Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Changes in the young smart-home industry could leave other products behind
Processing data creates a different set of demands
HP's Z Workstations, designed to create VR content, feature 22-core Intel chips and Nvidia's Quadro GPUs
ITT rejects AG office's claims, cites "wide-ranging fishing expedition" into alleged wrongdoing
Not in my back yard, says AppFormix
Unless trends reverse, Microsoft will lose its No. 1 spot to Google in May
Researchers improve the BREACH attack to extract sensitive data from encrypted HTTPS connections faster
HPE said the deal would help the company reallocate capital
Here's how the company plans to succeed in a mobile-first world without a strong mobile OS
BlackBerry is dropping additional charges for the retract and time-delay functions of its messaging app
The FBI did not commit on using the method tried on the San Bernardino iPhone
'It's a matter of being personalized,' says CMU professor Alan Black
HPE's 8GB nonvolatile DIMMs merge DRAM and flash into one module
The company wants mainstream companies to adopt the fast storage links
Despite virtually no news at Build, the company says it's sticking with the mobile OS.
Conversations are cross-platform and mobile, even when Windows 10 Mobile isn't winning
Advocates want penalties for companies that file unwarranted takedown requests
Republican minority tried and failed to limit total spending
Windows 10 will be able to support more IoT devices with new standards coming in 2017
DARPA’s Gremlins program has as a goal to launch groups of drones or gremlins from large aircraft such as bombers or transports
Humans caused the bulk of the 26,000 deaths on EU roads last year
There's a little bit of good. A little bit of bad. And a big healthy dollup of “what the heck?”.
The attack doesn't require authentication and can be launched for all door controllers on a network at the same time
My 25-year tenure at Network World comes to an end
Government resistance to releasing H-1B gender data frustrates advocates
The online discussion website has removed a critical passage from its transparency report for 2015
A mix of short-term fixes and long-term ideas intends to make Tor browsing less cumbersome
Tough new privacy rules would require ISPs to get permission to use most customer information
Cloud wars are as hot as ever
Lenovo, HPE and Dell roll out new servers with Intel's new Xeon E5-2600 v4 chip
A battery of candidate tests aim to separate the wheat from the chaff
In a startling development, Microsoft is committed to having a Mac IDE
The company's first SSDs with 3D NAND chips are aimed at businesses and data centers
Intel is targeting cloud service providers with new line of Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips
The attack bypasses the restrictions for enterprise app deployment introduced in iOS 9, Check Point researchers said
Cisco executive chair John Chambers invests in drone company Airware, joins board of directors
It could also help make smart homes smarter
Yes, you can have a shared holo-cination with Microsoft's augmented reality headgear
Here are the basics to help you stay secure online
The new GPU is AMD's second-fastest graphics card to date and targeted at data centers, supercomputers
When Apple introduced the Apple II, the need for a home computer was largely untested
Early users found an innovative use for Apple's first consumer computer
The software-defined storage platform has to meet the needs of financial companies and carriers
There's a federal effort under way to reduce the number of vulnerabilities in open source projects
The 'VR ready' Precision desktops will have cutting-edge graphics cards and Intel's new Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips, with up to 22 cores