Is your organization's network service up-to-date with the latest configuration best practices for High Availability and Load Balancing? Now is the time make sure, before you have an outage. Learn the latest from a Microsoft Exchange MVP who will help you identify where your High Availability network stands today and avoid future outages. Join J. Peter Bruzzese, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and the cofounder and CIO of ClipTraining on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 1pm ET, 10am PT to discover tips and recommendations you need to know about HA server configurations. Register here!
Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) include route tables and gateways features, that allow you to both extend your organization's network to Amazon's Cloud, and connect your VPC to the Internet and leverage the benefits of Amazon EC2. In addition, you can create VPNs using devices that do not support BGP. Some firewalls and entry-level routers support IPSec but not BGP. These devices are very popular in corporate branch offices. Here is a list of VPN devices that Amazon tested for dynamic and statically routed VPN connections. Also, for those Amazon customers who wish to know how to set up a Weighted Round Robin DNS setup using Route 53, in order to be able to perform load balancing/testing procedures can do so through Amazon's AWS graphical console. Read more here - http://www.itinfomag.com/cloud-computing/amazons-aws-console-update/
Security experts at Dell SecureWorks has been on the go discovering number of APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats) threatening various sectors such as, energy and military. This is the second cyber espionage activity that Dell's CTU (Counter Threat Unit) has discovered this year. Dell's experts have found that Mirage (latest APT) has C&C (command & control) servers IP addresses originating from a Chinese network known with malware and espionage connections. According to Don Smith, technology director at Dell SecureWorks, "Information security professionals must talk to the business executives to find out what they are most worried about losing and create an informed security strategy based on that," Read more here - http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240163620/Dell-SecureWorks-uncovers-cyber-espionage-targeting-energy-firms
Security researchers discovered that even HTTPS encryption that is used for secure connections throughout the Internet can allow attackers to hijack web browser sessions that support SPDY or TLS compression. SPDY is an open networking protocol used by Google and Twitter. This security weakness can be exploited when web sessions are protected by SSL or TLS and are using one of the two data-compression schemes designed to improve webpages load times. Read more here - http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/crime-hijacks-https-sessions/
Microsoft announces a massive giveaway to its 94,000 employees! According to v3.co.uk each Microsoft employee would get a Surface RT tablet, a Windows Phone 8 and a Windows 8 computer, which would cost Microsoft some $100 million. It is a noble gesture by Microsoft which would not only help keeping its employees happy but it would also raise the number of devices shipped this year :) Read more here - http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2205695/microsoft-to-spend-gbp80m-on-surface-tablet-and-windows-phone-8-staff-giveaway