if needed. And Amazon will not ship again until the item has been successfully delivered regardless of how many times the button gets pushed in the meantime. To learn more about the dash button, and to take advantage of this profitable discount, visit the dash button product page on Amazon sometime today. If you're curious about other deals today, there are over 100,000 more you can explore via Amazon's Prime Day Deals page. You need to be a Prime member, but a 30 day Prime trial (available here) will work just the same, and you can cancel whenever you'd like.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Save $120 off Toshiba Chromebook – Prime Day Deal Alert

With this Prime Day deal you save $120 off the Toshiba Chromebook 2 . The Chromebook 2 offers brilliant performance for an outstanding experience on and off the web, plus entertainment-inspired features, style and awesome battery life—all so you can get things done faster, while staying entertained from anywhere.  It averages 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 550 reviewers (read reviews). Amazon indicates that its $400 list price has been reduced by $120 to just $279.99.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Amazon Prime Day Offers Huge Deals on Phones and Accessories – Prime Day Deal Alert

There are over 100,000 deals happening today on Amazon for Prime Day, so we've rounded up some of the better deals you'll find on phones, phone accessories and wearables right here in one spot. As a reminder, Prime Day is for Amazon Prime members only, but a 30 day trial (if you sign up here) will work just the same and you can cancel before you get charged.  $100 off LG G5 unlocked smartphone $150 off Nextbit unlocked smartphone Save $50 on ZTE Axon Pro 64 GB unlocked smartphone Save 36% on Spire Mindfulness and Activity Tracker for iOS $129 for Republic Wireless Moto G (3rd Gen) 8GB $39.99 for the LG Volt 2 from Virgin Mobile $79.99 for FreedomPop Supernova 4G LTE/3G Hotspot - Black with 1 GB free data Garmin GPSMAP 64s Worldwide with High-Sensitivity GPS Prime Members save 30% on BlackBerry Passport unlocked smartphones iPhone 6 Case, Spigen® Slim Armor CS With Card Holder & Advanced Shock Absorption EYN Products Battery Charger Case for iPhone 6 LifeProof FRE POWER iPhone 6 ONLY (4.7" Version) Waterproof Battery Case 21% off Huawei Nexus 6P 5.7" Android 6.0 Unlocked Smartphone, 64 GB (U. Continue reading

Prime Day Deal on Bose SoundSport and SoundTrue Headphones – Prime Day Deal Alert

Discounted by 50% as part of Prime Day, Bose Sound Sport in-ear headphones deliver deep, clear sound for the music you love, with a durable design that stands up to the rigors of your day. Exclusive TriPort technology provides crisp highs and natural-sounding lows, while acoustic ports are positioned to resist sweat and weather, and hydrophobic cloth keeps moisture out. Proprietary Stay Hear tips conform to your ears' shape, so they stay comfortably in place all day long. They even include a matching carrying case for storage and added protection. Check this deal out on Amazon now.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

VPN provider cuts of service to Russia after servers seized

Private Internet Access, a provider of virtual private network services, has shut down its Russian gateways and won’t do business in the region any longer, as it believes that some of its Russian servers were seized by the government for not following new internet surveillance rules.The provider, which holds that it does not log traffic or session data, said it had likely fallen foul of new Russian rules that require that providers must log local traffic for up to a year.“We believe that due to the enforcement regime surrounding this new law, some of our Russian Servers (RU) were recently seized by Russian Authorities, without notice or any type of due process,” the provider’s team said in a blog post Monday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

VPN provider cuts of service to Russia after servers seized

Private Internet Access, a provider of virtual private network services, has shut down its Russian gateways and won’t do business in the region any longer, as it believes that some of its Russian servers were seized by the government for not following new internet surveillance rules.The provider, which holds that it does not log traffic or session data, said it had likely fallen foul of new Russian rules that require that providers must log local traffic for up to a year.“We believe that due to the enforcement regime surrounding this new law, some of our Russian Servers (RU) were recently seized by Russian Authorities, without notice or any type of due process,” the provider’s team said in a blog post Monday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

VPN provider cuts off service to Russia after servers seized

Private Internet Access, a provider of virtual private network services, has shut down its Russian gateways and won’t do business there any longer, as it believes some of its servers were seized by the government for not following new internet surveillance rules.The company said it had likely fallen foul of new rules that require providers to log local traffic for up to a year. Private Internet Access says it does not log traffic or session data.“We believe that due to the enforcement regime surrounding this new law, some of our Russian Servers (RU) were recently seized by Russian Authorities, without notice or any type of due process,” the provider said in a blog post Monday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

BRKEWN-2019 – 7 Ways to Fail as a Wireless Expert

Presenter: Steven Heinsius, Product Manager, Enterprise Networking Group

I’m hoping the title of this session could also be “7 Ways to not be a TOTAL Wireless Noob” since that’s more my level.

The Basics

• WiFI has been a standard since 1997

Taking a 100 employee company….

• 1999: 1-2 clients on the network
• 2005: 5 or 10
• 2007: 25+ (802.11n came around)
• 2010: 150 (smartphones in the office; laptops becoming the norm in the office)
• 2013: > 200
• 2016: > 300 (3 devices per person)

In 2007-2009, networks were designed for coverage. Those networks are still around and are being asked to support (on average) 3 devices per person.

WiFi is

• Half duplex
• A shared medium (like a hub!)
• AP talks to one client at a time; airtime is time sliced amongst all clients
• AP asks a client to ack every packet (?) it sends to a client
• Acks are retransmitted if not answered which means all other clients have to remain silent (and lowers performance)

Distance vs modulation

• When a client is farther away from the AP, the modulation is stepped down to increase the likelihood that the signal will make it
• The trade off is that Continue reading

BRKARC-3300 — IOS-XE: Enabling the Digital Network Architecture

Presented by Muhammad A Imam, Sr Manager Technical Marketing Engineering

BRKNMS-2701 — How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Prime Infrastructure

Presenters:

• Lewis Hickman, Consulting Systems Engineer
• Jennifer Valentine, Systems Engineer

Ironically, Datadog Suffers a Security Breach

Just when it was bragging about its Azure integration.

BRKIOT-2109 – Connecting Oil and Gas Pipelines

Presenters:

• Rick Irons-Mclean, Oil & Gas and Energy Architecture Lead
• Jason Greengrass, IoT Solution Architect

Connected Pipelines Validated Design: coming this week! Cisco.com/go/cvd > Oil & Gas area

• This CVD was built with customer input (from around the globe) and Cisco account team input (including yours truly)
• Next iteration of the CVD will contain more security, including providing better visibility into  traffic and events in the control center network

For those that aren’t familiar with the oil/gas business, there’s three areas:

• Upstream: discovery and extraction
• Midstream: storage and transport
• Downstream: refining (turning it into product) and marketing/selling

Cisco can work and play in all three areas. Eg:

• Connected Pipeline
• Connected Refinery
• Secure Ops (managed security services from Cisco)
• Connected Oilfield

ISA95/99 (aka Perdue Model) – describes an architecture for different security zones within the industrial environment.

• Bottom is Level 0 – where the process actually happens (valves, pumps, etc)
• Top is Level 5 – the business/enterprise network

Operational principles (compare this with a typical enterprise environment and principles):

• Continuous operation: 24×7, 365 days a year
• Continuous visibility and control: operators need constant communication to the pipeline
• Safety and compliance: pipeline integrity, safety, security and reliability

With respect to 24×7 Continue reading

Cisco brings some (real) friends to the chat-bot party

The next time you chat with someone on Cisco Systems’ Spark messaging service, that someone may not be a co-worker -- or even a person. Welcome to the world of bots.On Monday at the Cisco Live conference, Cisco said it’s working with the messaging company Gupshup so more developers can bring their bots into Spark. It also introduced a partnership with Api.ai, a natural-language software company, in part to help developers build interfaces where users can just talk to bots.Bots aren’t brand-new to Spark, but Gupshup prides itself on its chat-bot development platform, which is designed to make it easy to build bots and make them available through popular communications channels. The list already includes Facebook, Skype, Twitter and Slack.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Cisco Live: Robbins Expands On DNA Strategy

Cisco Live: Cisco bolsters, integrates security products and services

At Cisco Live today the company is rolling out a set of new services and cloud-based security features that better integrate existing Cisco gear with products it acquired through acquisition. These products essentially grow the features of some existing gear and expand security coverage to devices not connected to the corporate network. +More on Network World: Cisco will need to tackle these high-tech issues in 2016+ The Cisco mantra is that there are too many point security products for businesses to effectively manage and that generate too much unanalyzed data to be used effectively. The company contends that adding one more security product can add just a small percentage of new capabilities but a vast amount of complexity and work to integrate the new product.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Cisco Live: Cisco bolsters, integrates security products and services

At Cisco Live today the company is rolling out a set of new services and cloud-based security features that better integrate existing Cisco gear with products it acquired through acquisition. These products essentially grow the features of some existing gear and expand security coverage to devices not connected to the corporate network. +More on Network World: Cisco will need to tackle these high-tech issues in 2016+ The Cisco mantra is that there are too many point security products for businesses to effectively manage and that generate too much unanalyzed data to be used effectively. The company contends that adding one more security product can add just a small percentage of new capabilities but a vast amount of complexity and work to integrate the new product.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Cisco Shows It Can Build Security Products, Too

Acquisitions are nice, but Cisco wants some home cooking, too.

Beyond games and roller coasters: Next steps for virtual reality

In our recent beginner’s guide to virtual reality, we showcased various Google Cardboard VR headsets and apps to try out on a limited budget. A lot of those apps were either gaming-based apps or ones that gave you an experience, like a virtual roller coaster ride or a view of 360-degree photos of a particular location (like New York City).If you’re not interested in those types of experiences, you might say, “Is that it?” and miss out on the next steps with VR, which could expand the use of the technology in your own life or as part of your business.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

The end of free Windows 10 upgrades may prop up PC shipments

Microsoft will end its free Windows 10 upgrade program on July 29, possibly giving an unexpected boost to PC shipments in the second half this year, according to IDC.Buyers may opt to buy a new Windows 10 PCs instead of upgrading existing PCs with a paid version of the OS. Many businesses are evaluating Windows 10 and could also upgrade.Windows 10 hasn't helped boost PC shipments so far. Instead of buying new PCs, people have been taking advantage of the free program and upgrading PCs from older Windows versions.The PC market is still in a slump, and that didn't change in the second quarter. But shipments were better than expected, and that sets the stage for a mini-recovery in the second half.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Who’s right behind Amazon in IaaS cloud revenue? Not Microsoft

Research firm IDC is out with its latest semi-annual tracking of IaaS public cloud vendors and while the top provider in this market – Amazon Web Services – will not surprise you, numbers two and three just might. IDC estimates that IBM’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud revenues are larger than those of Microsoft in this still-emerging market. +MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Gartner says cloud will be “default” software deployment option by 2020 | Top 5 Storage vendors shows massive shift to cloud +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here