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IBM continues push for Sun, but will the deal kill Solaris?
The high-stakes, but still under-the covers battle by IBM to take over Sun Microsystems is still in play, but IBM may be rethinking what it is willing to pay for the enterprise vendor.
InfoWorld Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:08:12 GMT

Longjump puts SaaS inside IT shops
Platform-as-a-service provider Longjump announced this week that its on-demand Business Applications Platform can now be licensed and used within a customer's four walls.
InfoWorld Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:35:06 GMT

Bill would give feds role in private sector cybersecurity
Two U.S. senators are proposing legislation that would give federal officials significant new authority to create and enforce data security standards both for government agencies and key parts of the private sector.
InfoWorld Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:52:05 GMT

World's most efficient supercomputer gets to work
Satellite launches are a noisy affair especially for the satellite atop the rocket. Vibration and noise, unless compensated, could render it useless before it reaches orbit so researchers spend a lot of time on complex computer simulations that help them i...
InfoWorld Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

How Virtualization Exacerbates Fragmentation
Disk fragmentation is a significant problem for many data centers. Virtualization only makes it worse. Find out what steps you can take to mitigate it.
Internet.com Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Cloud Computing Management Options Starting to Solidify
Two companies announced products this week to bridge the cloud to the virtualized data center divide. Cloud is growing up fast.
Internet.com Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

OpenVPN Is Too Slow? Time to Consider IPSEC
For smaller setups and times when you don't need server-to-server tunnels, OpenVPN may do the trick. But where do you turn when you need cross-platform security without any performance compromises?
Internet.com Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Ecessa Says Businesses Bonding Low-End Broadband for WAN Optimization
WAN optimization vendor says businesses are turning to multiple, low-end broadband connections to improve throughput and reliability.
Internet.com Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

HP Delivers 'Virtual Connect' For Blades
Promise of simplified management may get more customers on the blade bandwagon.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Blue Coat Puts on Video Hat For Enterprise
Blue Coat draws on its content delivery and security technologies to zip video to businesses.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

10 Gigabit Ethernet Market Continues to Grow
10 GbE makes large strides but the technology still has a few years to go until it leads the Ethernet segment.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Brightpoint Pays $300M For Denmark's Dangaard
Two top mobile phone distributors will combine to expand into other markets.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Symantec Sounds Warning on Router Passwords
Symantec warns on a vulnerability in some home broadband routers.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Senate Panel Moves on 911 Upgrades
Legislation proposes to expedite funding to upgrade emergency response systems.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Microsoft Tries to Spark Telco 2.0
Microsoft is launching a developer competition in the hopes of dragging the telecom industry into the 21st century.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Citrix Streams to The Desktop
The vendor of application delivery tools will give customers access to desktop applications even when they're off-network.
Internetnews Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

What is DIRECTV2PC?
Recently I've been looking at linking a DirecTV digital video recorder (DVR) to my home network so that my family can watch some satellite television programs from our home computers. Part of the DirecTV networking solution is DIRECTV2PC - a free software ...
About Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Free Wi-Fi Coming to McDonalds
Although McDonalds' own Web site still doesn't mention it, the chain plans to make Wi-Fi free in its restaurants starting in January 2010, according to the Wall Street Journal. McDonald's started providing Wi-Fi service in the first few restaurants back in...
About Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

DISCUSS: How to Avoid Being Seen on a Home Network
From CJS - "There are several computers in our home all on the same network. How do I stop all the other computers from seeing my computer? I don't want the kids or guests accessing my computer from the other computers if I should forget to turn it off." W...
About Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Is Someone Logging Into Your Router Remotely?
A reader contacted me this weekend with a question about unauthorized logins to their router. Most routers allow you to track the IP addresses of logins to the administrator console. According to this reader, an IP lookup traced the address back to a domai...
About Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Merry Christmas, Mr. Pettigrew
Mark Gibbs relates how Fidelity Investment has pretty much ruined the Christmas of four of their employees for what the company considers "gambling" on company time. The problem is that it was hardly gambling. Let the punishment fit the crime? Hah!
Network World Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

In this case, we're better off without privacy
Last week we learned that the Supreme Court is going to decide whether naughty text messages sent by a cop via a taxpayer-funded pager deserved privacy protection or were fair game for the police chief who discovered and disapproved of them. The ruling is ...
Network World Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

What's under the Gearhead Christmas tree
Mark Gibbs pulls a few presents out from under the Gearhead Christmas tree and finds a better solution to his recent quest of randomizing a sequence of numbers, a really cool Bluetooth stereo headset and a service for building SUSE Linux configurations. Ho...
Network World Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

Cloud computing: The telcos' game to lose
You're probably sick of hearing about cloud computing. I can't say I blame you. The buzz seems to be nearly deafening these days. And the most annoying part is that for those of us old enough to remember, it's "back to the future" all over again.
Network World Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT

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