Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Retailers, sports teams and transit providers can use tech to get ads, directions, sale information and other info to in-venue customers
The Kafka Pub/Sub messaging platform is faster than RabbitMQ, LinkedIn engineers say
Deal first of 12 designed to drive traffic and get customers to think Windows
Dutch concerns follow rooftop spying reports form Berlin, Rome and Milan
Windows 7 final sales dates 'to be determined'
This year, according to Facebookers, was all about the royal baby, the Pope, Nelson Mandela and relationships
Pricing in the cloud computing market is extremely complex and not user friendly, a new report finds
Budget sequestration may be helping to chill market
Verizon will be able to offer more enterprise services to improve video streaming performance and protect websites against attacks
The US exerted 'great pressure' in previous negotiation rounds, the documents indicate
Last Thursday's ban on Chinese banks trading in the virtual currency is having repercussions
And they believe hospitals will someday be obsolete, survey shows
Face recognition, buckling knees, 3D sensor run riot, refocusing cam
The eight tech companies want the U.S. to lead the reforms
The carrier wants to reject a shareholder proposal calling for reports on government data requests
The Internet company could expand its entertainment offerings through the deal
PCs and servers slump but software, components for mobile devices and good economic news generate optimism
DARPA creates a set of games that covertly search for software vulnerabilities
The FCC will conduct the complex auction when its software and systems are ready, Wheeler says
Goldenshores lied to users about its flashlight app's data sharing habits, FTC says
Shoppers could start receiving notifications as they walk past the latest iPhones
CMS is working with insurance providers to identify applications with problems, an official says
The allegations are based on documents the magazine says were provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
Insists program is legal and purely outward-facing
The court will review an appeals court decision in a computerize trading platform patent case
Costs keep rising for both sides and the patent case continues
The suspects are charged with creating and participating in a criminal organization
Researchers at IBM's Zurich facility have developed software to use cloud storage services as a backup
Twitter changed a prospectus focus to revenue growth rather than profitability after SEC queries
11 weeks after iOS 7 launch, uptake has slowed
As virtualization has become pervasive, there's now a better way to do backup, Veeam says
Free Software Foundation executive director compares proprietary software to 'a jail.'
Inspections are part of inquiry into anticompetitive practices
Some new features show a growing interest in keeping users informed
Telstra in Australia will start selling its service soon and a launch in Japan is planned for next year
New architecture mimics U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence agency high-security networks
Internet Explorer (again) needs fixes; recent Windows XP vulnerability not addressed
DARPA robot challenge focused on developing tools so robots can use tools, climb stairs and drive cars
Comcast Business sees Ethernet services broadening in addressable markets, capabilities next year
Sets October 2014 cut-off for sales to OEMs
Cloud providers take on a bigger share of the servers as overall market starts declining
High-profile execs may be hesitant to risk gaffs on sites like Twitter or Google+, analysts say
The site combines email addresses corresponding to accounts exposed in data breaches at Adobe, Yahoo, Stratfor, Gawker and Sony
A counsel for one of the defendants called it a win for civil disobedience
