Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Sebelius ignored several warnings about potential problems, one senator says
Instagram sees its service becoming more Twitter-like in the future
With IE11 now out, Google implements long-used policy, urges Google App users to upgrade to a newer browser
Facebook's Presto can sift through petabytes of data and swiftly return query results, according to the company
They seek a court order to prevent Dutch intelligence services from using data obtained by other foreign agencies
Judge ordered partial retrial to recalculate damages applied to Samsung infringement
A new study says big business has too much influence over EU lawmakers
Plus, the incredible, bendable LG G Flex, Samsung going big as ever on 4K phones, old bugs, and Verizon announces its own branded Android tablet, for some reason
Smartphone release was listed by Microsoft as Nov. 15, but AT&T isn't saying
The batteries can be any size, from a pinhead to a carpet
The company's SlideShark app for viewing and showing PowerPoint presentations on iOS devices has been downloaded more than 2 million times
BlackBerry's decision to remain a public company increases the uncertainty their customers feel, according to Good Technology
Reuters reports that the list includes more outsiders than insiders
The pending Oracle intellectual-property lawsuit isn't stopping Rimini Street from taking steps to go public
First indications of demand for the anticipated IPO will come later Wednesday
The wireless LAN giant is partnering with WiGig chip maker Wilocity
The latest proposals give Google less room for maneuver, but rivals are still not happy
The Cisco spin-in is a strategic answer to the supposed threat of SDNs
Cisco buys spin-in for up to $863 million, ratchets up competition with VMware for data center supremacy
Greater platter density will translate into lower cost per gigabyte of capacity
Samsung's smartphone shipments soared by 156 percent year-over-year in the quarter
Pure Storage counters that the suit is a "sideshow" to real competition between Pure and EMC over all-flash storage
Data can be made unavailable even when it's stored offline, EMC says
Google execs talked about the company's efforts to incorporate more personal, contextual information into Maps
The company says it has never received an order under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act
Just ahead of IPO, study also shows Twitter users more apt to use mobile devices
CloudForms 3.0 offers a consolidated admin interface for managing usage of both OpenStack and Amazon Web Services
Fujitsu moves storage, high-speed co-processor out of Primergy RX200 and into an expansion box connected via fiber optics
Big 5-in.-plus smartphones make up 22% of the market; Samsung dominates
Twitter ups its share price, making some analysts nervous about its IPO
Flaw unlikely to be patched in next week's security updates, says expert
SDN start-up in transition picks former Juniper exec Murray; co-founder Appenzeller stays as CTO
Customers are 'encouraged' to move to WebLogic Server if they want Oracle-backed support
The superbug tracking app has been accessed more than 300,000 times
NIST's cryptographic standards are used by software developers around the world to protect confidential data
Reaction to August brouhaha over Chrome's practice of letting anyone see passwords in plain text
Lawmakers point to reports of a website user having his personal data shared with another user
Those features were already in the company's Android search app
Traffic with this source port might indicate reconnaissance for future attacks, researchers from Cisco said
Indian space agency launches Mangalyaan spacecraft for 10-month information-gathering trip to Mars
The company will collect a 20 percent transaction fee on all paid, non-health services
Healthcare.gov homepage ranks 4th in a performance test, but that's just for the homepage
IBM says its investment in data analysis can pay off for system administrators with the new Predictive Insights product
Rackspace has a new default higher-performing VM, while Amazon releases graphic processing unit-based virtual machines, which are ideal for streaming high-definition content.
