NSA PRISM Violates Rights, Fails to Protect Say Readers
Revelations about NSA’s PRISM program and the collection of phone records have sparked debate about data gathering and government surveillance. Network Computing’s readers weigh in.
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NSA Prism: Inside The Modern Surveillance State
Dystopia used to seem sexier. In George Orwell's 1984 , Big Brother used non-stop wars and ever-present surveillance to keep the population in check. A stray glance or thoughtcrime might send you to...
Blue Coat Acquires Security Threat Intelligence Tools
Solera deal provides security analytics and forensics capabilities; Dell unveils Citrix-friendly VDI offerings; SolarWinds NPM has new monitoring features; Marble releases mobile security service.
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Data Center Decision Time: Stay Or Go?
Bits and bytes are the basics of our business, and business is good. So much so that even the immense capacity of advanced data centers can't keep up with demand. And complexity? Off the charts. Now...
China To America: You Hack Us, Too
Numerous online attacks against China have been traced back to U.S. servers. But unlike authorities in the United States, the Chinese government chooses to not point the finger, according to the head...
IBM Targets Fortune 500 With SoftLayer Acquisition
IBM's purchase of cloud provider SoftLayer show how serious Big Blue is about beefing up its enterprise services business. The acquisition comes with important technology, new customer segments and substantial...
Cisco Announces Meraki Cloud-Managed Network Service
Cisco has introduced the Cisco Meraki Managed Services Dashboard, which lets managed service providers run their customers' WLANs and wired networks.
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Google and VMware: A Contrast in Cloud Architectures
VMware's vCloud Hybrid is built for Virtualization 1.0. Google's new Compute and App Engine enhancements target apps that are built for the cloud from the start.
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BIOS Bummer: New Malware Can Bypass BIOS Security
As more hardware vendors seek to implement the new NIST 800-155 specification that was designed to make the start-up BIOS firmware on our PCs and laptops more secure, they may need to rethink the security...
Google’s Wireless Sensors: Big Data or Big Brother?
Google demonstrated a network of wireless environmental sensors at its I/O conference last week. These sensors, combined with projects like Google Glass, expose the potential for the use and misuse of...
