Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Information requests from a hugely popular video application flooded China's telecom networks
Center for Internet Security provides the math, Open Group the deep thinking
Network managers surveyed at Interop expect fewer budget cuts and staff reductions in coming months
Versions of the 1100 have firmware that can be modified in order to intercept SMSes, including one-time banking passwords
Ends all support for buggy suite; also dumps Office Update site
Readers respond to Interop panelists who touted the benefits of hiring generalists over IT specialists for next-generation environments
New DVD technology can hold 1.6TB of data per disc
After a public breakup, former NetSuite partner Skyytek has filed suit, highlighting the new channel tensions posed by SaaS
Sprint CEO warns of shortage as smartphone launches June 6
Higher? Lower? Analyst says recession puts Microsoft on pricing hot seat
Piper Jaffray says there’s new evidence for such a device
It's one solution to running balky applications
Indictments come amid legal wrangling and public brouhaha over site's Erotic Services ads
Organizations meeting at Microsoft's campus this week share ideas for using technology to further their missions
The company announced flash storage options for Power and System X servers and the DS8000 storage platform
Scientist: 'Surgery in shuttle bay' a total success; Hubble now at 'top of its game'
It's now offering solid-state drives on its Power6 server line
The next-generation Itanium chip will now be released in first quarter of 2010
Infrastructure savings, scalability seen as key adoption drivers
Virtualization opens new attack surfaces, regulatory risks
Rival researcher disagrees, sees 'iPod Touch on steroids' release in 2009
Windows-based machines at U.S. Marshals Service thought to be hit by Neeris worm
Some vendors don't understand government needs, and some government processes need to change, they say
GAO raises questions over timely upgrades of satellites to maintain GPS
SolarWinds and OpenTable launched successful initial public offerings
Microsoft is expected to unveil its new version of Live Search next week
Several hundred victims fell for a scam circulating on the microblogging network
The special badge for approved applications isn't showing up in the directory's search results
Consumers will seek phones that offer more than solid hardware features and provide services such as music and navigation
The executive also says 'edge' SaaS applications are causing integration problems
Like Google and Microsoft, Yahoo is trying to come up with better ways to display search results
Users can view and manage content from the Netflix service through Vista PCs
Beijing may be allowing more free speech, though within clear limits
Licensing of the high-speed, short-range wireless technology is about to begin
The base will develop products for Yahoo globally and be independent from Alibaba
The arrival of more Android devices will help the market grow even faster, Gartner says
The on-demand ERP vendor wants customers to know its software can be bought in modular fashion
Opening up key to securing channel partners, integrating with legacy apps
Google is resisting a request that blurred faces and license plates be permanently eliminated from its databases
Data center managers today need general skills, broad technology knowledge and less experience than in years past.
But products for LTE networks won't be available until 2011, according to the Femto Forum
Drive contained the personal data of White House staffers and visitors
Overall, mobile device sales were off by almost 10%, Gartner says
Microsoft chief software architect said enterprises need to test applications before trusting vendors with them
While texting is on the rise, 83% back laws against the practice
The industry says rules should be more technology specific to avoid favoring incumbents
Cloud metering, billing issues still to be resolved
