Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
You can't prevent your cloud service provider from going down, but there are ways to protect yourself
With Microsoft ignoring iOS and Android, the market for mobile office software is left to small vendors like QuickOffice
Multiple groups lead different cloud computing standards efforts: Will diversity lead to success or war?
Solar isn't being used for critical loads, but it is still helping
Customers can't afford another data plan, prefer Wi-Fi tablets instead
F5 released its first midrange appliance with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
The new controllers are said to offer double the throughput of the predecessor offerings
'Out-of-band' update only for Mac users
The satellite acquisition still needs approval from the FCC
The $2.4 billion implementation is already over time and budget, according to officials
Report from tablet component makers indicates Amazon tablet would be largest of non-iPad tablets
Google could suffer from showing rivals its cards too early, but avoiding a privacy blunder is worth the competitive risk
Oracle asked the patent office to reconsider its preliminary rejection of a patent relevant to its legal battle with Google
Though IT market reports stay healthy, unemployment figures are causing clouds
Intel is instrumenting its servers with more sensors to help improve the efficiency of data center cooling systems
Beginning of the end for 30-year shuttle program as robots, iPhone soar into space
But Apple remains mum on release date
Worldwide Partner Conference hits Los Angeles next week
IT execs asked to wait for a more business-friendly version of Google+, which Google says could come later this year
Adds HTTPS support to Outlook Hotmail Connector tool for Windows
Android tablets takes away market share from the iPad after Apple deals with supply issues
Two iPhone 5's, cheaper, goodbye September, red
They go by names like Anonymous, Lulz Security, Zeus, Night Dragon, Green Army Corp, Inj3ct0r Team; their goals, methods, effectiveness vary
DataCell briefly accepted 'thousands' of WikiLeaks donations via a new payment processor, before Visa shut it down again
The hacker group is not planning to wind up its current operations
Action on celebrity snooping case seen as another sign of tougher enforcement of security, privacy rules by HHS
The ECDS platform is designed to make live and on-demand enterprise video more efficient
HP has responded to Oracle's accusation that HP wants to keep information secret because it undermines its case
Two customers roll app to service workers in factories and out in the field
Verizon's share of iPhone market has grown steadily since February launch
An outsourcer that took over Clearwire's domestic support team will lay them off
Sole critical bulletin will fix flaws only in Vista and Windows 7
Launch team investigates possible lightning strike as bad weather looms
Aeroprise has been developing mobile apps for BMC for some four years
Microsoft offers browser-based co-authoring in Word
The new version of Java will feature improved file system support and concurrent operations
Latest in invisibility technology on display at British science fair
'Capturing New Markets: How Smart Companies Create Opportunities Others Don't' provides a toolkit for success
Milestone comes just over six months after downloads hit 10 billion mark
German government security agency warns of possible attacks; Apple promises a patch
Brainshark adds Android support for interactive video presentations
The new webOS tablet offers a slick interface and features, but won't be able to compete with the iPad
Oracle is reportedly already asking handset makers to pay as much as $20 per Android phone
