Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
A modified rule providing the increased authority comes into force on Dec. 1
Privacy advocates say weakening encryption is counterproductive to fighting terrorism
The company says it will repair the phones for $149
Seed funding could pave way for more chatbots to work on Cisco Spark, Salesforce Chatter messaging platforms
VMware partnership gives Amazon fresh ammo in the cloud wars, while a new service helps move VMs
Microsoft's cloud has gotten better at gleaning insights from data and a bit cheaper to use
TSA on Thanksgiving: “Gravy is sadly prohibited from carry-on bags”
A bunch of Intel deep-learning chips will be coming next year
Intel will build custom processors for Google’s cloud; Sam Ramji joins Google from the Cloud Foundry Foundation
Z-Wave's S2 security framework will be mandatory for certification starting next year
SAP is offering a percentage of its cloud revenue to businesses that refer new customers, after handing partners a cut of contracts they helped sell in August
Huawei is gaining on Apple in 3Q sales, Gartner says
The scrapped proposal would have cut prices 11 percent over three years
Jim Zemlin welcomes Microsoft to the open-source consortium
Overall commitment to renewables makes Microsoft's Cheyenne, Wyoming, facility completely green
Apple Watches and even MacBook Air laptop prices will be cut for Black Friday 2016
Revenue up 1%, net income down 4%
Networked security cameras are the most likely to have vulnerabilities
UCSF is dismissing dozens of IT workers and outsourcing their jobs to an Indian firm
The so-called singularity is still some ways away, says Diane Greene
The goal is to create battle-hardened teams before they have to fight real battles
IBM: Some 68% of companies don’t believe their organizations have the ability to remain resilient in the wake of a cyberattack
This is how GE, FedEx, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley use the cloud
Compromised IoT devices could be used to launch dangerous attacks, Schneier says
The change of course is a result of low usage
With Security Fabric, Fortinet delivers the required security features to any point, from the endpoint to the cloud, in real time
The NoSQL database software specialist, which powers companies like Netflix and eBay, has acquired DataScale, a specialist in cloud-based management services for data infrastructure. The company plans to launch DataStax Managed Cloud service in early
Bringing developers together, recruiting more women engineers among ideas from Cisco Founders Forum members
Little-known internal group unites founders of dozens of companies acquired by Cisco, taps into "entrepreneurial vigor"
Gartner WAN expert says enterprises had better check vendors' balance sheets twice before selecting an SD-WAN player
Google has joined the .NET Foundation, to help shape Microsoft's programming framework
SQL Server for Linux hits public beta, and Azure App Service now supports Linux
AIs are giving us a kicking in board games and video games, but what else are they good for?
Some worry that the overseas outsourcing will spread to other universities
ESA/NASA mission would smash spacecraft into asteroid to change its trajectory
Boeing would be first retaliatory target, says economist, but Apple's operations could be impeded by Chinese government regulators, tax collectors
User group adds commercial-grade 3D printer category
New services and hardware are aimed at democratizing access to cloud machine intelligence
Spending too much time with the blue-tinted screens creates sleeping problems. That lack of sleep can cause diseases, even death. But blue light isn’t all bad, some say.
Intel's taking a page from AMD and trying to squeeze out more CPU performance in its new Xeon E5-2699A v4 chip
Intel's latest Xeon chips could have more than 22 CPU cores
Security researcher finds Ubuntu exploit enabled by sound files meant for Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer platform GitLab will host its CephFS storage platform on bare metal instead
A10, along with competing application delivery control vendors, are adapting their products to work in an era of public cloud
The partnership shows momentum for AI workloads in Microsoft's cloud
Best Buy, Target & Koh's will fancy up your wrist with an Apple Watch this Black Friday
In addition to ServiceMax, it recently bought two startups that could make its Predix platform smarter
Android joins other Google properties on the popular photo-sharing social network
Another play on the crowdsourced security theme, Synack manages to snag a customer not usually seen on such approaches
From Paris to Kansas City, cities monitor traffic, parking, air pollution with sensors and central dashboards
