U.S. high-tech employment rises again
The U.S. high-tech industry is expanding, having added nearly 150,000 jobs in 2006 for total employment of 5.8 million. The industry is growing significantly faster than in 2005, when it added 87,400 jobs.
15 bleeding-edge network research projects you should know about
What are university and independent labs doing with the millions of dollars in funding they receive each year from government and other sources? Lots of them are working to solve current network problems and envision networks of the future. Here’s a look at 15 of the most interesting projects we’ve come across.
Server load balancing: A practical guide
A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers.
New server processor could handle trillions of calculations per second
The prototype of a innovative general-purpose computer processor, which has the potential of reaching trillions of calculations per second and handling massive applications, was unveiled by a team of computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin today.
Apple SEC case to be watched closely
Legal and business experts will have a lot to learn from how the case against former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen grinds its way through the courts.
SEC charges former Apple executive in options case
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen of fraudulently backdating stock options, the agency said Tuesday.
Tech, telecom help reignite IPOs
Network companies are fueling what could be the strongest technology IPO market in years, as investors look to makers of wireless, security and carrier products that have solid revenue growth and potential for big profits.
Microsoft: Future for Active Directory is as identity provider
Microsoft Tuesday laid out a vision for Active Directory in which it will take on a major role in pushing out user identity data to applications and securing collaboration between users.
$10,000 Mac hack affects Windows, too
The bug that helped security researcher Dino Dai Zovi claim a $10,000 prize at last week’s CanSecWest security conference affects Windows systems, too.
Blogs
Buzzblog: “Gates in space” a fabrication? … And fed workers rip off taxpayers
According to a recently returned space tourist/friend of Bill Gates, reports of the world’s richest man longing for an out-of-this-world vacay were nothing but a “fabrication” by the Russian media. … Meanwhile, government investigators monitoring eBay sales say federal workers have stolen millions from taxpayers by illegally selling commuting-expense reimbursement vouchers.
From Cisco Subnet: Cisco business slowdown spewing into its service provider unit?
Cisco has asked its global service provider sales force to pull some sales into its fiscal third quarter, according to Pacific Crest analyst Tim Daubenspeck, reports Barron’s Online. The news comes just a day after another financial analyst warned of a slowdown in Cisco’s enterprise business.
Today on Layer 8 where we don’t let anyone in our offices without performing our secret ritual:
Federal and state regulators should be nervous about the apparent ease with which an alleged saboteur gained access to a California data center and attempted to take out the state’s power grid.
