Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The health system accounts for a huge proportion of global GDP, and yet when it comes to technology, it looks like something from the dark ages. Apigee wants to help change that.
Tail-f orchestrator and BGP-EVPN controller to provision cloud VPN
The startup offers both free and commercial versions of its IT automation software
Dell, HP and Lenovo join Intel and Microsoft in push to shave replacement cycle
Soon, half of all business ethics violations will arise from the use of big-data analytics, Gartner says
Can the company differentiate itself in one more crowded market?
The Arduino 101 will go on sale in the first quarter for $30
A US House of Representatives proposal would fine car hackers up to $100,000
The US legislation would allow government agencies and companies to share cyberthreat data
Software as a service attracts investors
More devices will mean more numbers to crunch and more distributed computing
Tax agency paid Microsoft for XP and Server 2003 post-retirement support plans
DARPA looking for Holy Grail of wireless networking
Company that makes an email management application for mobile devices.
Apple’s late entrance into designing and building multi-core processors might put the company at risk of more related patent litigation.
More funding news for high-flying Bracket Computing. The company, which is developing pragmatic solutions for the most conservative customer bases, has raised another $45 million.
Business is now pushing IT to get over its job fears and go all-in on the cloud
Overall requests for data from Microsoft's services have grown
Apple has hardened El Capitan, but OS X is under more scrutiny than ever
The NumberSync service will let subscribers use the same number for multiple devices
It will adopt a proprietary alternative if six key issues can't be resolved, an executive said
'The more critical the service, the more problematic lock-in is,' one analyst says
New OS X malware in 2015 is five times the previous five years combined, Bit9 + Carbon Black says
Upgrading requires a downgrade to Windows Phone 8.1
Computing Cell software encrypts data, protects the keys with policies.
Security capabilities for managed database service help protect data
AWS’s data analytics tool could disrupt the business intelligence market
Other networking vendors with ties with VMware -- like HP -- could be in a bigger bind
Features include 'Expert Storybooks,' new data connectors and more secure connections to corporate information
Surveys find consumers are confident while security professionals are wary
Netcraft alleges certification authorities aren't properly vetting applicants for SSL/TLS digital certificates
The third-party maintenance provider was found liable for copyright infringement
FBI, DoJ: Andrey Ghinkul, of Moldova, was charged in a nine-count indictment
Project Aspis will help hosting providers remove persistent criminal activity from their networks before it spreads to end users
We can forgive a company for choosing a dumb name when it's fixing a very real problem. Step up to the plate, Wayerz.
Preview builds released between Jan. 23 and July 9 stop working on Thursday unless updated to current version 10565
Google Apps administrators now can use single sign on for a wider set of Web and mobile apps
A cheap, blue dye might allow electricity to flow faster through some thin-film materials, thus allowing more flexible, organic electronics, and an alternative to silicon, researchers say.
Dell's expensive acquisition of EMC recalls a time when tech companies joined together to take on competitors.
By only supporting one carrier, Microsoft almost guarantees failure for the new Lumia.
The big question is whether Dell is buying EMC to embrace the cloud, or resist it.
Twitter will work better with a "nimbler" engineering team, Dorsey tells staff
SAP Cloud for Analytics aims to redefine analytics by combining business intelligence, planning and predictive analytics into a SaaS offering built on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform.