New York gets smarter, one tech trial at a time

Smart city technology beta projects and pilot programs are gaining ground in New York City. Walk around the Big Apple, as Computerworld did recently, and you encounter everything from free public Wi-Fi to smart park benches and even sophisticated listening devices that can detect gunshots to allow a quick police response.Much of this wide-ranging tech focus goes back to 2014 when Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed the city's first Chief Technology Officer. He picked private sector tech veteran Minerva Tantoco for the role. During her tenure, she made a practice of pushing for small tech trials that could be modified and adjusted before being expanded.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

How to close up the holes in your network

The cloud is now a mainstream IT platform. Through its unlimited economies of scale and its ability to deliver IT resources dynamically whenever users need them, the cloud’s popularity permeates through businesses of all sizes and industries.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

How to close up the holes in your network

The cloud is now a mainstream IT platform. Through its unlimited economies of scale and its ability to deliver IT resources dynamically whenever users need them, the cloud’s popularity permeates through businesses of all sizes and industries.While they enjoy cloud benefits, many in IT still feel challenged to fully secure the new platform. There might be one or more cloud services linking to your corporate and partner network, all being accessed by both mobile and traditional users. How can you enforce internal policies and industry compliance mandates when there’s no longer an identifiable network perimeter?Ganesh Kirti, CTO and co-founder of Palerra, shows a few related issues worrying chief information security officers (CISO) when it comes to securing the cloud:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors: No performance gains

Intel recently released its newest generation of processors, the "Kaby Lake" generation, and performance tests are coming up wanting. It seems there is little to no gain at all from Kaby Lake over the prior generation, known as Skylake. I first heard of this a month ago, when the Chinese hobbyist site Expreview published a series of tests of Kaby Lake vs. Skylake. Kaby Lake runs at a higher clock speed than Skylake, but in one test they altered the clock so the two CPUs both ran at the same clock speed. At their stock settings, the Core i7-7700K (Kaby Lake) is up to 7.40 percent faster on average in single-threaded and up to 8.88 percent faster on average in multi-threaded performance compared to the Core i7-6700K (Skylake) when run at the stock settings. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

10 ways to put your old Android phone or tablet to use

Give your old phone or tablet a new lease on lifeImage by Derek WalterSo, you have a new phone that doesn’t leave your side. Sure, you can get rid of the old one through a resale site or donation, but there is another option: give it a second life with a different purpose.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

10 cool creative tech treasures at CES 2017

Creative inspirationImage by CESCES is always heaven on earth for the gadget obsessed. While glitzy car tech, virtual reality, home automation, and wearables tend to dominate the headlines, consumer tech companies didn’t forget about visually-oriented parents and teachers, students and photographers, and the artistically-inclined among us seeking that hidden gem that solves problems and boosts creativity. Here are some of the cool visual treasures launched at CES 2017, which promise to be available sometime this year.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

VMware NSX News You Can Use – January 9, 2017

Happy New Year everyone. Here’s the first NSX News You Can Use of 2017.

  • In his round-up of the “10 Coolest Software-Defined Networking Technologies of 2016,” CRN’s Mark Haranas features NSX, referring to the technology as popular because of its hardware agnosticism and strong security use case through micro-segmentation.
  • TechTarget Contributor Brian Kirsch details the newly launched vExpert NSX program. He notes the program builds on the success of ourthe vExpert loyalty program, and that the program could stimulate customer interest in VMware’s networking and security offering.
  • In an interview conducted last year with Fr. Robert Ballecer of TWiT’s This Week in Enterprise Tech program, Guido Appenzeller about how VMware “took the art of virtualization and turned it into something that is commonplace” through NSX.

Top VMware NSX News

New products of the week 1.9.17

New products of the weekImage by invrisionOur roundup of intriguing new products. Read how to submit an entry to Network World's products of the week slideshow.Comodo Internet Security 10Image by ComodoTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

New products of the week 1.9.17

New products of the weekImage by invrisionOur roundup of intriguing new products. Read how to submit an entry to Network World's products of the week slideshow.Comodo Internet Security 10Image by ComodoTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Windows 10 tips and tricks for Wi-Fi and networking

There have been many changes in Windows 10, especially since the first anniversary update last August, officially called version 1607. Here are some of the most important changes related to the Wi-Fi and networking aspects of Windows 10, along with some tips and tricks on using the new and improved features and navigating the revamped GUI.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

Promoting cloud in a risk-averse organization

Our organization, like most large public bodies, is locked into formal bureaucratic procedures and, by general standards, is highly risk-averse. In addition, like other organizations of the United Nations System, it has a unique attribute which makes moving to the cloud a much greater leap than for most other organizations: UN System organizations enjoy a special status.

In the aftermath of World War II, countries negotiating the Charter for the future United Nations agreed the organization should be in a position to function without interference from any single Member State. For this reason, a regime of privileges and immunities was developed. It is this special legal regime that ensures UN organizations are immune from the jurisdiction of national courts, that their premises cannot be entered by national enforcement agencies without their consent, and that their archives – including their data – cannot be accessed without their agreement.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Promoting cloud in a risk-averse organization

Our organization, like most large public bodies, is locked into formal bureaucratic procedures and, by general standards, is highly risk-averse. In addition, like other organizations of the United Nations System, it has a unique attribute which makes moving to the cloud a much greater leap than for most other organizations: UN System organizations enjoy a special status.In the aftermath of World War II, countries negotiating the Charter for the future United Nations agreed the organization should be in a position to function without interference from any single Member State. For this reason, a regime of privileges and immunities was developed. It is this special legal regime that ensures UN organizations are immune from the jurisdiction of national courts, that their premises cannot be entered by national enforcement agencies without their consent, and that their archives – including their data – cannot be accessed without their agreement.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

2017’s 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries

Early 90s notablesImage by Nintendo, Pan Books, Michael Hughes, Paramount PicturesA big year for technology – and technology-related events – 1992 saw the release of Linux under GNU, the sending of the first SMS message, IBM trotting out the ThinkPad and Simon, which was the first mobile phone to include PDA features (smartphone). The year also saw the launch of iconic videogame franchises Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat. And, perhaps worst of all, Microsoft unleashed upon the world the scourge that is PowerPoint. For previous versions of this series, please see: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

2017’s 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries

Early 90s notablesImage by Nintendo, Pan Books, Michael Hughes, Paramount PicturesA big year for technology – and technology-related events – 1992 saw the release of Linux under GNU, the sending of the first SMS message, IBM trotting out the ThinkPad and Simon, which was the first mobile phone to include PDA features (smartphone). The year also saw the launch of iconic videogame franchises Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat. And, perhaps worst of all, Microsoft unleashed upon the world the scourge that is PowerPoint. For previous versions of this series, please see: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Plans for 2017

With January 6th the Christmas/New Year holidays are over even for most European countries, so it’s time to restart my blog and set some goals for 2017.

Webinars

2015 was year of SDN, 2016 was year of network automation, and 2017 is shaping up to be the year of the cloud.

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Aerohive’s Private Pre-Shared Key Technology

ppsk-aerohiveA fairly common question I get asked when talking to people about Aerohive Networks is “what makes us different?” In other words, why should they choose Aerohive to replace their existing wireless vendor? It is a fair question. After all, plenty of vendors sell APs that can serve the most basic wireless needs. All of the vendors I compete with do a lot of the same things when it comes to general wireless.

One of the things I like to talk to potential customers about is Aerohive’s Private Pre-Shared Key(PPSK) technology. For some organizations, PPSK is not something they are interested in. Maybe they already have a pretty solid 802.1X implementation and don’t have a need for WPA2 Personal(pre-shared key) security on their wireless network. That’s perfectly fine in my book. I have other things I can always talk about with regard to an Aerohive solution. For quite a few organizations though, they see the advantage of PPSK over standard pre-shared key implementations and jump right in to using it. I wanted to briefly discuss what PPSK is and how it can be utilized with an Aerohive solution. No configuration screenshots or long demonstration videos. Just a basic Continue reading

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