Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Social networks can undermine corporate security according to infosec expert
The search engine giant is optimistic about mobile search and online advertising in China, Japan and South Korea
Intel CISO outlines five irrefutable laws of information security
From behind-the-scenes with coders to mass marketing for consumers
Leading CDN plans to offer commercial IPv6 service in the second half of 2011
Fixes 10 flaws, including a critical Mac bug re-patch; pays out $4K in bounties
Two-thirds of the world's Windows machines still run XP, which can't run IE9
Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, HP, MySQL, Java and Fusion Applications are set to make big IT news
The real focus should be on the Flare user interface, Avaya says
Overestimating or underestimating risk is often the weakest part of the armor of information security, said Malcolm Harkins
NYU's Brennan Center says many problems can be traced to lack of vendor accountability
MuleSoft has added cloud connectivity to its open-source enterprise service bus
Two-thirds of its home storage sales are to Mac users
Over 250 military personnel, civilian employees and contractors had been linked to potential child-porn purchases
Bank's explanation points to authentication database issue
The Barnes & Noble CEO says the company expects to grab 25 percent of the e-book market by 2013
Too many tweeple go to a bizarre dimension when using Twitter. Here are my favorite examples of Twitter behavior gone wrong.
'Groundbreaking' worm points to a state-backed effort, say experts
Fixes flaws in media player for Windows first reported in June and August
"No one is better positioned" than Oracle to grow, Hurd says during an earnings conference call
First vendor to disclose pricing for next-gen technology
Chief marketing officer reflects on Ethernet/IP inconsistency
Twitter guru advises start-ups at DEMO Fall to think small at first
IT security represents three of the top 10 IT certifications
Avaya introduces Flare for business to take on Cisco's Cius.
Android 2.2 handsets with bigger screens, processors.
Higher education data at risk, security vendor says
Getting products certified through National Security Agency channels requires lengthy process
Microsoft struggles to eliminate IE6 usage
Firm migrating 150,000 users to TPM-based storage of private keys
Google Android now ranks third behind RIM, Apple smartphone OSes, according to ComScore; Windows Phone 7 can’t come soon enough for Microsoft
Intel CTO Justin Rattner descibes a future with so-called context-aware computers and mobile devices
'Not acceptable' to put onus on customers for antenna flaw, says mag
Leaving out Windows XP users is 'major shortcoming,' says analyst
Microsoft claims it's the best at hardware acceleration, Mozilla claims it was there first, Google promises it's in the race
Tech lost more than 200,000 jobs during recession
Packaged apps based on homegrown SAP technologies, and those from 2007 purchase of Business Objects
Google Chrome engineers are making up for Microsoft Internet Explorer's recent gains in hardware-assisted acceleration
The company combines its IP and Fibre Channel management products
Cisco unleashes10G Ethernet Nexus switch, plus servers, software and modules for virtual environments
New outsourced DNS, DHCP and IPAM offering stems from recent partnership
New architecture shrinks graphics processor to 32nm and onto the processor itself
