Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Companies will be able to negotiate pan-European agreements with a single authority, rather than country by country as now
TheInfoPro study finds Cisco and Juniper down, Check Point and Palo Alto up in firewall popularity contest
Users get access to internal maps of retail stores, malls, airports and other large venues
Tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 will have to be competitive on features and price to draw user interest
Pay-as-you-go service to help reduce IT management concerns
Six mobile storefronts will adopt the ESRB rating system in the coming months
It's faster, cheaper and easier than the courts, said Commission officials
Live streaming spam makes Facebook's community forum hard to navigate
Websites often get bogged down with scripts and widgets with high latency times, according to Ghostery
Merck in Germany said last week it had inexplicably lost administrative rights to the Facebook page
And neither can the functionalities of a computer program
Dartmouth researchers have developed a mertic that can sumamrize how much a digital image has been altered
WikiLeaks has scheduled a press conference on Thursday in London that will cover the organization's plans
Japan's biggest carrier will invest $390 million and offer compatible handsets for "nottv," which aims for an April launch.
Adds FAST boot to ensure boot files remain on flash memory
Paul Martine taps desktop virtualization, cloud apps to trim IT costs while increasing services
The software will combine structured and unstructured data into a unified workflow
The BlackBerry Mobile Fusion product will manage Android, iOS, BlackBerry and BBX devices
Microsoft is expected to claim success selling Office 365 to small companies in particular
Its ChannelFly software finds the best channel by looking at packet performance
Next generation of DX tools also offer duplicate code detection and a bridge from ASP.Net to Apple's iPhone
The dispute stems from 3M's decision to use a third-party support provider to help it run its systems
Fake UPS notices, bogus Groupon coupons, raft of other tactics deployed by bad guys
Still no official word on Nexus launch date
IBM takes top stop in server revenue
4 inches is big, not malware-proof, irony alert
Harris poll shows many U.S. buyers are checking off their shopping lists online
Company's software enables surreptitious tracking of mobile phone users, researcher said
Estimates 1976 document will fetch $100,000 to $150,000 at Dec. 13 sale
Walton's inventions have found dozens of applications, paved way for NFC
Software from Whisper Systems offers full disk encryption and other security software for Android phones
Robotic rover Curiosity is on long journey to the Red Planet; ETA in August 2012
React to report that 15-in. Air due in early 2012 when Apple refreshes line
Peer-to-peer search offers an alternative to the big incumbents
The DOJ and ICE have now seized 350 websites since June 2010
An Android Trojan that sends text messages to premium-rate numbers hides as a SMS monitoring app
The hackers in the Philippines were raising funds for a terrorist group in Saudi Arabia
Amazon.com, Wal-Mart are big Black Friday winners among online retailers, says comScore
As the Macintosh becomes a common tool in today's enterprise, IT has much to learn about effectively working with the Apple platform
Kindle Fire tablet is top seller
Enterprises need to be aware of hidden IPv6 vulnerabilities
Equity Office's new WAN requires dealing with more providers but halves the cost of bandwidth
The modules will be available through major retail channels like Amazon.com, Fry's, and Best Buy
But others again beat Apple's deals with lower prices
