Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
I/o Data Centers will formally announce plans in two weeks to enter the containerized data center market
U.S. venture investment nearly returned to pre-recession levels
Free bumpers for iPhone 4 and plenty of whining from Apple boss Steve Jobs
Siemens says a new Windows virus takes aim at its SCADA management systems
But it won't patch the vulnerability for Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000
Using language, metrics and advocacy to bridge the separation between departments
AMD's first Fusion chips will appear in netbooks and low-end laptops
The Green Grid and its partners have recommended standard ways for data center operators to measure Power Usage Effectiveness
It will take at least 18 months for encoding the symbol in Unicode, the government says
Obama's presence at cybersecurity coordinator's meeting sends right message at right time, say analysts
More than 80 schools will prep 50,000 workers for IT jobs
Technology stocks rallied for the second week in a row after hitting a near term low July 1
There is no word yet on whether Microsoft will continue to use Metaweb in Bing
The phones will still be available through some carriers and to developers
Emprise 9000 array comes with thin provisioning, and scales from two to 12 controllers
But others expect Apple CEO Steve Jobs to say 'you're still holding it WRONG!'
Increases payment for reported vulnerabilities six-fold
A French advocacy group has published a document purporting to be the latest draft of the secret copyright treaty
Microsoft no longer patches XP SP2 but many companies are still using the OS version
The move comes after reports about antenna and reception problems that Steve Jobs says are being blown out of proportion
The 'Bumpers' and other cases will be free until Sept. 30.
More than 25,000 people and organizations file comments in the agency's inquiry
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Apple hopes free bumper cases will quiet antenna controversy
Arrays use iSCSI, data deduplication and compression to create cheap, fast storage
Big retailers hit, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Office Depot
But says it can be downloaded only by users 17 or older
Hundreds of people complained angrily about the changes rolled out two weeks ago
Old Spice videos go viral on YouTube, schooling companies on using social networks
Apple needs to be proactive in addressing controversies instead of holding back
Other advances are needed, including tight integration between IT gear and building management systems
VeriSign, Afilias among vendors beefing up their cloud-based DNS services
Product testing authority calls on Apple to give away $29 'Bumper' case to every iPhone 4 owner (see video, below)
Black Hat conference presentation would have presented new research on Chinese government-backed hacking
It wants banks to accept truncated data, tokens in lieu of full account numbers
Telecommunications giant uses Yammer, Jive to create a more social business
What network operators can expect to see when DNSSEC gets turned on
PRS for Music wants ISPs to measure and then pay for improperly shared music on their networks
Growth is however creating problems like high staff turnover
Rustock, Mega-D, Festi, Pushdo among worst botnet offenders
A case giveaway? A recall? Duct tape? Analysts says any of those options, and nothing, is possible
Microsoft and Google in second tier of cloud vendors, says BTC Logic
