Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Beck says he's won't use Google products and suggests that his viewers follow suit; analysts see little effect on the firm
The WiMax operator says it is close to a deal with Sprint on revenue from wholesale users
A lawyer for the agency stops short of saying she wants back doors in Internet services
Comments for the week of Feb. 14, 2011
Traffic off 20% from the norm, says Arbor Networks; Bahrain's biggest telecom firm sees 'service degradation'
As the economy improves, finance executives may need to sharpen their skills at interviewing job candidates
Adoption accelerating, although legal, security and technical obstacles abound
The NTIA and FCC release an interactive national broadband map, the first from the U.S. government
Microsoft bans GPLv3 in mobile apps while pushing its own open source licenses
Many respondents don't even trust themselves with their own records
Hasn't found a way to hijack PCs using SMB bug
At Cisco, switching, routing, revenue and profit targets are taking a back seat to new products, markets and pressures
New NFC smartphones, growing payment ecosystem and industry partnerships should offer big boost to the emerging technology
Treasury secretary says he agrees with Hatch on need to increase H-1B visa program
Skype reached an agreement with Qtel to promote its service in Jordan and the Philippines
Lessons to learn from how Anonymous had its way with HBGary Federal
IBM Watson technology licensed to Nuance to build commercial health care applications
Attacks hit Canada's Finance Department and Treasury Board
Waiting for a catastrophic event to happen is misguided, they say
Microsoft's "FlashStore" boosts efficiency of tiered storage
'Dr. Watson' could act as a physician's assistant, sorting electronic medical histories and even diagnosing patients
'Exascale' arrives for first time in federal budget
About 80% of browsers and their plug-ins need updating, says researcher
Down economy triggers rise in cheating; exam vendors re-double efforts to catch fraudsters
Disgruntled IT pros are blowing the whistle on companies with out-of-compliance licenses
IT professionals surveyed by Network World say buying unauthorized gear less of a problem
At Mobile World Congress, operators and vendors showed what these connected machines are doing on their networks
The government was criticized for agreeing to lease spectrum without an auction
Lenovo's net profit rose 25 percent year-on-year in the third quarter.
Deal seen easing supply shortage for the South Korean giant's smartphones
Dell had taken the lead for the first time over HP in the second quarter of 2010
The block follows U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet freedoms
IBM's Watson computer has finished a three-night run against human contestants on the 'Jeopardy!' game show
IBM's supercomputer crushes human opponents on third night of the TV game show challenge
Emails released by 'hacktivist' group Anonymous show federal security firm to be dangerously arrogant and hopelessly inept
The FCC chairman defends the rules as good for investment and U.S. job creation
Seagate has resolved some of the problems and is working on others
SAP adds support for the OpenSocial standard, and partners are following up
White House budget plan would keep federal IT spending close to fiscal 2010 levels
But music service's chief says he could live with Google's 10% cut on Android apps
$600 for Wi-Fi only version of Xoom in Apple iPad ballpark
Leahy promises new legislation aimed at websites selling pirated or counterfeit goods
They're seen as 'serial interrupters' that demand attention
Some analysts warn that quad-core for tablets could be overkill and drain battery life
A peek at five tech start-ups shows the types of tools your IT department might be using soon. (Think 'cloud.')
