Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Paydiant, CrowdStrike among those snagging big venture capital rounds of late
The attack suggests that cybercriminals are increasingly looking at email as a method of distributing Android malware, researchers say
The Windows tablet upgrades make them more mobile and suitable desktop replacements
The company is already being investigated by the U.S. among other countries
Leaked document shows the justice commissioner is unhappy with the proposals
Once skittish, the channel makes its comeback in the cloud
Red Hat Storage Server now works with Microsoft Active Directory and OpenStack
Multiven has renewed its accusations that Cisco abuses its position by tying software bug fixes to its maintenance services
BitSight Partner SecurityRating service rates IT security of potential partner companies
The new browser-based version has an interface that's faster and easier to use
Designed from scratch for the iPad and touch, free Coast browser eliminates 'chrome' distractions to focus on the page content
Social networking by fans and concert-goers requires big Wi-Fi bandwidth at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field
New group will promote Cisco security products but also offer new managed services
Workday Student is under development but won't be fully complete until 2016
Chinese regulators have already approved the first LTE TDD phones
Pioneers in information system security, intrusion detection among those honored
The experts will be watching more intently when Apple announces the prices of its the colorful smartphone
The add-on is priced separately and focuses on analytics for HCM (human capital management)
MIT researchers are building an antenna designed to give spacecraft the size of a shoe box a way to phone home
PayPal's Beacon technology will be rolled out early next year
The companies made a renewed push for greater transparency around data requests related to national security
Like SSDs, hard drives are up against a density wall
Data visualization is being used to help the military move equipment out of Afghanistan
MSDN and TechNet subscribers were enraged when Microsoft denied them access to the latest Win 8.1 pre-release build
On-sale date likely remains Oct. 18, when Windows 8.1 update reaches retail
Universities awarded $25 million NSF grant to create next-generation AI technologies
Icahn's withdrawal from an effort to buy out Dell paves the way for CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake to buy the company
Also, Surface to get battery-boost keyboard, Nokia buy could lead to Surface Phone brand
Congress didn't authorize the FCC to pass net neutrality rules, Verizon's lawyer tells an appeals court
News that the NSA may have spied on Swift provokes outrage in the EU
The new version of the open source PostgreSQL database now comes with data wrappers that can both write and read data to other systems
Business Objects 4.1 is now generally available
The drive offers up to seven times the capacity of typical tablet SSDs
Includes a new chip that draws as little as 4.5 watts power in tablet usage scenarios
While enterprises revenue slows, service providers are picking up some of the slack
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden indicate that the NSA can read certain targets' BES communications
China has been stepping up measures to crack down on online rumors
Dark Matter Labs rolling out private-key encryption storage package for cloud services
