Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Cookie Jar Entertainment turned to cloud computing in 2008 to meet growing computing needs without growing its data centers.
One Barnes & Noble store had units on sale Tuesday, while Amazon shipped Kindle Fire a day early
Government support, as well as new computing techniques, will be needed
Aerohive's branch solution holds down costs, extends security
Robert Butyka, 26, allegedly caused $500,000 damage to NASA's systems
Missing a chance to make 'huge leap' in Windows security, argues expert
The processor, designed for high-performance apps, can run at 1 teraflop
Symantec survey of 1,900 SMB organizations finds 'What, me worry?' attitude
The operator wants to bring mobile services such as Facebook to a wide range of users
The new ultrabook and other products come shortly after the company decided not to sell its PC business
The two operators have 800 million mobile users
The company is focusing more on the enterprise market to try to boost profits
The Sentinel DX4000 comes with enterprise-class features such as data deduplication
The government took over management of the federal careers site from Monster.com and since then it has experienced significant problems
No clue of the cause, but users rant about explicit and violent images flooding news feeds
G'zOne Ravine 2 is a global phone with GPS apps
Intel aims for an exascale supercomputer by 2018, and is building more power-efficient server chips
A cloud-based service starting at $99 is designed for easy deployment and maintenance
Tweaks to updating, rebooting of patched PCs will improve security, say experts
Opponents of the legislation also complain that sponsors are railroading it through Congress
Contend that proposed SOPA and Protect IP Act legislation would create uncertain new liabilities
Howard Hughes Medical Institute upgrades core Ethernet network to boost performance, eliminate Spanning Tree
The first commercially available microprocessor opened the door to laptops, smartphones, GPS
In response, Verizon says it complies with laws, has deferred some taxes
Apple's Steve Jobs wanted his own network that would use unlicensed spectrum rather than rely on mobile operators
Users of the service can share files through links with non-Android users
Privacy activists say the company is revealing even less personal data than just a few months ago
New LTE devices could disrupt everyday consumer electronics
Gartner says iPhone sales slowed right before iPhone 4S unveiled
Facebook feeds are being deluged with porn and violent images, but no one knows where they are coming from
VMware and Google have bought dozens of companies between them this year, but HP and Microsoft spent the most.
Among large businesses, AT&T has a 28% share of Internet traffic
WLAN vendor adds high-capacity access points, improved security
The draft standards are intended to give Web users choices about how they are tracked
A Digital Advertising Alliance proposal does not go far enough, the group says
Unveils 40G Ethernet switch, extensions to its 7050 product line
The new ioDrive Octal offers up to 1.3M IOS and 6.7GB/sec throughput
Over half of all smartphones sold in the third quarter ran Android, according to Gartner
It could pose a grave threat to the industrial control systems
Rival metrics firms paint different pictures of Lion adoption
The center will focus on engineering and operating LinkedIn's products and systems
Scientists hope their computer model will be in use within 5 years
TranSteg expands use of steganography for masking covert data in legitimate streams
Google is already using internally a version of Google+ with workplace-specific capabilities
Users of the private PaaS software, which supports .Net apps, will get additional management features
Now that IPv6 is imminent, you’ll need some IPv6 address space. Working with ARIN to request IPv6 differs from IPv4 procedures.
