IDG Contributor Network: How we got our tattered IoT insecurity blanket

In my last post—Your network, IoT, cloud computing and the future—I introduced a few trends that appear to be shaping the Internet we have today. This post is the first of two that detail my observations on the large-scale security picture on the Internet and what companies, network professionals and individuals need to take into consideration when addressing the new challenges presented by expanding trends such as the cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT).Today’s installment outlines some fundamental architectural underpinnings of the security vulnerabilities we all face. The next installment will outline some near-term suggestions for things we each might do, as well as suggest some overall architectural moves that may make things safer for all users of the InternetTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Your Docker Agenda for December 2016

Thank you Docker community for your amazing Global Mentor Week Events last month! In November, the community organized over 110 Docker Global Mentor Week events and more than 8,000 people enrolled in at least one of the courses for 1000+ course completions and counting! The five self-paced courses are now available for everyone free online. Check them out here!

As you gear up for the holidays, make sure to check out all the great events that are scheduled this month in Docker communities all over the world! From webinars to workshops, meetups to conference talks, check out our list of events that are coming up in December.

Official Docker Training Courses

View the full schedule of instructor led training courses here!

Introduction to Docker:

This is a two-day, on-site or classroom-based training course which introduces you to the Docker platform and takes you through installing, integrating, and running it in your working environment.

Dec 7-8: Introduction to Docker with AKRA Hamburg City, Germany

Docker Administration and Operations:

The Docker Administration and Operations course consists of both the Introduction to Docker course, followed by the Advanced Docker Topics course, held over four consecutive days.

Dec 5-8 Docker Administration Continue reading

Weekly Snapshot of Tier 1 carrier performance

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Building a L3-Only Data Center with Cumulus Linux

Dinesh Dutt was the guest speaker in the second Leaf-and-Spine Fabric Design session. After I explained how you can use ARP/ND information to build a layer-3-only data center fabric that still support IP address mobility Dinesh described the details of Cumulus Linux redistribute ARP functionality and demoed how it works in a live data center.

Twitter gets new product head and team from app startup Yes

Twitter has swallowed social app developer Yes and is also getting a new product head as part of the deal.Keith Coleman, formerly CEO of the Palo Alto startup, is joining Twitter as vice president of product development. “Yes! Keith and team are joining Twitter to help lead and strengthen our service!,” wrote Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a message on the social network.The post of head of product development has been vacant for some time at Twitter, which has been struggling to boost its user base and turn a profit. In the third quarter, the company posted a loss of US$103 million on revenue of $616 million. Average monthly active users grew in the quarter by 3 percent year-on-year to 317 million.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

NetSuite’s going global under Oracle’s flag

Lashed to the much bigger ship that is Oracle, cloud software provider NetSuite is setting sail for a new market near you.Until now, the 18-year-old company based in San Mateo, California, has focused on English-speaking countries and Japan. As part of Oracle, it plans to localize its products for many more countries while expanding its data-center capacity, sales operations, partner channel and other assets to reach customers in those new areas.Oracle announced plans in July to buy NetSuite for $9.3 billion, and it closed the deal on Nov. 7. On Thursday, executives laid out some of their plans following the takeover.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Juniper to Acquire Cloud Operations Startup AppFormix

It will incorporate the technology with its Contrail platform.

5G Trials and Tribulations: A Guide to Global 5G Operator Tests

Many operators conduct technology trials in hope that the results will contribute to the 5G standard.

Trend Micro Offers Deep Security Service on AWS Marketplace

This pure-play security company has been around for 28 years.

BrandPost: Find a guide to easier VPN decision-making

Deciding on a new or updated virtual private network (VPN) solution can be intimidating, but it shouldn’t be.Network demands are increasing day-by-day, and technology is evolving rapidly with the advent of software-defined networking (SDN). Businesses need fast decisions on network infrastructure, but making a bet in the midst of rapid technology advances can have a paralyzing impact.Fear of making the wrong decisionAn IDG Research Services survey conducted early in 2016 shows that enterprises are eager to modernize their networks but are constrained by financial considerations and the fear of making a wrong decision.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Juniper boosts cloud analytics, machine learning tech with AppFormix buy

Looking to bolster its cloud analytics and machine learning technologies, Juniper today announced its intention to buy startup AppFormix for an undisclosed amount.AppFormix brings streaming analytics and machine learning technologies to Juniper that are tailored for managing operations of large OpenStack and Kubernetes-based Hybrid clouds and Network Function Virtualization (NFV)/Telco clouds, wrote Ankur Singla, Juniper’s Vice President, Office of the CTO in a blog about the acquisition.+More on Network World: Juniper CEO: On the cusp of transforming economics of optical networking+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Juniper boosts cloud analytics, machine learning tech with AppFormix buy

Looking to bolster its cloud analytics and machine learning technologies, Juniper today announced its intention to buy startup AppFormix for an undisclosed amount.AppFormix brings streaming analytics and machine learning technologies to Juniper that are tailored for managing operations of large OpenStack and Kubernetes-based Hybrid clouds and Network Function Virtualization (NFV)/Telco clouds, wrote Ankur Singla, Juniper’s Vice President, Office of the CTO in a blog about the acquisition.+More on Network World: Juniper CEO: On the cusp of transforming economics of optical networking+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

All you need to know about machine learning in 12 minutes, 45 seconds

Facebook wants to grow the community of companies that understand and use artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate progress in the field. Tech leaders Facebook, Google, Microsoft and IBM believe AI is the next platform that will follow mobile. During the announcement of Google Home last October, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described the AI platform shift, paraphrasing Facebook mobile-first tagline as an AI-first world. Facebook publishes its AI and machine learning research, speaks at conferences and licenses its software under open source licenses to accelerate development and demystify AI. Today, in a blog post, Facebook released six short videos, narrated by Yann LeCun, head of Facebook's AI research group and machine learning pioneer, to introduce developers, data scientists and people interested in the most important AI topics.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Segment-routing + Opendaylight SDN + Pathman-SR + PCEP

This is a second technical post related to segment-routing, I did a basic introduction to this technology on Juniper MX here;

Segment Routing on JUNOS – The basics

For this post I’m looking at something a bit more advanced and fun – performing Segment-routing traffic-engineering using an SDN controller, in this case OpenDaylight Beryllium – an open source SDN controller with some very powerful functionality.

This post will use Cisco ASR9kV virtual routers running on a Cisco UCS chassis, mostly because Cisco currently have the leading-edge support for Segment-routing at this time, Juniper seem to be lagging behind a bit on that front!

Lets check out the topology;

It’s a pretty simple scenario – all of the routers in the topology are configured in the following way;

• XRV-1 to XRV-8; PE routers (BGP IPv4)
• XRV 2 to XRV7; P routers (ISIS-Segment-routing)
• XRV4 is an in-path RR connecting to the ODL controller

The first thing to look at here is BGP-LS “BGP Link-state” which is an extension of BGP that allows IGP information (OSPF/ISIS) to be injected into BGP, this falls conveniently into the world of centralised path computation – where we can use a controller of some sort to look at Continue reading

No courage: Microsoft still requires audio jack port in Windows phones

Apple said it took "courage" to remove the audio jack port from the iPhone 7 and replace it with wireless audio. Microsoft hasn't yet mustered the courage to cut the aging port.Microsoft has retained the headphone jack as a minimum hardware requirement for Windows 10 Mobile smartphones. The company declined to comment if it would make the headphone jack an optional port.The headphone jack port isn't a requirement for other Windows devices, including laptops, desktops, tablets, or IoT devices.Apple gave several reasons for removing the port, saying it was old technology, and it blocked the integration of newer technologies in the already compact iPhone 7.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Major cybercrime network Avalanche dismantled in global takedown

Law enforcement agencies have dismantled a major cybercriminal network responsible for malware-based attacks that have been harassing victims across the globe for years.The network, called Avalanche, operated as many as 500,000 infected computers on a daily basis and was responsible for delivering malware through phishing email attacks. Avalanche has been active since at least 2009, but on Thursday, authorities in the U.S. and Europe announced they had arrested five suspects allegedly involved with it.Avalanche has been found distributing more 20 different malware families including GozNym, a banking Trojan designed to steal user credentials, and Teslacrypt, a notorious ransomware. Europol estimated the network has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages across the world.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Major cybercrime network Avalanche dismantled in global takedown

Law enforcement agencies have dismantled a major cybercriminal network responsible for malware-based attacks that have been harassing victims across the globe for years.The network, called Avalanche, operated as many as 500,000 infected computers on a daily basis and was responsible for delivering malware through phishing email attacks. Avalanche has been active since at least 2009, but on Thursday, authorities in the U.S. and Europe announced they had arrested five suspects allegedly involved with it.Avalanche has been found distributing more 20 different malware families including GozNym, a banking Trojan designed to steal user credentials, and Teslacrypt, a notorious ransomware. Europol estimated the network has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages across the world.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Worth Reading: 4G and 5G Mobile Backhaul

The aim of LTE was to make anytime, anywhere services a reality. To achieve this, LTE increased capacity, improved coverage and provided high-speed mobile data. Demand for data has since increased beyond all expectations and today there is a tidal wave of traffic on mobile networks. This growth has been driven by the availability of rich multimedia content and consumers using their mobile devices to run multiple, always up services including streaming video, internet applications and connection to sensors in their homes and cars. This growth shows no sign of slowing down and the industry consensus forecasts that traffic on mobile networks is going to continue growing dramatically for the rest of this decade. —ECI

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Windows Phone users give Microsoft CEO an earful

After spending $7 billion for the Nokia smartphone business, Microsoft has a dying platform on its hands, and shareholders want answers from CEO Satya Nadella. Rather than push the Lumia line, Microsoft has cut back its smartphone hardware to a smaller number of devices, markets and carriers. And the company has made more of an effort to get its own apps on iOS and Android rather than its own platform. Needless to say, Microsoft shareholders wanted to know why. GeekWire reports shareholders at the annual meeting gave Nadella an earful over it. One shareholder wanted to know why the nifty Microsoft Pix app (it is very nice) is only on iPhone and Android and not on Windows Phone. The same is true for Microsoft Outlook. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Joe Belfiore returns to Microsoft to put more ads in Windows 10

Joe Belfiore, the executive previously leading the Windows Phone charge (or what there was of it), has returned to Microsoft after a year-long trip around the world. And his new mission is to put more ads in Windows 10. About a year ago, Belfiore announced he was taking a one-year sabbatical to sail around the world with his kids in a program called Semester At Sea, an educational cruise program run by the University of Virginia. The cruise went around the world, making stops at every continent except Antarctica. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here