Opinion

Catching up with IntelePeer

How a cute animal video deceived everybody

A video that went temporarily viral months ago has re-entered the conversation, as the comedian and creator of a Comedy Central show has revealed how it was staged

When did you learn how to code?

Code.org videos feature Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh and others talking about the value of everyone learning to code

Ken Segall says Apple needs to step up its ad campaign against Samsung

Apple's advertising has been flat relative to what Samsung has been pushing out these days.

Entrusting Cisco could cost you

Pattern of bid influence and involvement results in millions spent, loss of buyer cred

Hospital unresponsive to multiple alerts about stolen data

And security experts say such ‘unreachable’ victims are not uncommon

5 reasons IT should choose a hosted UC solution

The IT benefits of a hosted unified communications suite are far different than the business advantages, but are equally important.

Can Microsoft beat Android at its own game?

The Windows Phone strategy seems to be free or cheap. Well, it worked for Android.

Should Azure customers worry about reliability?

Outage hints of maintenance process failure

DARPA wants to build high-tech helicopters on steroids

Vertical take-off and landing X Plane Program looks to break existing speed, cargo limitations

Exploring the SDN WAN use case

Microsoft, Hortonworks bring Big Data to Windows Server

Hadoop is no longer a Linux-only proposition. Now the Windows Server market can run the Big Data platform.

The real reason you got an iPhone: To zoom in on fruit flies and cockroaches

Backyard Brains shows off RoachScope at TED Conference

A spectre is haunting Europe (and cloud computing everywhere) – the spectre of the ‘trombone’ effect

Backhauling all Internet traffic though HQ or data center makes network management and security simpler, at the expense of application access performance.

Google Glass: A lot of hype, but little information

With Google ramping up its Project Glass publicity efforts, it's time to connect the dots on the information we do have about the high-tech eye-wear.

InformIT – Author of the Week

System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed published Feb 25

Who needs a CDN?

At-a-glance summary of which businesses benefit most from a CDN

Install Moodle to manage courses and classes

New SDN events help bolster industry effort

Data backup should never be Plan B

Big Data, Big Business, Big Government, Bigger Brother

Big Data will change business and government and if CISPA is made law, Bigger Brother's will be right around the corner ...

Phishing concerns cause double trouble

If Apple had unveiled Google Glasses…

Here's what the reaction would have looked like if it had been Apple, and not Google, that unveiled the futuristic eye-glasses everybody is talking about. (Disclaimer: Satire ahead).

Unix: Under the spell of magic numbers

If you've ever wondered how Unix systems identify files, you might be surprised to learn that file names really aren't an important factor. Unix systems reach into files looking for special codes called "magic numbers" to figure out what your files

On Steve Jobs’ 58th birthday, a look back at Jobs’ greatest video hits

In honor of his birthday, here are a few video clips encapsulating some of Jobs' greatest moments.

Using Dual Protocol for SIEMs Evasion

Attackers using IPv4 and IPv6 can avoid detection by IPS, SIEMs, reputation filtering, and more

Logitech For Business upgrades ‘the last inch’ for UC

Emoticon-based “Moby Dick” gets its day in the sun: In the US Library of Congress

“Emoji Dick” now an historic work of art

Google Glass: Why Zuck’s excited and I’m not

And it doesn’t really matter how great Google Glass turns out to be

Apple now working with the NYPD to curb iPhone thefts

Apple is now working closely with the NYPD in an effort to curb Apple product thefts