Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Cloud computing is not yet edging in on core ICT sourcing strategies, but preparations are underway.
But there are still no public plans for multitenant SaaS ERP
Microsoft details how its management software portfolio will deliver heterogeneous orchestration and automation capabilities to help customers develop, deploy and manage applications in private and public cloud computing environments.
3,580 data requests originated from U.S. agencies
Reacts to Black Hat disclosure of potential manipulation of IE8's cross-site scripting filter
Study shows that today's teens prefer texting over e-mail, IM and face-to-face contact
Privacy commissioners from 10 companies threaten to take action against privacy violations
The feature coming later this year will let drivers control some applications hands-free
How Ball State is moving from being a vendor testing ground to becoming a WiMAX-connected campus
The Planet and IBM build cloud services based on KVM
Its CEO describes the quarter as "good" and highlights growth in display advertising
Worldwide iPhone shipments jumped by 131 percent this quarter
The results beat expectations, though VMware said new license sales may fall next quarter
Hackers are breaking into Gmail accounts to flog Viagra and other drugs
Reputation-based security scans extended to Chrome, Opera, Safari browsers
Are you hiding the truth from management to justify the money you need to operate your infrastructure? That's a dangerous game
Pressure to achieve running code leads more undergraduates to copy, collude on homework assignments
Network access controls harder than ever to set up, survey says
Samsung unveiled flash memory chips made with 20-nanometer production technology
Gizmodo claims to have gotten its hands on an iPhone 4G prototype
New, higher capacity drives should help push pricing down, but better fabrication and a bigger production ramp-up are needed
HP phasing out ProCurve brand, though details no new Ethernet switching, routing technology
The company is also adding a new type of Community profile page for people with similar interests
The judge rejects a request that telecom customers responsible for copyright violations be identified by Telecom Italia
Services and software sales are looking stronger
Beta of 'Fixit Center' software ports Windows 7-style troubleshooters to older OSes
Company unveils new set of hosted tools and code for political campaigns, activist groups
Windows 7 may prompt some CIOs to try desktop virtualization, but widespread adoption is still years away.
The guardian of North America's Internet addresses explains why he thinks companies ought to start IPv6 upgrades now.
You miss one meeting, and suddenly all of the company's IP is about to be put at risk.
RFID and text messages help runners and spectators enjoy the race
The software-based phone system offers many PBX and call-center capabilities
Nick Denton, head of Gawker, says Scientology's lawyers way scarier than Apple's
It was all due to beer, a simple human mistake, and a $5,000 payment
The attack on Google prompts fears that the bad guys are infiltrating business networks.
Some users knock the lack of cloud security standards and dubious contract terms.
'Do this ... or stop complaining about needing interoperability,' official says
Enterprises must wait until April 27 for final bits, consumers until June
