Network World Network Architecture Alert |
| |
|
| Gartner wrote that according to a worldwide search on analytics vendor Aulive, nearly 17,000 patents applied for in 2015 mentioned "algorithm" in the title or description, versus 570 in 2000. Including those mentioning "algorithm" anywhere in the document, there were more than 100,000 applications last year versus 28,000 five years ago. At this pace, and considering the rising interest in protecting algorithmic intellectual property, by 2020 there could be nearly half a million patent applications mentioning "algorithm," and more than 25,000 patent applications for algorithms themselves, Read More ▶ |
|
| | | Video/Webcast: GE Power Utility companies are the targets of cyber attacks, with several newsworthy events taking place globally in the past several months. Hear GE CSO Russ Dietz and GE Power CIO Clay Johnson describe how to effectively secure your plant and the key steps needed to reduce business risk. Read More ▶ | | It not often enterprises get direct evidence of a shadow IT operation but a recent audit of NASA’s IT realm came up with 28 unsanctioned cloud services operating in its environment. NASA’s own CIO office found eight such services while the NASA Office of Inspector General discovered another 20, as part of an overall cloud security audit done by the NASA OIG. Read More ▶ |
| | One of the trickiest parts of proving the value of emerging smart city technology is showing how city residents could benefit from data being picked up by sensors located on light poles and along streets. Read More ▶ |
| | | | Founder and current CTO of Juniper Pradeep Sindhu says he will reduce his role at the company to focus on developing technology for a startup he co-founded in 2015 called Fungible. Read More ▶ |
| | How to make sure Software Defined WANs are right for your business Read More ▶ |
| | IBM and Ericsson said the end result of a two-year collaboration is a silicon-based 5G millimeterWave (mmWave) phased array circuit that can operate at 28GHz and offer very high data rates for Internet of Things, virtual reality and connected vehicle applications. Per IBM, the 28GHz module consists of four monolithic integrated circuits and 64 dual-polarized antennas, measures approximately 2.8” by 2.8”, or about half the size of a typical smartphone. Read More ▶ |
| | Cisco this week issued a notice that faulty clock timing chips in some of its switches, routers and security appliances could fail after about 18 month of service – causing those devices to crash and not recover. Read More ▶ |
| | With the annual RSA security conference just around the corner, we decided to touch base with the 10 companies selected as finalists in last year’s Innovation Sandbox competition and see how they’re making out. Read More ▶ |
| | Cisco Systems' General Counsel, explaining Friday's blockbuster patent and copyright infringement lawsuits against switching rival Arista Networks, emphasized that "I can count on one hand the number of times we’ve initiated suit against a competitor, supplier or customer." Mark Chandler might be right, but he's probably pretty close to having to resort to his second hand. And when Cisco does sue, it makes a splash. Remember when the company sued Apple seven years ago over the name of a forgettable little device dubbed iPhone? Read More ▶ |
| | Ants chew through fiber optic cable and knock out Verizon FiOS service to editor's home. The same thing happened five years ago. Read More ▶ |
| | eBook: Fujitsu America Data center infrastructure complexity must be tamed, as mobility, cloud networking and social media demand fast and agile approaches to data delivery. You can overcome these obstacles and improve your data center operations by consolidating your systems and deploying virtualization, using the Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX vShape reference architecture. Get the e-Book. Read More ▶ | Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World’s LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity).
Network World on Facebook ▶
Network World on LinkedIn ▶ | | SLIDESHOWS 25 Valentine's Day gifts inspired by tech, science and math Read More ▶ | Most-Read Stories |
|
|
|
|
|
