Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
You might want to delay the rollout of this week's patches
Discovery uses light pulses imperceptible to the human eye to provide bandwidth that is 10,000 times greater than radio and more secure
The UK's secret intelligence agencies breached European human rights legislation by secretly collecting communications and personal data in bulk
Gartner says CIOs will participate in the building of a new digital platform with intelligence at the center
The question of search warrants for foreign data is better addressed in Congress, they say
New online banking Trojan TrickBot is believed to be a reimplementation of Dyre
Cisco Spark helps users in real-time track calendars, create agenda templates, and collaborate on note-taking.
Industry contraction continues as some consumers refuse to bother buying another PC
Passengers who evade the ban face criminal prosecution
The highlight of Avaya's new unified platform is the SDK for integrating it with productivity software
Oculus Rift, HTC VIVE, PlayStation VR will all be showing up on Black Friday wish lists
Myriad IT issues impact Secret Service cybersecurity
IBM and Bank of Tokyo say they’ve developed a smart contract prototype to manage their IT services engagement on a blockchain. Here’s why IT outsourcing deals may be a low-risk proving ground for multiparty blockchain applications.
Pundits raise more questions after the big deal
Two newly formed consortiums propose specifications to bring unprecedented boosts to data transfers inside and outside of computers
The company said the cuts are part of a restructuring plan to boost savings
Almost 70 percent of companies are likely to phase out passwords within five years, the survey showed
The new service lets companies run VMware on AWS and manage their deployments with vCenter
VMware on AWS is a big deal for both companies. Who's it bad for?
Sprint, AT&T and Verizon all now have sights set on managed SD-WAN services.
Much-anticipated deal was rumored last week
The set of icons is being replaced by a menu accessible from the keyboard
But Apple puts the new edition's share at 54%
Attackers injected malicious JavaScript code into e-commerce websites to steal payment card data
Microsoft Ignite brought a ton of cloud news
The Internet Society's Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative is designed to provide measures to improve the resilience and security of the internet's routing infrastructure to keep it safe for businesses and consumers.
The catastrophic breach of the federal Office of Personnel Management, which exposed the personal information of more than 22 million current and former employees, became public in mid-2015. It took another 15 months for Congress to complete a report
The government will release $65 million for smart-city technology, $30 million for small satellites
Executive Order defines what the nation’s response should be to a catastrophic space weather event
The problem (probably) isn’t just the batteries, but it would help if Samsung talked
Companies that focus on the immediate breach remediation costs may be missing the big picture, and could be under-investing in security
Samsung is offering a better deal to Note7 owners if they exchange their recalled phones for another Samsung model than if they want a refund or to switch to another brand.
The system disperses data across nodes for security and fault tolerance
Physicist Hawking will address AI issues at Microsoft event; HoloLens to share spotlight
White House report looks at future of Artificial Intelligence development
Microsoft will start shipping its virtual reality headset in November to the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand
A UK parliamentary report calls for lawmakers to study how to regulate AI activities
The explosion-powered demise of Samsung’s flagship smartphone isn’t just a disaster for the company; it’s a potential catastrophe for the entire smartphone industry.
Samsung not taking any chances with fire-prone Note7 returns
Senator responds to University of California IT employees whose jobs are going to India
Millions of IoT devices can be used to attack e-commerce and other websites
Alienware blew away the notion that gaming PCs interest only hobbyists, and plans to do the same for VR
Rather than managing lots of integrations, administrators can use one piece of middleware
AllJoyn devices should work with a wider range of products now
Early positive reviews of Samsung's iPhone rival have given way to negative headlines and a product recall
Geofeedia has been marketing itself as a surveillance tool for law enforcement
Be transparent about what caused overheating, fires, analysts advise
