Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
DoD, CIA among agencies that haven't adopted extra DNS security measures
The U.S. capital has had Google Apps since 2008, but users still prefer the Microsoft e-mail system
Deutsche Telekom, Alcatel-Lucent and Airbus are convinced it can supplant satellites
An enterprise app store can help IT control and secure mobile applications
The cryptography pioneer formulates three rules for making applications secure
Tech support scammers are impersonating customer representatives from antivirus companies
Cisco's purchase of NDS Group is firm's most significant acquisition since Tandberg; makes company leader in service provider video gear
Rockstar Consortium officially owns former Nortel patent portfolio, plans to cash in
Avaya CEO: "We will seek to extend videoconferencing to any device, anytime, anywhere"
"Nobel Prize in Computing" goes to UCLA professor whose AI work made quantum leap from Turing's own breakthrough
Experts blame poor adherence to security audit procedures
Dell's first data center in the region is coming up in India, a company executive said
Facebook, Apple, Twitter are among those charged in class action suit with surreptitiously taking user data
As third-gen tablet debut nears, Apple outsources offers for used iPads and iPad 2s
CIO wants to ensure that IT managers are viewed as 'business engineers' and 'true peers,' not pushovers
Dropbox may be popular but Gartner, for one, cautions against enterprise use
The budget carrier's five-year wholesale deal with Clearwire is a blow to LightSquared, which it had looked to for extra capacity
The company's response to earlier questions about access to address-book data was inadequate, they said
Despite executive departure and layoffs, AIM will be supported, improved
Firm leverages cloud, human capital to offer data loss prevention services
Experts say it will be a few years before industry standard-bearers
Monetizing mobile apps isn't easy when there's virtually limitless competition
Microsoft's IE10 has five-month head start; documentation on hybrid desktop-Metro browsers only showed up Feb. 29
A so-called nonpracticing entity alleges collusion by the companies
Alternative builds bring speed optimizations and custom features to the Firefox core
Microsoft says in combo with Windows 8 touch, the browser has a lot of useful features
BlueCross BlueShield agrees to pay HHS for HIPAA violations tied to 2009 breach that exposed data on 1 million members
Cloud services are bound to fail. Some failures will be momentary. Others may be far more serious. What's important is that you're prepared.
Experts at the company have built big private clouds and know what to put in, what to leave out. One hint: Don't use blade servers
Some forthcoming laptops will have touchscreens, and Intel wants developers to have their apps use them
Controllers, network services become VMWare applications
Would likely run corporate Windows apps, though some wonder if Microsoft's tablet can compete with iPad, Android devices
VMware, Microsoft, Amazon are top hiring cloud companies
84% of IT buyers who plan tablet purchases in 2Q will tap Apple
New models help bring multimedia to enterprise campus
The Sensation and Sensation XE will be the first HTC phones to get the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade
To keep up with demand for mobile data, the backhaul from cell sites has to grow fast, according to research firm iGR
In a sign of the digital times, the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print will cease publication and exist only online
A spate of location-based apps generates buzz at SXSW
The long-simmering case is expected to last eight weeks
Medical residents at University of Chicago praise tablets
