Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Portland is the first city for Comcast's new 4G service
Cloud, virtualization insights from the Data Center Observatory at Carnegie Mellon
Pricing starts at $50,000 for up to 1TB of data
Economic conditions hurt pay for IT pros, reduce available jobs as baby boomers postpone retirement
It's working fine when it comes to protecting payment card data, Robert Russo says
HP and Cisco, while larger, didn't have the lower costs, experience and customer touch
The executive, a former IBM employee, had won permission earlier to work at Dell without constraints
The residents of Cringeville weigh in on IE8, for good and ill. Cringely ducks the brickbats and gathers up the bouquets
The networking industry is too globalized even to determine whether equipment is U.S.-made, the Commerce Department says
After delays, facilities in Chicago and Dublin, Ireland, will open in July
Prices new OS at 41% to 100% more than in the U.S., but leaves out browser
The former IBM exec, David Johnson, can continue to work as Dell's senior vice president of strategy
AMD's new Athlon 64 L110 processor is being used in a new Gateway netbook
Program stipulates only 25 PCs per company can qualify for the low- to no-cost upgrade
Top500 list's low-end reveals coming revolution in truly accessible high-end computing
Retail expert applauds pre-order discount, slams upgrade price in light of Apple's low-cost move
The EPA's Energy Star program will help the environmentally conscious but isn't likely to change major buying patterns anytime soon
But information would have to be used for a Registered Traveler program
Singapore General Hospital is revamping the computer system used by radiologists for its hospital
The agency says the defendants can't pay the whole penalty but will forfeit assets frozen last year
China Telecom and RIM expect to offer the device in the fourth quarter, one analyst said
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission uses latest communications technology.
The school district was accused of running noncompetitive bidding, accepting bribes
Chinese hosting companies and registrars sometimes ignore complaints, which perpetuates fraud and spam
Greater flexibility will allow Greeks, Bulgarians to register names in their own language
Star's death brings crooks out of the woodwork, expect scam deluge, says Sophos
Users flock to Twitter, Facebook, news sites to get information and share feelings
Microsoft and e-retailers discount Windows 7 as much as 58%, buyers flock
Major security players have snapped up DLP specialists as enterprise adoption rises
The open-source database company is touting customer wins, including a supermarket chain and a New York investment bank
15% of corporate customers planning to use cloud in the next year
A cybersecurity bill that allows the president to shut down networks is a work in progress, a Senate staffer says
Microsoft trims Windows 7 prices in the hopes of convincing people to pony up. Cringely catches a bad case of discount fever.
Nasscom's Som Mittol says Grassley-Durbin bill could push more U.S. IT work offshore
Businessing desiring offshoring options attracted to time zones, stable governments
Cisco puts its own virtual office technology to work and garners $277 million in productivity savings, internal survey finds
Drive for transaction efficiency pushes finer level of measurement
Card reader could relieve some of the frustration in completing online banking transactions in Germany, Gemalto says
The EC Thursday warned EU countries including the UK not to go it alone in their pursuit of super fast Net access
Nortel deal would bring needed customers but product overlap issues as well
Blames the IE8 heave-ho for lack of 'in-place' upgrades; lowers prices for 'full' editions to make amends
Public clouds have their place, but also introduce risk, says Big Blue CIO Mark Hennessy
Social networking site trying out feature that lets users pinpoint who gets their posts
HP only major vendor so far to promise no-charge upgrade, more expected
The much-maligned word caught on because 'everyone can draw one,' cloud CTO Russ Daniels said
The new version is due out later this year and will sport a cleaner, more open look, CEO Carol Bartz says
