Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Android and Apple's iOS together accounted for 75 percent of the smartphone market
The new platform will use peer-to-peer technology to avoid government controls
Company will offer 'Norton One' membership to customers needing wide-ranging computer help
Proview, the company claiming the iPad trademark, has asked Chinese customs to ban import and export of the tablet
An activist shareholder is challenging the board candidates proposed by Yahoo's new CEO
The agency is proposing to suspend LightSquared's LTE plan amid findings of GPS interference
HP, Intel have put a clamp on a motherboard as an error-free way to slot processors in sockets
WiMax's future lies in fixed wireless broadband and specialized networks, the acquirer says
With U.S. and E.U. approvals, Google moves closer to finalizing Motorola deal
HP will provide the opportunity for select customers to benchmark and test experimental ARM servers in its labs
Research paper claims ‘1024-bit RSA provides 99.8% security at best'
Americans first must trust electronic voting, which is still problematic
Accessibility features expanded, made easier to insert in applications
Solar panel manufacturer is newest victim of old problem
Security updates patch half-dozen critical flaws in Windows, IE
Vertica users can now provision Vertica clusters through a drag-and-drop browser interface
The cybersecurity practices of operators of critical infrastructure systems would be evaluated by DHS
Students, software engineers and consultants are the most typical user occupations
Hardware expert agrees that Apple will -- must -- make move on LTE this year
Details come forward on Valentine's Day/Patch Tuesday security bulletins from Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle
Cisco forecast has mobile data in 2016 at 18 times current levels
Survey shows IT groups are leery, doctors lack access to clinical apps, data
Efforts won't focus on specific individuals or groups, agency insists
Mozilla's planned grace period for man-in-the-middle sub-CA certificate revocations could pose issues
Intel introduces the Crystal Forest chipset, which fills a networking gap in its data center technology stack
It's the third major version of the open-source office suite, an offshoot of OpenOffice.org
Users will be able to move between the two networks without interruptions
An old idea gets new life as mobile strategies gain importance
Analysts parse the incomplete info Microsoft's shared so far
The tech company hopes to employ its widely used Felica touch-card technology in electrical power sockets and plugs
Agency issues RFI for tool that can use social network data to identify, assess potential threats to U.S.
WWPass offers secure authentication and storage technology
Its Customer Experience Management on Demand software is designed to help carriers draw connections between data
HP's server management apps will help system administrators check on the health of servers
The next version of UC4's IT automation software will include Ventum tools for development management
FireEye asks why attacks go way up on holidays other than Christmas and New Year's
The push for 'Bring Your Own device' IT support may help foster high-end thin client adoption
The agency also approves patent purchase deals by Apple, Microsoft and RIM
Carrier targets VMware customers with upgraded compute-as-a-service offering
StopTheHacker technology originally funded under $600,000 National Science Foundation grant
10G LAN-on-Motherboard to drop prices, increase adoption and require more switch ports
A primary goal of the budget is to do more with less, says CIO VanRoekel
Amtel offers stripped-down version of iOS and Android MDM for fast deployment
New ProLiant Gen8 servers put HP on clear path to remote cloud management
