Power grid getting smart
Nov. 03, 2009
The federal government is about to add some serious networking to the nation's power grid, and it's about time.
Jaguar Land Rover hit the Google Apps road
Oct. 23, 2009
Google signed up another big customer for its Apps collaboration and productivity suite: Jaguar Land Rover.
Q&A: Why IP is the right choice for Smart Grid
Oct. 29, 2009
The biggest network upgrade in the United States today is Smart Grid, a multibillion dollar modernization of the electricity grid that involves supporting real-time, two-way digital communications between electric ...
Will Smart Grid power IPv6?
Oct. 29, 2009
Could Smart Grid, the Obama Administration's effort to modernize the nation's electric grid, be the killer app for IPv6?
Is it reality or is it augmented?
Oct. 22, 2009
Mark Gibbs discusses the how augmented reality works and chastises the U.S. Postal Service and General Electric for playing fast and loose with terminology.
Disney, Verizon go green in the data center
Oct. 06, 2009
Companies are going green, but measuring efficiency is still a challenge.
NEC enhances grid storage for archive
Sep. 21, 2009
NEC last week enhanced its grid storage hardware and software, HYDRAstor with the incorporation of WORM support, in-flight data encryption and quota management. In addition, the company claims that it increased the ...
Microsoft lays out Ts and Cs for Windows Azure cloud vision
Jul. 15, 2009
Microsoft has released more details of plans for Windows Azure, its operating environment for cloud-based provisioning of applications and computing resources.
Google drops beta tag from key apps and tweaks availability
Jul. 08, 2009
Google is finally taking off the 'beta' tags from key online programs in an attempt to rid itself of a reputation for consumer-grade programs.
Cisco and Duke Energy work to build smart grid
Jun. 10, 2009
Cisco has been enlisted by a Fortune 500 electric power company to monitor and control power consumption by creating a smart grid.
China denies cyberattacks on U.S. power grid
Apr. 10, 2009
Malware attacks from China and Russia designed to shut down the U.S. electrical grid in a time of war did not occur, China said Thursday.
Power grid is found susceptible to cyberattack
Mar. 21, 2009
An emerging network of intelligent power switches, called the Smart Grid, could be taken down by a cyberattack, according to researchers with IOActive, a Seattle security consultancy.
Transformative technologies for the 21st century
Sep. 16, 2009
Innovations seem to have a natural economic life cycle: an obscure invention (say, electricity, or the internal combustion engine) sparks an entire constellation of industries, which grow exponentially for a while, then ...
Feds to spend $5B on satellite services
Sep. 10, 2009
The U.S. federal government has launched a 10-year, $5 billion program to provide commercial satellite communications services to military and civilian customers.
12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power
Aug. 31, 2009
So you'd like to do more volunteering but can't find the time? Here's an easy way to do it: Donate the spare processing power on your computer via one of the dozens of ongoing volunteer computing projects, many based on ...
CommVault CEO eyes cloud storage future
Aug. 24, 2009
Building a storage software company a decade ago was a high-risk venture, but according to CommVault CEO Robert Hammer, the company new it would succeed if it stuck to its original vision -- which now includes data ...
Sys admin discovers 13-million-digit prime number
Sep. 29, 2008
A system administrator - not a mathematician - used a grid of computers supplied by volunteers at the University of California, Los Angeles, to find the world's largest known prime number. The immense number is made up ...
Oracle launches Fusion Middleware 11g
Jul. 01, 2009
Oracle will unveil a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
AT&T enters smart grid sensor business
Jun. 24, 2009
While the United States isn't yet close to implementing smart grid technology on its power infrastructure, AT&T is trying to stay ahead of the curve by getting into the smart grid sensor business.
IP carrier Telarus moves into cloud computing
Jun. 23, 2009
A few weeks after Verizon Business announced a move into cloud hosting, another IP carrier, Telarus, has launched a cloud computing platform aimed at the enterprise hosting market.
Upgrade to Suite B security algorithms
May. 27, 2009
Most companies do not know what level of cryptography is required to properly protect their data lifeblood, nor do they have anyone tasked with assessing the coverage. As a result, most corporations today are not ...
Stimulus bill to provide 'windfall' for wireless providers, ABI projects
May. 26, 2009
The economic stimulus package passed earlier this year will provide a $6.8 billion windfall to the wireless communications industry, projects ABI Research.
Embedded intelligent networks are mushrooming
May. 21, 2009
One area I'm paying a lot of attention to these days is what I'm calling "embedded intelligent networks," or networks that integrate seamlessly into physical reality, enabling us to monitor and ultimately manipulate the ...
Cisco outlines strategy for utility networks
May. 18, 2009
IP network will extend from the power generation facilities to the home
Willful technological ignorance
May. 15, 2009
Mark Gibbs is irked by a GE marketing program that willfully uses the wrong name for a technology it uses. He sees this as symptomatic of a trend of needless inaccuracy about technology that just keeps us slightly ...
|
Does Verizon's Voyager stack up to the iPhone? |
5 IT skills that won't boost your salary 
[1,407]
Women 4 times more likely than men to cough up personal info [589]
Japan's 10 funniest tech-related commercials [Videos] [407]
Throwing away a promo CD is "unauthorized distribution"? [1,265]
Adults too quick to dismiss educational video games [682]
Attack of the iPhone clones [Slideshow] [578]
10 things IT needs to know about AJAX [1,258]
This Year's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries [Slideshow] [409]
Network World on Twitter: Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news