Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
One criminal impersonated a maintenance engineer and tried to attach a KVM switch to a bank computer for remote control purposes
Ministers have been reminded to use only smartphones with an approved security device to discuss sensitive information
Axcient says it can restore data faster and in a smaller footprint; is the cloud now ready for your DR?
Wants customers to give up their iPads and switch to Surface; will offer minimum of $200 per tablet
Plus – a full-throated defense of our friend the bezel, purple haze on the HTC One, ROMantic developments and what may be the funniest smartphone ads to date.
Widespread use of cloud data centers helps tech firms keep running, letting workers worry first about floods, not about business
Patches 30 vulnerabilities, also ships updates for Lion and aged Snow Leopard
Tech think-tank argues Google did not violate Wiretap Act
The behavior was noticed after a file-tracking service was used to watch several files uploaded to Dropbox
The capital gained from an IPO could expand the Twitter ecosystem, some said
WiGig allows for highly directional connectivity at rates up to 7Gbps
Support for the email retrieval protocol is also being used by developers to link their apps with Outlook.com
Circuitry turns the alcohol into electricity that powers a low-power microprocessor in a demonstration
Java 7 Update 40 allows system administrators to define which specific Java applets should be trusted and executed
NASA makes history as spacecraft leaves the solar system
HP TippingPoint's ZDI, along with Google and BlackBerry, will sponsor November edition of Pwn2Own that focuses on smartphones and tablets
The agency has no specific data security rules and operates from a vague statute, critics say
New Apple 5s and 5c devices do support Sprint's existing LTE network; carrier expects next iPhone generation will support Sprint's 2.5GHz spectrum
CEO and co-founder Michael Dell says as a private company, Dell can be more entrepreneurial
Microsoft messaging team uses Reddit Q&A session to announce IMAP support
Prices are expected to continue to rise as SK Hynix works to repair FAB factory in Wuxi
Ceremony promises enormously intelligent people doing unbelievably daft things.
But SSD failure rates are still vastly better than hard disk drives
Telescope finds star cluster that could give scientists info about galaxy origins
Survey finds this crime is on the rise and leads to average cost of $18K-plus to resolve
The 16GB model will be $79 with a two-year contract; pre-orders start Friday
Advanced Cyber Security Center fosters voluntary information sharing among private organizations as a way of staying ahead of the bad guys
Amazon Web Services targeted in demo; industry rep calls threat 'negligible'
The iPhone 5s and 5c take a big step toward global LTE coverage with up to 13 LTE bands, but a handful more bands are still needed
Deal effectively doubles Extreme's business and small Ethernet switching share
The deal approved by shareholders Thursday marks a grueling victory for founder Michael Dell
The advent of software-defined networking and increasing traffic volume puts new demands on networking equipment
Facebook CEO tells Disrupt audience that he may be last one to ask for IPO advice
Exec spreads credit for early success; talks of surge in interest in working at the Internet company
Tuesday's event, iPhone 5C pricing showed Apple has no intention of marching to someone else's drum, says analyst
Haswell chips on Chromebook will make a difference to the platform, analysts say
The employee, Alan Patmore, was alleged to have uploaded over 760 Zynga files to a Dropbox folder
New Chromebooks highlight a tight partnership between Google and Intel, and a shift away from only Wintel
The review comes as Facebook's proposed policy changes cause controversy
Gen. Keith Alexander described a tightly controlled phone-data collection system but failed to mention repeated violations
Intel's Bay Trail chip will initially be used in 32-bit Windows 8.1 tablets, with 64-bit versions due in the first quarter
Zuckerberg said the US government 'blew it' while Mayer said revealing details about the programs would be 'treason'
IBM is working to extend its governance products and services to big data systems
