Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Attacks were small in size, unsophisticated in execution when compared to 5,000 confirmed DDoS attacks this year
The answer is ‘yes,’ ‘no’ and ‘maybe’
Cloud services can mean big savings, but require difficult risk assessments
The Nasdaq, home to a critical mass of IT vendors, hit its highest intraday peak in two years Thursday
A new tool for Google allows users to search for phrases within 5.2 million digitized books
The social network is reeling in big ad dollars this year, report says
In a press release, the group said the term may also be applied to LTE, WiMax and HSPA+
Comments for the week of Dec. 13
Waste, fraud, lies and "cluelessness" are blamed for ERP project woes
Democrats ask for an expansion of net neutrality protections, while Republicans ask FCC to back off
Forget Google Earth and Google Maps, the company now has a tool for mapping the human anatomy
Yahoo says it's exploring options including a possible sale of the division
Julian Assange has beaten an appeal from UK prosecutors to keep him jailed, pending an extradition hearing
Via ActiveSync, new application centralizes mobile controls
Plans to make the VM Import feature compatible with more platforms for virtualization in the future
iPad still dominates; surges as laptop replacement
The U.S. International Trade Commission report on China trade practices was requested by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
'Unerase Wizard' can rescue accidentally deleted files
The Obama administration recommends an online privacy code of conduct, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission
Will push new software store as free download via OS X updater
Report issued by Communications Workers of America mirrors past findings
Rather than staying fixed to the North, Google Maps will rotate along with the user
Company co-founder again calls for add-on standardization
Oracle said its Exadata sales leads have grown to almost $2 billion
New version also includes 'Chrome Instant' for search previews and speedier page loads
The new recommendations look like more self-regulation, some privacy advocates say
Just how much faster is 4G, anyway? We compare Sprint's 3G and 4G networks.
The company also coined a new buzzword Wednesday - it says we're in the era of "Search 2.0"
China-based companies responsible for one third of venture-backed IPOs
Indian has said that it will ask service providers for access to communications like Gmail for security reasons
Microsoft-Google rivalry expanded to new battlefields in the past year
DHS wants federal agencies, carriers to adopt emerging routing security standards
Open Group made steward of trusted supply-chain initiative
Mesa County, Colorado IT employee's mistake results in data being available online for six months
China Mobile plans to launch OPhone OS versions 2.5 and 3.0 next year
