Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Half of all cellphone users have downloaded apps
The new features are geared toward making it easier for businesses to use Rackspace's RackConnect offering
New Brocade switches aimed at boosting performance, lowering cost in enterprise networks
The middleware vendor is preparing to deliver its own PaaS (platform as a service)
Do.com is built on the bones of Salesforce.com's Manymoon acquisition
Barnes & Noble's new device doesn't change the tablet equation
First month's service is $199, includes an LG Optimus smartphone
SMBs moving toward recovery-as-a-service; large firms go slow
Cisco is taking a minority stake in a subsidiary of KT, a Korean telecommunications company
The Facebook CEO also said his company's focus is on partnerships, not rivalries, during an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose
The FAS2240 can use solid-state drives
What now runs on the company's routers will be able to run in a cloud data center
Rackspace will offer support services for OpenStack implementations running in enterprises or other data centers
Users can now add favorite businesses to their Google+ social network circles
Gavin Kim will be general manager, Windows Phone product management
Microsoft aims to take steps to ease code development across tablets, PCs and smartphones
After months of waiting, Google+ invites enterprises, brands into the fold
Locks in leadership with stock grants that vest in 2013 and 2016
Huawei is hoping products with strong feature sets but lower prices will attract consumers
Juniper confirms BGP issue and need to offer software fix after several sites go down
Gen. Keith Alexander says cloud computing can help eliminate hodgepodge of systems needing security
New movie is based on 59 minutes of never-before-seen footage
Agency's Open Source Center said to use social media to assess reaction to world events
System scores application developers based on the volume and quality of their work
The U.S. bookseller takes on Amazon in the tablet market
Ex-Motorola software engineer Hanjuan Jin says she's not guilty
Titles, job functions for top corporate IT execs are changing as outsourcing, cloud computing take off
Analysts applaud the company's decision to keep its PC unit as the personal devices market takes off.
While similar changes cause a stir at other companies, IBM plans a smooth transition from Palmisano to Rometty.
But other security vendors expect Duqu to continue to evade detection
SecurID gets into Microsoft and Citrix clouds; McAfee has new Cloud Security Platform
KPN said it does not appear any fraudulent SSL certificates were issued, though
Tries to pump up new edition's numbers on Windows 7
Year-old Open Data Center Alliance includes firms that represent $100B-plus in annual IT spending
11 tips for protecting your wireless networks
Third Point, a large investor in Yahoo, has demanded that co-founder Jerry Yang resign from the Board
The zEnterprise 196 will add Windows to Linux, x86 support next month
Representatives of 39 Chinese companies attended the government-sponsored meeting on Internet development