Spurred by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which outlined a set of standards and guidelines for the protection and transmission of individual health information, as well as the subsequent amendment...
The landscape in higher education continues to change. In September, the U.S. Census Bureau released statistics showing that college enrollment declined for the first time in six years in the fall of 2012. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/2...
On a typical day, we hold in our hands a portal to our civilization's entire trove of information and entertainment - and a window into our finances, our health, and the lives of our friends. Not to mention, the ability to make a ...
Solid State Drives (SSD) 101 In part one of this series we covered the internals of HDDs and some basic techniques manufacturers use to increase performance. In part two we are going into a deep dive of Solid State Drives (SSD), h...
Solid State Drives (SSD) 101 In part one of this series we covered the internals of HDDs and some basic techniques manufacturers use to increase performance. In part two we are going into a deep dive of Solid State Drives (SSD), h...
Last week I spent some time at the "Software Defined Networking 2014" conference in London. It's a relatively small conference I would say however given the growing interest in SDN and rapid progress of the technology it's a...
Storage 101 Less than a year ago, October 29th 2013, Cisco acquired Whiptail {http://newsroom.cisco.com/release/1279074}, a high performance scalable solid-state memory system. Shortly after its acquisition, the product lines were...
Last Saturday, I spent a few hours scouring department stores for "that just right pair of black flat shoes" needed for an upcoming networking event. On the third stop, there was a large sign reading "Buy One -Get One Half O...
The integrated infrastructure segment continues to be one of the fastest growing IT markets. We recently highlighted that Cisco was the leader in the integrated infrastructure market with industry leading integrated systems built ...
It's an exciting year for Scotland, with several very high profile events happening. On our doorstep in July is the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games -what we call "Glasgow 2014" - which, after the Olympics and World (soccer) C...
Content protection technology used to be selected by the video service provider, and was typically based on a controlled proprietary solution. That is no longer the case. Consumers today enjoy all kinds of content on a myriad of d...
The fundamental security problem that many defenders face is securing their environment in a world of continuous change. IT environments change. Threats change. But today's threat detection technology doesn't change. It's stuck in...