NetFlash: Wireless network companies to watch

Wireless network companies to watch

There are many emerging wireless technologies and companies, but few of them will actually affect corporate networks. (No, being able to watch last night’s episode of “Desperate Housewives” on your smart-phone is not an enterprise application.) Here’s a look at five companies whose products could make a difference for corporate networks and mobility. Click here for more.

Top-secret Google data center almost completed

Search engine giant Google is nearing completion of a new data center on the banks of the Columbia River in The Dalles, Ore. But trying to get information about the project is almost as difficult as finding Bigfoot. Click here for more.

Hackers use Google Pages to host Trojan horse

Google’s Web site hosting service is apparently being used by hackers to try to steal money using a malicious program, a security company said. Click here for more.

Merrill Lynch depends on BMC for mainframe management

Merrill Lynch stays on the bleeding edge of the financial services industry with multiple IT resources – one more critical resource being IBM mainframe systems. Click here for more.

Nokia and Siemens to merge telecom units

Nokia and Siemens Monday announced that they will merge their telecommunications infrastructure units to form Nokia Siemens Networks, the third such combination formed recently and an indication of the growing competitive pressures in the telecom supplier market. Click here for more.

Today on Layer 8, where boring news need not apply:

IT Hyperbole of the Week; “Google generation” doesn’t understand plagiarism; Nielsen to expand ratings to iPods, Web; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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