Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
IBM Stream Computing captures and analyzes data from thousands of sources
Citrix’s close relationship with Microsoft could help Microsoft make up ground on VMware
Data center designers, operators not taking full advantage of today’s technology, vendors say
Citrix products will run on top of Xen hypervisor and in future Microsoft’s Viridian.
AmerisourceBergen using software to prevent counterfeiting, tampering
Battle brews over who controls the virtualization software that controls the data center.
Users can now integrate the messaging platform with Vista and Windows 2008, but virtualization support will have to wait until mid-2008
RingCube says MojoPac simplifies desktop access and management
Microsoft is pushing its Virtual Server 2005 R2, but the general consensus is that it’s no match for VMware’s ESX platform
Facebook users give out personal information too readily
Problem of ‘circumvention proxies’ addressed in ProxyBlocker filter gateway appliance
Cisco says its Services Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) plans could help network executives tackle advanced IP services while cutting costs and reducing management complexity on their networks.
Large Wisconsin healthcare provider explores a centralized server strategy and WAN acceleration to optimize its network of 180-plus sites
Second-quarter investments in networking overall hold steady