Reporter Notes from ONS 2013: NTT Com, Internet 2, Google

By James E. Carroll, Editor NTT Communications was among the first Service Providers to see the potential of OpenFlow and SDN for transforming its operations, said Yukio Ito, Senior VP Service Infrastructure, NTT Communications.  Some notes from his keynote at the Open Networking Summit 2013 in Santa Clara, California: NTT Com's reasons for pursuing SDN include shorter time to market, service differentiation, and reduced CAPEX/OPEX. NTT Communications...

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Symantec Tracks Growing Phishing and Watering Hole Attacks

Targeted cyber attacks, such as spear phishing, rose 42% in 2012 compared to a year earlier, according to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 18 (ISTR), released last week. Over the past year, Symantec noted an increase in cyberespionage attacks targeted at the manufacturing sector as well as small businesses, which now constitute 31 percent of these attacks. This could be due to more sophisticated defenses in place at larger enterprises,...

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Google Expands North Carolina Data Center

Google announced an expansion of its data center in Lenoir, North Carolina and an agreement with Duke Energy to pursue renewal electricity sources. Google also confirmed that is has invested over $1 billion to date in renewable energy projects.  The company has agreements in place for over 260 megawatts (MW) of wind power near its data centers.  Google also has 1.7 MW of solar panels in place at its headquarters in Mountain View, C...

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