Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
How can Oracle spark greater adoption of Fusion Applications without riling customers on older releases?
A long-held notion that the U.S. has fallen behind many other nations is largely incorrect, the think tank says
The smartphone will start shipping within the next five to seven weeks
Tim Cook says there are other ways to approach the issue, like lowering older model prices and creating new products
Need a network? Spin one up in Pertino's cloud in minutes
Hardware gets 4+ years of support, but the Windows 8 Pro OS gets 10
The 5-inch phone with 5G Wi-Fi, and how Apple can increase sales
VMware: Virtualized compute? Check. Virtualized Network? Check. Virtualized storage? Now, check
Allowing users to switch between SIMs to get better tariffs has become a must in some parts of the world, according to analyst
Client/server software is supporting new protocol called OSTP
Client/server Online Security Transaction Protocol intended for flexible multi-factor authentication
Shift gives attackers better chance at getting into enterprise networks, according to Websense
Software migrates data between DRAM and SSD based on I/O intensity
With 70% of employees across corporate networks using a personal smartphone or tablet, growing attack surface too big to ignore
Tela Innovations has targeted smartphones, tablets, and other devices from these companies
The programmer, who died in 2004, was granted two U.S. patents for an early social networking system
Users can now sync their American Express cards to buy products directly on Twitter
Experts agree that the security industry as a whole could benefit from sharing more information about malware and attacks
The UEFI boot loader can allow independent Linux distributions to run on Windows 8 machines
There will be an estimated 50 billion embedded mobile devices within 20 years
Only a small percentage of images were affected, Flickr says
Reddit's Ask Me Anything finds Bill Gates, who says Microsoft had a cloud product he wishes had launched earlier and he likes to play tennis and bridge
Privacy advocates say CISPA would allow private companies to share personal information with few restrictions
Lack of planning could cause projects to miss auditability deadlines
Lance Spitzner of SANS Securing the Human program outlines five common misconceptions about security awareness programs
The latest Apple rumor says the company is building a smart wristwatch with a flexible display
Intermec devices survive rain, drops, heat and will help lower costs (See video below)
Disciplinary proceedings could follow
A sit-down with Sacha Labourey, founder and president of PaaS company CloudBees
Also workers want Microsoft Surface; more storage for Surface
Some customers fume, critics seize shortage as sign that Microsoft fumbled launch
Like many competitors, Apple is looking for new product categories beyond smartphones and tablets
Limited information will be released as the investigation continues, Bit9's CTO writes
Flash 11.6 to block automatic play of content in docs created with Office 2007 and older
The trade plan would let him diversify his portfolio, a company filing said
Mobile carrier Telefonica shifted a VoLTE call to 3G on a multivendor network
Criminals get around an application whitelist by going after the vendor providing the security product
Users will closely watch service and support
SAP is 'extremely disappointed' with the state controller's decision, according to a spokesman
Lawyers for a bank and the USPTO argue that abstract ideas aren't patentable when a computer is added
Monitors migration of entertainment activities from PCs to tablets, smartphones; bets on the PC's demise only if Windows 8 succeeds on tablets
Microsoft adds document-sharing link feature
