Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Cisco is going green and targeting upcoming IPv6 demand with new SMB switches
The European Parliament voted in favor of a policy of tighter legislation and stronger sanctions
Offering challenges WAN optimization vendors Blue Coat, Cisco and Riverbed
DHS prototype designed to detect 'fidget factor' of possible terrorists
Twitter's recent vulnerability was caused by third-party code, a problem in the industry
Oracle retires piecemeal network monitoring and management tools in favor of a single, consolidated system
Google has been battling them for years in what the company calls an 'escalating cat-and-mouse game'
3D laptop shipments have totaled about 100,000 this year, a fraction of the total PC market
EmTech@MIT panel describes ways mobile apps
The new Bing Rewards program offers credits for using Bing that can be redeemed for a variety of goods
Worried about protectionism, India presses ahead in effort to reach 'totalization agreement' with the U.S.
SAP is trying to steal some thunder from Oracle's Fusion with the fixed-price products
Cloud-based data and mobile-phone location information need to have the same protections as other data, lawmakers say
60% more corporate IT buyers say they're buying Android smartphones since May, ChangeWave says
Low-power technology may be ready for commercial use in a year
Researcher published info, exploit on print spooler vulnerability in April 2009
Joseph Burton, formerly Cisco CTO for unified communications, says Polycom works well with others
Sprint CEO Hesse confident network can handle data traffic without tiered services
The OAuth 2.0 API security protocol also used by Salesforce.com may be too easy to crack, critics contend
US Search failed to provide the records-blocking service that customers paid for, the FTC says
Business adoption of smartphones running Google's mobile OS rises 60% since May, says market researcher
Hesse says Sprint will offer unlimited service as long as it's reasonable, but will 'watch it closely'
Analysts warn that more attacks could raise a warning flag for Twitter's enterprise users
Victims can't seek restitution unless they suffer actual losses, state Supreme Court says
Facebook has resolved the privacy issues raised in a May 2008 complaint, the commissioner said
Legislation would give two-year tax break to businesses that replace offshore employees with U.S. workers
At OpenWorld, Oracle said its integration of Sun storage will boost performance of its databases and other systems
Unfazed by Oracle's lawsuit, the third-party maintenance provider has added support for E-Business Suite to its lineup
To add in-browser Google Docs edits on Apple's tablet in 'next few weeks'
The accounts were ordered to be restated after a financial scandal at the company
Sony's PS3 console gets an update to play 3D content on Blu-ray Disc movies
As experts learn about the worm, some say that Iran's Bushehr reactor was the likely target
If installed, Microsoft's BitLocker hard-drive encryption is actively used under 2 percent of the time
Technology from Polar Rose allows Apple to identify users in real-time
The flaw could have allowed a hacker to steal data
Microsoft's cloud-based desktop management beta hits user limit
The US$799 TerreStar Genus is for government and business and will work on both 3G and satellite networks
Verizon begins pushing over-the-air updates Wednesday
It's opening up its network for location-based apps
Almost 40,000 3D images will be digitized and stored on EMC Celerra NAS systems for online viewing
But usage share remains under one-tenth of 1%
Cloud computing creates its own set of risks, but its potential security benefits shouldn't be overlooked
The company says it's a one-stop shop for cloud software -- but is what it's offering just plain old hosting?
The flaw was accidentally re-introduced recently, however
But the new proposals set no time limit on data retention
