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Comcast: Internet usage spiked in 2020 as working from home doubled

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Comcast: Internet usage spiked in 2020 as working from home doubled

Overall Internet traffic on Comcast’s network spiked substantially at the beginning of the pandemic in the U.S. in March 2020, but normalized over the subsequent months, according to a report released today by the internet service provider. As the largest individual home ISP in the U.S., Comcast’s data on Internet usage represents a useful snapshot into overall home connectivity during the pandemic. Nearly two-thirds of Americans–62%–reported working from home at some point during the current…

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Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of Bridgecrew

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Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of Bridgecrew

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Bridgecrew, a developer-first cloud security company. The acquisition will enable “shift left” security, with Prisma® Cloud becoming the first cloud security platform to deliver security across the full application lifecycle. “We are excited to welcome Bridgecrew to the Palo Alto Networks family,” said Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo…

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Tipping Toward Digital Transformation in Higher Education – Cisco Blogs

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Tipping Toward Digital Transformation in Higher Education – Cisco Blogs

Co-authored by Brad Saffer and Warwick Calkin Reimagining excellence at University of Western Australia Despite being located in Perth, Australia – the most remote capital city in the world, where case numbers have been measured in the dozens – not hundreds or thousands, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the University of Western Australia (UWA) in profound ways.  The university is a member of Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities, the equivalent of the Ivy League in the…

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Securing the cloud in 2021: 3 steps to cloud-based identity

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Securing the cloud in 2021: 3 steps to cloud-based identity

Securing the cloud in 2021: 3 steps to cloud-based identity | 2021-03-02 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn…

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Aruba SD-WAN strengthens the weakest link in Microsoft 365 app performance

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Aruba SD-WAN strengthens the weakest link in Microsoft 365 app performance

Your employees are complaining of poor performance when using Microsoft applications and services. The weakest link isn’t on the IT team; it’s your WAN! As frequent users of business applications such as Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams, SharePoint, and Exchange), we often fail to notice what peak performance feels like, but we certainly know what poor performance feels like! Our frustration builds as we wait on a frozen screen, watch a spinning wheel, or listen intently…

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Automation Exchange: Find Use-cases Powered by the Community

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Automation Exchange: Find Use-cases Powered by the Community

DevNet Automation Exchange is a community-based developer center where our networkers and developers can learn to Walk, Run, and Fly with Network Automation, using Cisco’s products and the full capabilities of the new network. They are defined as follows: Walk: Get visibility and insights in their networks in a read-only way. This enables use cases such as gathering telemetry and insights from running networks and performing auditing to ensure the ongoing security of the network.  Run: Activate policy…

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EU leaders aim at boosting defense and security, including cybersecurity

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EU leaders aim at boosting defense and security, including cybersecurity

During a video conference of the members of the European Council, EU leaders agreed on a new strategy aimed at boosting defense and security.  During the recent video conference of the members of the European Council (25-26 February 2021), NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the importance to define a strategy to boost defense and security. “We want to act more strategically, to defend our interests and to promote our values.” said Charles Michel, President of the…

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Should you pay up when hit by ransomware? There are several things to consider first

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Should you pay up when hit by ransomware? There are several things to consider first

Whether paying ransom for data held hostage makes sense depends on many variables. Experts define the variables and why they’re important. Image: vchal, Getty Images/iStockphoto Whether to pay ransom in order to unlock hijacked data or stop a Distributed Denial of Service attack is a hot topic right now. Like many other issues, on the surface it appears to be a simple yes or no decision. However, if you take in the whole picture, making…

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Why it’s time to stop setting SELinux to Permissive or Disabled

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Why it’s time to stop setting SELinux to Permissive or Disabled

Too many people shrug off SELinux on their data center systems. Jack Wallen says it’s time to stop giving into that siren song so your operating systems are weakened. Image: iStock/sdecoret Given the kerfuffle that has been CentOS lately, and the number of inevitable forks that will rise out of the ashes, there will probably be a large percentage of admins migrating to, or finally deploying, a Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

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