Next-gen firewalls impress PART TWO
Interop to put SdN under the spotlight
BlACKBErry BACK?
IT shops sifting RIM’s bold
promises and plans. Page 22.
Check Point,
SonicWall
Fortinet lead
the way in four-product test of
next-generation
features.
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42
by braNdoN bUTLer
THE POTENTIAL game-changing technology that surrounds software-defined
networking (SDN) will be center stage at
Interop next week with high-profile product introductions, technology demos and
information sessions all set to roll.
While mobility, cloud computing, se-
curity and business collaboration tools
are expected to be introduced at the show
in Las Vegas, which will see an esti-
mated 13,000 attendees and 350 exhibi-
tors, SDN will be showcased as multiple
participants. Data center switch vendor
Arista Networks, for example, will dem-
onstrate how to build a software-defined
cloud network using its switches and
controllers from partners VMware, Big
Switch and Nebula. Page 10.
COOLTOOLS
The My PassPort
portable hard
drive has tons of
capacity.
Page 40.
Hottest IT skill? Cybersecurity
by CaroLyN dUffy MarsaN
EMBATTLED BY hactivists, cybercriminals and foreign rivals seeking to steal
proprietary information, U.S. corporations are ramping up their hiring of cybersecurity experts, with open jobs reaching
an all-time high in April.
The need for cybersecurity experts
spans all industries. Among the major
U.S. companies trying to fill cybersecu-
rity-related positions are Boeing, Baylor
Health Care System, Verisign and Of-
fice Depot. Cybersecurity jobs also are
plentiful in the U.S. federal government
market. For example, the Energy Depart-
ment’s Idaho National Lab is seeking a
senior cybersecurity researcher to sup-
port its lead nuclear research and devel-
opment facility. Page 15.
BACKSPIN Mark gibbs
Thwarting em- ployer Facebook snoops. Page 49.
NETBUZZ PaUL MCNaMara
Watch Steve Jobs
play FDR in Apple
film. Page 51.
