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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO Business Intelligence

But for Koch Industries, a $115 billion global conglomerate that has acquired five companies in two years, including Infor for $13 billion in 2020, connecting those acquisitions’ networks to its own sprawling network has been a challenge of another magnitude. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

Network World

The workgroup will adapt SONiC to edge LANs, integrating specialized protocols including Power Over Ethernet (PoE), Spanning Tree, and 802.1x, which are essential for enhancing connectivity and network efficiency at the enterprise edge. SONiC lets us do that on a global scale.”

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Razer’s Tomahawk modular gaming PC is finally a real product

The Verge

The Tomahawk is the final version of what we saw at CES 2020 back in January. Razer says the small size is designed for bringing to tournaments and LAN parties or just freeing up desk space. The 210mm x 365mm x 150mm metal chassis is 10L in capacity, comes with a 750W PSU, and uses active cooling. There are 4 USB-A 3.2

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New opportunities as homes become smart lifespaces

TM Forum

In 2020 the Future of Work changed irrevocably when millions of people adopted homeworking to keep the global economy operating. According to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, in mid-2020 42% of the US workforce was working from home full time, 33% were not working and 26% of key workers continued to work on business premises.

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Watch the 24 biggest trailers from the PS5 event

The Verge

Lorne Lanning introduced a new entry in the quirky, long-running Oddworld series called Oddworld Soulstorm. Godfall , Gearbox’s third-person slasher, is coming in holiday 2020. The look hasn’t changed much since we last saw it, so that might be a good sign that it’ll meet its holiday 2020 launch window. It’s coming in 2021.

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Overwatch League cancels its in-person playoff events

The Verge

Regular season play and the playoffs were sequestered within the regions , with each sending their top team to Korea to play in an online broadcast LAN grand final. Last season, the League split into two regions: North America and Asia Pacific, or APAC.

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Zero Trust Model: How It Looks to the NSA

SecureWorld News

Throughout 2020, we saw cybersecurity professionals change and adapt to the current situation to appropriately address many emerging cyber threats. The IT landscape is constantly evolving. But as cyber professionals change their tactics and strategy, cyber criminals change theirs. Second, secure all paths to access them.".