Cisco, NetApp FlexPod Offers Customers New Data Center Solutions

Cisco and NetApp announced 150 of its customers have implemented joint data center solutions of the FlexPod design architecture. The FlexPod combines networking, computing and storage in a shared infrastructure and support multiple applications.

The product is built on the Cisco Unified Computing System server platform, Cisco…

Baby Names Go High Tech

In a world peppered with Jennifers and Johns, Barbaras and Brians, it’s refreshing to see a few Apples and Wolfgangs occasionally thrown into the mix. In the rush to proclaim their child unique, parents can go too far. Celebrities routinely do. Remember Pilot Inspektor? But IT geeks? Surely, they’re more grounded, likely to populate kindergarten classrooms…

CGI Federal Wins $34 Million EPA Cyber Deal

CGI Federal Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of CGI Group, Inc. (NYSE: GIB), has inked a $34 million deal to provide EPA a new cybersecurity approach, leveraging the firm’s recently expanded cyber capabilities.

Under the task order, CGI will partner with the agency to develop and adopt a new strategy focused on…

ER Responders Prep for Cyber Attack, Earthquakes

Thousands of emergency responders in Wisconsin are launching large-scale disaster drills that will cover a host of  scenarios ranging from cyber attacks to earthquakes, The Associated Press reports.

Nearly 3,000 federal, state and local responders will participate in the exercises dubbed Vigilant Guard ’11 across nine sites around the state this week. Scenarios will…

US Intel to Open Cyber Office in Estonia

U.S. intelligence is scheduled to open an office in Tallinn, Estonia, this week to help fight the battle against cyber crime, the U.S. embassy in Estonia announced today.

“Estonia was selected as the site for the new Secret Service office due to both the investigative nexus it provides in combating cyber and financial crimes, as well as…

Turkish Daily Cyber Attacked

The website of the Istanbul-based left-wing Birgün newspaper was hit Monday by a distributed denial-of-service attack, making access to the site near-impossible, BIA News reports.

Birgun.net has been the target of similar attacks in the past and is now working on determining the source and on preventing more attacks.

“We encounter this situation only one day after tens of thousands of people took the street [to…

Dog Lovers Fall Prey to ‘Heartless Scammers’

Dog lovers are the latest victims of cyber crooks, with at least $9,000 being lost to cyber criminals in western Africa, alone,  The West Australian reports.

In the past two months, nine people lost between $350 and $1,800 after attempting to buy a a puppy online after responding to ads on classified websites. Almost $9,000 has been traced to cyber scammers in Cameroon.

“The financial loss suffered…

Cliff Unger: Stuxnet Worm ‘Not a Surprise to Anybody’

Experts may be divided on the exact dangers of Stuxnet, which some dubbed the most sophisticated malware to date, but most agree it took the cyber threat to the next…

Cyber Command Deputy Suggests New Cyber Ops Command Structure

According to Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle, deputy commander of Cyber Command, cyber operations could use a new combatant command structure. The lieutenant discussed his opinion on the matter at the AFECA International 2011 Joint Warfighting Conference in Virginia Beach, Va.

Schmidle said sovereignty, a necessity…

Hack for Humanity: Developers Do Good, Make World Better Place

Hackers, mark your calendars. NASA, Google, HP, Microsoft, The World Bank and Yahoo! are inviting techies to participate in the worldwide event Random Hacks of Kindness to help solve global problems and build a community of innovation.

Held June4-5, RHoK is a hackathon that brings together…