Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Chevron's CIO talks about strategic planning, virtual training and dealing with 4TB of new data per day
Will offer IE8 via Windows Update first, plans WSUS push in July
And about 5% of business machines infected with the worm, says Qualys
Ballmer sees scale, two-against-one as real advantage
Analysts and consultants say the vendor is making some contract concessions to customers, but not on its support fees
Shuttle mission specialist tweets about training and wants to blog from onboard Atlantis
But free security patches will continue until April 2014
Science, technology, business majors most likely to regularly use Facebook
Hints that it will take legal action against hackers
Offered as part of the company's Elevate America program, the vouchers are good for technology training
IBM, university and government research outfits among those microblogging
The companies make an all-Canadian team for the provincial government, isolating it from foreign disclosure requirements.
Japanese firm creates Cyborg-type exoskeleton for use after strokes, spinal cord injury
India-based Tech Mahindra wins bidding process to buy controlling stake in outsourcer
Typically wireless, lightweight and lightly powered netbooks are all the rage
A researcher with Secure Science says it could be done, thanks to flaws in both services
Electronic military medical records will now follow service members to retirement
One of Silicon Valley's biggest innovators faces a tough road alone after walking away from a deal with IBM
WSJ report says CEOs Balmer and Bartz are discussing search and ad deal
With the help of Second Life, the Smithsonian Latino Center has put its diverse collections in cyberspace
Macs 'far less taxing' to use day in, day out, argues analyst who covers Apple
It could send billions of messages daily, says Russian security researcher
3.0 release will exploit Wi-Fi for big data transfers.
MIT researchers say denser features can be etched on chips by combining longer wavelengths of light
Apparent vandalism cut off wired and wireless service to thousands and shut two IBM facilities.
Hiring of former Sun exec Marc Tremblay may signal a shift in Xbox and OS development.
A government spokeswoman denies reported attacks from China and Russia ever occurred.
The site features oversized buttons and links to content popular with the age group
International investors in Internet search and social networking sites threaten national security, says Medvedev
Each new HotPort 7000 can support up to 1,000 VoIP calls, according to Firetide
Mobile operators are pondering VoIP's dangers and opportunities as they move toward all-IP networks
Michael Manos, a respected data center engineer, is leaving to work at Digital Realty Trust
It will release the handset as China launches next-generation mobile networks
The U.S. chip maker will form its own DRAM alliance with its Taiwanese partners
Wily worm uses P-to-P for new instructions; Other clues link it to Waledec and the Storm worm
Those deprived of Internet access for downloading files illegaly will have to continue to pay their ISP
Service lets users in Malaysia wave and pay with their mobile phone
Facebook cites legal proceedings against the BitTorrent search engine as the reason
Obama’s Open Government Directive, due in May, to encourage agency tweets
Tidal’s software will help Cisco customers to optimize the performance of their business applications and automate operations
Enough of the good old days! Let's talk about the bad old days of OSs instead.
How to integrate the newest social media apps in large organizations
Clues point to late October release of Windows 7, possible change in XP support
