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2003 Called, And It Doesn’t Want Its Email Security Appliances Back

Forrester IT

The FBI’s Cyber Division issued an advisory which “strongly advises” that organizations still using Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances affected by an exploit of CVE-2023-2868 remove those appliances “immediately.” This advisory builds on the vendor’s own recommendations to replace its ESG appliances.

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What is WPA3? Wi-Fi security protocol strengthens connections

Network World

The most significant additions to the new security protocol are greater protection for simple passwords, individualized encryption for personal and open networks, and even more secure encryption for enterprise networks.

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Cisco significantly bolsters security portfolio with $28B Splunk buy

Network World

Founded in 2003, Splunk’s software platform is known for its wide-reaching ability to search, monitor and analyze data from a variety of systems. Looking to significantly reinforce its security software portfolio, Cisco has struck a $28 billion cash deal to acquire enterprise and cloud protection company Splunk.

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Cisco’s acquisition history has shaped its evolution

Network World

Cisco is a dominant networking force — arguably the most dominant — but it didn’t get there alone or overnight. Other significant acquisitions by Cisco include AppDynamics in 2017 for application performance monitoring and Acacia Communications in 2021 for optical networking.

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The craziest stories of the tech sector

Network World

Network World started its Wider Net stories in 2003 in an effort to lighten up our news pages, acknowledging that there is a lot more to the world of enterprise networking and IT other than speeds and feeds of switches and routers and WAN links.

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Launching the Web 2.0 Framework - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Particls switches on the power of RSS | Main | A week of hot news on the web: Trade sales mark the boom » Launching the Web 2.0 report - You can download Chapter 2 on Web 2.0

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Extinction Timeline: what will disappear from our lives before 2050 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Below is the Extinction Timeline created jointly by What’s Next and Future Exploration Network – click on the image for the detailed timeline as a pdf (1.2MB). For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Also see Richard Watson’s blog post on the extinction timeline.

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