Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The United States Digital Service is doing great work bringing the skills and ethos of Silicon Valley to government IT. Here's why they shouldn't just be helping, they should be in charge.
First step in process involves filing federal complaint
The company also reported a slight increase in racial diversity among its uppermost management
eDellRoot should be removed and Dell posts how to do it
Trend Micro says there's high interest in card fraud as more people move away from cash
Tech companies in Silicon Valley are under pressure to reduce inequality in the region
Duo Security researchers found a second weak digital certificate on a new Dell Inspiron laptop
Attackers could generate rogue certificates to spy on Dell customers' encrypted Web traffic
Android Studio 2.0 will speed coding iterations and add new Instant Run feature
The threat posed by the pre-installed CA is being likened to Superfish
Microsoft CEO Nadella talks of company's role in an ‘ecosystem,’ saying partnerships and top-to-bottom protection and detection critical to battle emerging security threats.
The program turns digital code signatures against anti-malware products
FAA to say any drone weighing 9oz or more will need to register with agency
The OIC standards group is buying the assets of the Universal Plug and Play Forum
Users can no longer upgrade using the firm's Media Creation Tool; must wait for Microsoft to push bits via Windows Update
Questions remain about automation's impact
The CISO of Rockwell Automation thinks a cybersecurity co-operative, comprised of top information security engineers from several companies, could serve as a salve to the talent shortage and also offer and an improvement over managed security service
Ingenu is the latest M2M and IoT-dedicated network to announce its plans.
The rate of adoption may outpace that of Windows 7 and Windows 8
A large scale security test of firmware images for embedded devices easily found thousands of vulnerabilities
An occasional curated collection of random stuff that I think is interesting
We're already starting to see reports surrounding the Apple Watch 2.
The Optional Practical Training program stirs up a response
Other measurement firms portray a smaller slide, but a slide nonetheless, in Yahoo's share of the search space over the past months
Jolla, the developer of Sailfish, is laying off much of its staff
3D-printed cars are coming. The faster automotive development cycles that the new manufacturing process brings will also speed up the 'smartness of the vehicle' cycle, the first 3D-print auto maker says.
Attracting and keeping talent is the top challenge today, he says, and it takes more than money
NASA looking to reduce impact of volcanic eruption material on jets
Appointing the VMware co-founder to lead its cloud business is exactly the move Google had in mind when it restructured as Alphabet.
Boston Innovators Group attempts to sort out software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Apps are everywhere -- even on chip-and-PIN payment terminals
Nothing is confirmed, but Microsoft isn't talking about the project at all.
Acano will help scale, hybrid delivery and interoperability, company says
If it prevails, a trial may not happen until 2020
The continued dominance of the cloud, and the continued shortage of talent paint a perplexing picture of the state of IT next year.
A vote to abolish troublesome leap seconds in Universal Coordinated Time has been postponed
The release also comes with improvements to the networking stack and changes to Hyper-V
This week, Cisco announced some changes to its CCIE Data Center and CCNA Security certifications to prepare IT pros for the evolving IT landscape.
Also included in RHEL 7.2 are new features for security, networking and administration
Existing on-roof solar panels can receive data, acting as a broadband receiver for hilltop laser transmissions, says a scientist.
Microsoft has an increasingly strong presence as a cloud infrastructure player. Now their back-office applications are aiming to create similar brand profile.
The suspected mastermind of last week's terror attacks in Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has died in a police raid
One developer wonders why the company isn't saying 'Sorry' to customers as well
Debate over uncloaking encryption apps continues
CCIE, CCNA designations to reflect new disciplines brought on by IoT, SDN and cloud
