Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Enterprises are no longer catching up from limited recessionary budgets, the research company said
A long 2012, a longer iPhone, invisible ink, LTE, stupid teardrops
U.S. report says tech industry added 7,100 jobs in November; tech wages may be rising as well
Facebook expands its engineering team to New York City
Eleven lawmakers call for the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate copyright infringement complaints
An Intel executive says Intel-inside smartphones and tablets with the new Android 4.0 OS could come next year
Meanwhile, Carrier IQ offers more details about what its software does
The software maker has turned mobile phones into spy phones, the consumer group says
Video 'proof' is less than convincing, or flat wrong, to some
Biggest security SNAFUs of the year; more Duqu for you
Fire has 14% market share, while iPad has 65%, IHS says
Company's marketing info suggests tools can do more than diagnose operational issues
Analytics, service orchestration and mobility are just a few of the new facets of on-demand software
The bill would give the NSA access to private information held by U.S. companies, a critic says
IT departments need to adapt now or be swept aside, Gartner warns
EBay's ql.io can simplify the process of querying a Web service for data, an eBay developer said
Surveys outline a strong quarter for enterprise hardware
Facebook and Twitter-like functionality, like microblogging, profiles and activity streams adapted for workplaces will become widely adopted
The convention is the only international treaty laying down principles for data protection
IDC said it expects a M&A frenzy in cloud, Big Data areas; mobile apps to generate more money than mainframe business
Engineering professor calls smartphone software 'appalling invasion of privacy'
'Vigorously disagrees' it violates wiretap laws with its smartphone software
SpectrumCo had faced criticism for not developing the AWS spectrum it purchased in 2006
Cost of October BlackBerry outage pegged at $50M
The unpatched vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger allows attackers to change other people's status messages automatically
Europeans worried about the US Patriot Act prefer to keep their data in the EU
Execs offer advice for getting tech jobs in fast-growing companies
Salvation Army tests smartphones and credit cards; churches test pledging by phone
As use of mobile devices soars, Internet handles seen as easier way to make connections
The free Wi-Fi hotspots require users to give their phone numbers to log-on
Western Digital starts restoring hard-drive production in Thailand after devastating floods
Apple says it stopped supporting the monitoring software on 'most' iOS 5 devices
Also, Carrier IQ has repeated its assertion that the mobile-phone software doesn't collect personal information
Critics say Carrier IQ software surreptitiously gathers personal data from phones; Vendor, carriers say only service-related data is tracked
The surge is expected to be short-lived, however
Disaster in Japan, Casey Anthony trial account for top news stories of the year for Bing, AOL and Facebook
Despite employment drop, average tech salaries rose 30%
The JOBS Act would also provide spectrum and funding for a nationwide public safety network
It expects that public cloud providers will start offering the service in the first quarter
After initial reports of a SCADA attack were debunked, questions remain
Franken calls on Carrier IQ to explain its application
Possible cyberattack on SCADA system at small Illinois water plant highlights weakness in U.S. system of "Fusion Centers"
The companies will cooperate on continued WiMax service and future LTE buildouts
The FCC's report raises questions about the impartiality of the agency, an AT&T executive says
StatCounter puts Chrome over the edge, but rival metric firm says won't happen until 2012
Verizon, RIM, Nokia insist their handsets don't support the software
Some analysts were left wanting more details about Office 365 sales and adoption
