Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Advocate Health Care replaces Cisco Catalyst 6509 core with 10G Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch fabric
For the second time in two weeks a court in Mannheim, Germany, has agreed to wait while Samsung challenges Apple's intellectual property
'Apple is not a convicted monopolist,' says director of Firefox
Law enforcement agencies sometimes collect such data from operators without warrants, according to reports
The defunct file-sharing site, under financial pressure, wants to deal with the pending criminal case first
The move is part of a wave of legislative activity to block the practice
The new operating system makes the process faster and less disruptive to the operation of the computer
DHS-sponsored "International Partners Day" draws participation from Europe, Israel, Japan
Intel will release smartphone chips based on new manufacturing processes over two years to improve smartphone performance and battery life
Applauds feature in Safari that removes old copies of the popular plug-in
New Sidebar feature will give quick access to Facebook friends who might know answers and to relevant Twitter accounts
Launched in January, newer RIM phones offer Department of Defense personnel access to NFC and other features
NaviSite announces object storage offering, analyst says big data analytics is next for many providers
Twitter grows, Facebook declines, IE6 use remains steady, says Zscaler
Updates Lion to 10.7.4, provides security-only fixes for Snow Leopard
Otellini says Intel chips are better at supporting legacy apps on Windows 8
Isis set for launch in Salt Lake City, Austin this summer
XtremIO joins a long list of flash products offered by EMC
New York City Housing Authority wants to defend against attacks on industrial control systems
Not to be overshadowed by SDN, VMware looks to virtualize
For now Sloan School of Management uses VDI, but is exploring more ambitious options.
OpenFlow switches yes, but will it build its own controller?
Project Avalon eventually will allow enterprises to run any Windows application or desktop on any device in a cloud
Microsoft Officer RTF parsing vulnerabilities are a common target for attackers who distribute advanced persistent threats
From airflow to zombie servers, Switch executive says you might be missing some key power suckers
Carriers all want new spectrum and they want it ASAP
Patent holder IPCom said that Nokia needs to stop selling existing 3G phones, while Nokia said they aren't affected
Google agrees, but Mozilla does not plan to file formal complaints at this time
When does data become big? AWS, IBM and research firms each have their own definitions.
State law proscribes procurement and possession but not viewing
ICANN will now accept applications on the system till May 30
Yanks Flash plug-ins older than November 2010 version from browser
Says carriers will need to work to regain public trust
Judge Alsup's ruling means the issue of fair use will likely be put to a new jury
The App Center will display high-quality apps that use Facebook's authentication system
Cautious outlook, however, pushes shares down in after-market trading
Simplicity of malware masked a highly sophisticated operation, says cybersecurity consulting firm
RDS enhancements in Windows Server 2012 include improved performance over WANs and IT management simplifications
An ACM CHI study finds Facebook adheres to good user interface design principles
Some say you might not need them – so why are customers still buying?
DHS, Motorola and the Israeli government are hoping Motorola's ACE-3600 raises the bar for security in industrial control systems
Two new tiers give coders lower-cost access to Heroku's Postgres cloud database service
Reports from blogs and OS X 10.8's preview release schedule offer clues
