Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
IT pros say the tense relations between IT and the population they support must end if companies want to optimize resources, increase productivity and secure corporate assets.
$7.2 billion spent on data center power worldwide
802.11n wireless net decision explained by university
TrustChip can be customized for other encrypted applications
Majority disagrees with AT&T direction, but not everyone thinks bringing teleworkers back to company sites is a bad idea
Products include a managed IP PBX, “trunk-sharing” capabilities
Electric power industry gets ready to pull switch on new cybersecurity mandate
Developments around power management, virtualization, mobile devices and data centers will drive open source, Linux in 2008
Also on tap are parasitic viruses and Storm-like botnets with decentralized command-and-control structures
Wikis have become more useful than e-mail for work collaboration, analysts say
EMC takes different virtualization approach than rivals IBM, Hitachi
Having gone virtual in 2002, Gannett’s Eric Kuzmack knows what the technology does well and where it still needs work — and there’s plenty of both
Virtualization helps MLB Advanced Media get a new application up in midseason and promises to play a big role in its new data center and beyond
Network coding could re-engineer routing, content distribution and wireless, vendors and researchers say
Microsoft testing network coding for content distribution system
Donated ProCurve equipment to outfit 15 to 20 global sites
IT managers share tales of how users' actions can cause security nightmares
Quova’s IP geo-location technology is integrated into FraudMAP
