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The NSA is growing bigger and more powerful. But behind its curtains of secrecy, the secretive spying agency is relying on contractors with checkered pasts and ties to Israeli intelligence to build out and run its massive eavesdropping operations.

Infoblox has introduced a new platform to automate the previously manual process of making network changes associated with virtualization deployments. The launch of its automation offering is accompanied by the release of an Infoblox-backed industry survey that shows communication and collaboration across various IT silos, including servers, storage, networking and software, is sorely lacking.

Better network management products have always been about rapidly boiling down complex environments into words and graphics that network administrators can easily draw accurate conclusions from. Server admins and router jockeys alike know the value of good management frameworks for end-user experience measurement, and now Aternity looks to bring the same philosophy and deep views to the mobile device realm.

Warning: Hole may not be active. Enter this Blik wall decal at your own risk.

Explains how to check Unix / Linux / BSD / Apple OS X configuration file for syntax errors and/or warnings.

Carla Schroder takes a look at ClearOS 6.2, an overhaul of the ClarkConnect distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Yikes, quite a statement! For the past 6 months we’ve been travelling around conferences talking about juju and charms. We’ve had charm …

Nathan Willis takes a look at IEEE 802.15.4, a protocol for personal area networks.

T-shirt designs which are inspired and pay homage to some of the most memorable places, corporations and companies in 20th century fiction.

The expressive power of Lisp has drawbacks.

I've just begun dealing with Software Defined Networks (SDN) for my Master's thesis, and I'm experimenting on top of Floodlight, an open source OpenFlow controller from Big Switch Netwo...

German giant Deutsche Telekom has taken the cloud as its inspiration for its simplified, OpenFlow-friendly TeraStream Architecture

Read about Broadcom's latest innovations in the industrial, wireless, broadband, server/storage, networking and software marketplaces.

Dear Cisco and Juniper: Its been a good run, Cisco.  Thank you for the CCIE.  Thank you Juniper for the JNCIE.  I learned a lot about networking because of you.  But you are irrelevant now. Right now, I can buy a 64-core server with 768GB of RAM from HP for a mere $57k.  That includes […]

In my previous post, I promised to consider the topic of Ethernet Fabrics “versus” OpenFlow. See, some folks have claimed that OpenFlow and Ethernet Fabrics are both intended to solve the same problem. One category of futuristic-über-champion-from-another-planet envisions OpenFlow/SDN as fully displacing all network-based intelligence. By that perspective, OpenFlow competes with every existing network-based protocol. Sure, and maybe someday I might get you to buy an entirely different kind of bridge from me.

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Facts, Opinions, Speculation, and Thoughts on the Networking Industry. By Jason Edelman, CCIE 15394

Jason Edelman has provided a helpful overview of the software-defined networking (SDN) ecosystem and the vendors currently active within it. Like any form chart, though, it’s a snapshot in time, an…

How to hide data of any kind inside a sound.; Author: Corinna John; Updated: 9 Apr 2012; Section: Cryptography & Security; Chapter: General Programming; Updated: 9 Apr 2012

Mobile shell that supports roaming and intelligent local echo. Like SSH secure shell, but allows mobility and more responsive and robust.