| | | INSIDER Alert | | Your guide to the top content posted this week for Insider members | | | | Network World To a degree, open source is already present throughout the Internet of Things value chain. Cloud apps that collect and analyze data are heavily dependent on open source software and standards, for example. And many of the individual IoT devices and gateways run on some version of Linux. Take a look at how integral open source is to IOT. | | InfoWorld Get the most out of the programming world's favorite distributed version control system with these essential pointers for Git and GitHub. READ MORE | | CIO The World Bank overhauls IT so it's better prepared to do business in global hotspots where war, disease and poverty may be among the challenges of everyday life. READ MORE | | Network World Remember when network access control (NAC) was all the rage? Remember the competing standards from Microsoft, Cisco, and the Trusted Computing Group? Back around 2006, there were dozens of NAC products, many of which turned out to be buggy and difficult to implement.Over time, other network-based security products – mobile device management (MDM), intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and next-generation firewalls – came along and squeezed NAC into a narrower part of the market.But NAC hasn’t disappeared. In fact, NAC products have evolved and improved as well. For this review, we were able to bring the following five vendors together: Enterasys/Extreme Networks Mobile IAM, Hexis Cyber Solutions NetBeat NAC, Impulse Point SafeConnect NAC, Pulse Policy Secure, and Portnox NAC. (Cisco, ForeScout, Auconet, and Aruba declined our invitation.) READ MORE | | ITworld Monitoring or capturing Wi-Fi traffic on Android smartphones and tablets is possible. I’m not just talking about Wi-Fi stumblers or traffic usage apps, but full network sniffers that can capture and display the raw 802.11 network packets from the airwaves. Instead of having to run captures on your bulky laptop, you can walk around with your Android tablet or phone tucked away in your pocket. READ MORE | | | |
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