http://www.networkworld.com/Home/jduffy.html The most recent articles by Jim Duffy, Managing Editor, Service Providers of NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110909-acadia-cisco-emc-vmware.html Cisco, EMC and VMware last week unveiled the much rumored joint venture to sell their products to companies wanting to build internal clouds. Called Acadia (for who knows what reason), the joint venture is a collaboration between the three companies that will launch in 2010 and sell what they call vBlocks, pre-configured packages of Cisco UCS blade servers, EMC storage gear, VMware virtualization software and EMC Ionix management software. Deni Connor 2009-11-11T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110909-email-cloud.html In the beginning there was email. And email was run on a UNIX server. The network was devoid of PCs. So all email was accessed via a terminal and a command line interface. Jim Metzler and Steve Taylor 2009-11-11T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2009/110909wan2.html In the beginning there was email. And email was run on a UNIX server. The network was devoid of PCs. So all email was accessed via a terminal and a command line interface. Jim Metzler and Steve Taylor 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/stor/2009/110909stor2.html Cisco, EMC and VMware last week unveiled the much rumored joint venture to sell their products to companies wanting to build internal clouds. Called Acadia (for who knows what reason), the joint venture is a collaboration between the three companies that will launch in 2010 and sell what they call vBlocks, pre-configured packages of Cisco UCS blade servers, EMC storage gear, VMware virtualization software and EMC Ionix management software. Deni Connor 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2009/110909sec2.html No one reading this column needs general references to news about the economic difficulties we are living through in the United States and elsewhere. Just the other day, I spoke with a long-time friend and colleagues from the information security field who used to earn a decent living as a much sought-after consultant; last week he canceled his business telephone line to save money. He's looking for a permanent job. M. E. Kabay 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110909-ia-jobs.html No one reading this column needs general references to news about the economic difficulties we are living through in the United States and elsewhere. Just the other day, I spoke with a long-time friend and colleagues from the information security field who used to earn a decent living as a much sought-after consultant; last week he canceled his business telephone line to save money. He's looking for a permanent job. M. E. Kabay 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111109-logitech-to-buy-hd-video.html Logitech plans to acquire LifeSize Communications, a company that makes HD video communications equipment, for US$405 million in cash, the companies said Tuesday. Nancy Gohring 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111109-google-goes-forward-with-go.html The open source effort attempts to combine the speed of dynamic languages with the performance and safety of compiled languages Paul Krill 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111109-intel-to-roll-out-new.html Intel will launch a new low-end solid state disk drive aimed at being a "boot drive" for servers as well as a new line of enterprise-class SSDs that will have up to 300GB capacity a significantly lower price. Lucas Mearian 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111109-activision-donates-1-million-to.html Activision Blizzard will make a $1 million donation to unemployed military vets through their Call of Duty Endowment (CODE,) a charity foundation intended to help veterans find gainful employment. Alex Wawro 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00